Complex and demanding US tax laws keep citizens expatriating
Two pieces this week have reinforced the trend identified by Spear’s for Americans to expatriate – give up their citizenship…
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Review: Charles Ratton – The Invention of the 'Primitive' Arts, Mus’e du Quai Branly
The Mus’e du Quai Branly, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, is an oddly modern entombment for such antique…
ByHow are John Hall’s Venice gap year courses staying relevant today?
So your parents want to pack you off to Venice in your gap year and make you hang out in…
ByThe eurozone solution is in Germany's hands
Merkel has in fact already given us her answer: ’More Europe is the solution’ Europe is bathed in sunshine and…
ByWhat legacy will London 2012 and Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games really leave?
Before next year’s Commonwealth Games have even reached the starting blocks, the city of Glasgow is wondering what legacy they…
ByAfter Saatchi and Lawson, we uncover the truth about domestic violence among the wealthy
BLACK AND BLUE AND GOLD ‘What you’re seeking is the nurturing and the love following the violence. If you’re willing…
ByWatch: Josh Spero on domestic violence among the wealthy
This week, editor Josh Spero is talking about domestic violence among the wealthy and why wealth can often make the…
ByBest of the Weekend: Art and trade, Goldman Sachs and the Great British Bake-Off
We’ve picked the best items from the weekend’s media so you don’t have to We’ve picked the best items from…
ByBest of Spear’s: Work experience for the Justice secretary, bankers firing clients, a cup of tea to a tee
The most read articles on spearswms.com last week: a minister humbled, bankers firing clients, a cup of tea perfectly brewed…
ByGallery Etiquette and the Free World
I recently visited a modest but well-known art gallery, home to a number of masterpieces. But my transport of wonder…
ByHeart of Mayfair art scene ripped out as Cork Street galleries lose spaces to developers
Westminster Council, never knowingly supporting art over commerce, has approved the redevelopment scheme The campaign to save seven important art…
ByFood Friday cookery book review
Emily Rookwood reviews the latest editions to her cookery book library, from the inspirational but impractical to wholesome Italian homecooking…
ByGuest Recipe: Peter Weeden’s roast grouse
Peter Weeden, head chef of the Newman Street Tavern, says this is undoubtedly the best way to cook young grouse…
BySitwell Scoffs: Dock Kitchen, Marylebone
Dock Kitchen sets William Sitwell’s new standard for excellent food and service particularly after the trials of filming Masterchef: The…
ByShropshire blows off wind turbines
No issue in my lifetime in Shropshire has more angered the local community that the idea of these turbines being…
ByRetail heir's assault on wife exposes the reality of domestic violence and the wealthy
Coming less than two months after Charles Saatchi’s public assault on Nigella Lawson, this latest scandal reveals a number of…
ByReview: Collecting Gauguin, Courtauld Gallery
It is this work that best encapsulates both the abandonment of European social and artistic traditions and their parallels in…
ByDaily Mail: Estate agent may be liable for £500,000 Petra Ecclestone theft
‘In general terms, if the agent has shown the property and has the full keys and full access to the…
ByChristian Candy plans super-basement under £75 million Chelsea home
Plans submitted to the local council last week for the development of 204-year-old Gordon House reveal a cavernous subterranean “lifestyle”…
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Modern propagandists are missing a trick
WALKING THROUGH THE British Library’s superb exhibition Propaganda: Power and Persuasion (on until 17 September), I was struck by what…
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