Review: Collecting Gauguin, Courtauld Gallery
It is this work that best encapsulates both the abandonment of European social and artistic traditions and their parallels in…
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Daily 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…
ByCould living on a superyacht be a way to side-step the UK statutory residence test?
A typo on google search about the ‘Royal berth’ prompted me to ponder the breadth of the statutory residence test.…
ByI'm spending the August lull flirting with a television production company
The super-prime property market is quiet, well it is dead really, bar a few Middle Eastern purchasers over here escaping…
ByTop barrister invites Justice secretary Chris Grayling to work experience
Grayling has zero legal experience, yet many fear his cuts to the legal sector will lead to miscarriages of justice…
BySo who will buy Detroit’s paintings?
Potential purchasers include Arab kings, American financiers and Asian entrepreneurs With the news that the vultures – sorry, Christie’s –…
ByThe death of inheritance?
42 per cent of over-65s think they won’t have any money left to leave, while nearly one in five don’t…
ByHow to future-proof your wealth structures
In order to protect multi-generational wealth in the long-term, structures must be sufficiently robust to pre-empt likely challenges and flexible…
ByThe three reasons bankers fire their clients
IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU! The credit crunch and regulatory reform have made the lives of private bankers more complicated…
ByThe solution to chilly English country houses
‘A Norwegian recently told me he had never felt cold in his life until he came to live in a…
ByWith Christie's poised to sell Detroit's collection, we see the triumph of debt over art
The very nature of art condemns it to cuts This isn’t going to be a hand-wringing post about the crushing…
ByAmazon's Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post: what should we make of the rising influence of tech billionaires?
It would be a great shame if, as with Sergey Brin’s franken-burger, after all the cost and experimentation the end…
ByEdinburgh Fringe Reviews
Read Melinda’s reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe here Julie Madly Deeply, Gilded Balloon, 14.55 Even if you’re not a huge…
ByWatch: When school fees rise, social mobility suffers
The high cost of a good academic and cultural education is hurting Britain This week, I have been examining why…
ByFrom William Cash: As a possible victim of phone-hacking, I'm disappointed to see Mishcon de Reya singled out
I have very good reason to believe that my own phone may have been hacked back in July 2010 when…
ByBest of Spear’s: Berezovsky’s will, Proms review, Phone hacking lawyers
The five most read articles on Spear’s last week, and the best of the blogs The five most read articles…
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From William Cash: As a possible victim of phone-hacking, I'm disappointed to see Mishcons singled out
WHAT SHOULD SPEAR’S readers do if they think their phones have been hacked? Should they hire a law firm specialising…
ByReview: Albion, Bankside
You’re not going here for your standard fry-up, you are going to get a gentrified fry-up. Behold the rise of…
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