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A little nudging goes a long way
A pilot study showed that three times more money goes to charity in people’s wills when the lawyer writing the…
BySTEP: More money goes to charity if will-writers ask about it
A government-sponsored trial has shown that the proportion of testators who leave a gift to charity doubles from 5 to…
ByClaude Bosi serves up a feast to the Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation jury
I can say with certainty that they will have thoroughly enjoyed their lunch, as earlier this month I was invited…
ByReview: L’Anima, Liverpool Street
With the midday sunlight filtering through their wall-to-ceiling windows and a glass of crisp, fresh prosecco in hand, I could…
ByRussell Norman: What Has Happened to London’s Markets?
Simply put, London is rubbish at markets. Forget the likes of Borough Market, Russell Norman can think of only one…
ByRussell Norman: My (Alternative) Favourite Italian Restaurants
The man behind Polpo, Mishkin’s and Spuntino presents his alternative list of his favourite Italian restaurants the ones you won’t…
ByIntroducing Spear’s Food Friday Guest Editor, Russell Norman
Russell Norman, the founder of London restaurants Polpo, Spuntino and Mishkin’s, is today’s guest editor Russell Norman is a restaurateur.…
ByLondon’s Best Delicatessens
Spear’s investigated some of London’s loveliest Italian delis for the perfect picnic spread I’m a huge fan of a deli.…
ByFT: EU may introduce country-by-country reporting as soon as summer
At a summit on Wednesday, EU leaders ditched longstanding reservations about more intrusive reporting rules and broadly backed a shake-up…
ByHauser & Wirth take on Paul Schimmel for Los Angeles gallery
Over the course of the past three decades, Paul Schimmel has become known as one of the most influential curators…
BySTEP: Switzerland introducing law to confiscate dictators’ funds
The proposed law’s principal targets are secret bank deposits operated by ‘foreign dictators and potentates,’ says the Swiss Federal Council…
ByStratford meets SW3 at the Chelsea Flower Show
West and East London don’t mix, like chi-chi olive oil and Red Stripe drunk out of the can I know…
ByNYT: JP Morgan fined £3m for wealth management failings
The Financial Conduct Authority said that unit’s senior management had failed to provide clients adequate advice and carried out poor…
ByThe Woolwich Attack Must Not be Used as an Excuse to Restrict Civil Liberties
The right response to such a brutal attack is often the most difficult one The brutal attack of a soldier…
BySpeechly Bircham look to have lost out as Withers merger falls apart
One imagines Speechlys is the more disappointed of the two firms The proposed merger between private client law firms Speechly…
ByBreaking: Withers, Speechly Bircham abandon merger
‘A merger would not be in the best interests of both firms and have agreed not to pursue this further’…
ByAt The Sharp End: Mr & Mrs Smith’s Tamara Lohan
The Mrs behind the Mr & Mrs Smith travel website and hotel booking service is put under the Spear’s microscope…
ByGardens at the Chelsea Flower Show can teach us about life
As with the best poetry – from Elizabethan to Ezra Pound – best gardens can be ‘difficult’ to read My…
ByHow to Tax Astronauts
As Major Tim Peake is announced as Britain’s first official astronaut, Spear’s legal blogger tackles the next big question what…
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