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At 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…
ByWill the Jury System be Abolished?
The Vicky Price mistrial has prompted a lot of talk about the efficacy of our jury system. Will juries be…
ByThe Fundamental Flaw Afflicting both Football and Finance
Short-term thinking is bad for performance, both on the pitch and off I’m writing about short termism for the June…
ByIs the weather to blame for our bad behaviour?
Our usual good sense and intuition are thrown as things are not what they should be I have a friend…
ByHarry Potter raises £150,000 in auction of first editions annotated by authors
First Editions, Second Thoughts raised a combined total of £439,200 in support of English PEN, the writers’ charity which campaigns…
ByApple Reaches the Tax Avoidance 'Holy Grail': The Tax Benefits of Statelessness
Apple avoided taxes by setting up subsidiaries that are not based in any country. Is statelessness a way to avoid…
ByAddicted to Josephine Home's bed linen
We have renamed the Gatehouse bedroom in which Lady Thatcher and Sir Denis once slept at Upton Cressett in her…
ByOperatic Philanthropy Hits a High Note with Rosenblatt Recitals
Aria sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin: City lawyer Ian Rosenblatt has been bringing the most mellifluous voices to London for…
BySTEP: Earl’s children challenge his will
Antony Lambton died in 2006, leaving his entire estate to his only son Edward, known as Ned The children of…
ByTimes: Some French households pay more than 100% tax
The revelation, in the financial daily Les Echos, will fuel claims that President Hollande has stifled the economy through his…
ByIsraeli billionaires grow 89%
By the end of 2012 there were 1,437 multi-millionaires (UHNWIs) in Israel, with an average wealth of US$109 million per…
ByHSBC Chief Economist's Bleak Economic Outlook
Stephen King’s new book, When the Money Runs Out, is a sobering read After a sunny weekend, I’m loathe to…
ByBest of Spear’s: Prince Charles to Write for Spear’s, Scotland’s First Billionaire Supports Scottish Business, Fortnum & Mason’s Food and Drink Awards
The five most read articles on Spear’s last week and the best of the blogs The five most read articles…
ByThe Conservative side of the coalition is crumbling
The party that is meant to conserve the countryside is driving its unnecessary high-speed train-set straight through it One starts…
BySpear’s Top 5 Foodie Happenings
Five exciting ways to satisfy your hunger in London this summer It has been a little while since we gave…
ByReview: The Orchard Canteen, Notting Hill
If you’re in the neighbourhood for breakfast or lunch, do pop into this charming little eatery The Spear’s office has…
ByReview: Amirah’s Kitchen, Old York Road
Old York Road, indeed, needs to be added to my list of interesting, attractive, non-murdery South London neighbourhoods I’m not…
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