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UKIP's Euro-lookalikes pushing EU withdrawal
UKIP is not yet rattling Brussels’ cage full of unelected eurocrats, but UKIP is spawning lookalikes across Europe, which now…
ByBest of Spear’s Last Week: Budget 2013, India’s Stingy Rich, Whitechapel Gala
Most read on Spear’s last week: expert Budget predictions and Young Turk Award nominees, plus features on why India’s rich…
BySome pre-Budget advice for George Osborne
The UK’s coalition will no doubt blame the eurozone, albeit with some justification, as the main cause of its missing…
ByReview: The Audience, Gielgud Theatre
We see here a sharp-witted woman who despite her duties and trappings yearns to be a simple girl, free to…
BySaffery Champness: Cultural Gifts Scheme to encourage gifts of art to museums
Saffery Champness has welcomed the announcement by Government this week of a new ‘lifetime giving’ incentive allowing individuals and companies…
ByVideo: Wolfgang Puck Demonstrates How to Make the Perfect Omelette
Omelettes may seem simple, but many good cooks get them wrong, says Wolfgang Puck. Emily Rookwood visited Puck at CUT…
ByWilliam Curley’s Top 5 Tips for Working With Chocolate
Master chocolatier William Curley gives his top five tips for working with chocolate William Curley, chocolatier extraordinaire, gives us his…
ByWilliam Curley’s Dark Chocolate Truffle Recipe
Master chocolatier William Curley shares his secrets to making dark chocolate truffles Master chocolatier William Curley gives a crash course…
BySitwell Scoffs: Fino, Quo Vadis, Barrafina
Restaurateurs Sam and Eddie Hart will be remembered as legends of the 21st century restaurant world, says Spear’s scoffer, William…
ByAmelia Rope on the Highs and Lows of Setting up her Artisan Chocolate Business
With Easter approaching, we spoke to artisan chocolate maker Amelia Rope about her lucky break and the highs and lows…
ByWithers to launch Withers Consulting Group for non-legal services
Withers, the private client law firm, are launching Withers Consulting Group, a new non-legal consultancy offering advice and support to…
ByTEFAF: Chinese art market dropped by a quarter in 2012, global market by 7%
“The main reasons for the deceleration in growth were both demand factors and a reduced amount of high quality, high…
ByTips for Prince Charles for Learning Arabic
As someone who has been learning Arabic for fifteen months now, I have some (not wholly helpful) tips for HRH…
ByWill Pope Francis I Make Anti-Poverty One of His Key Issues?
The world’s first non-European pontiff in 1,300 years may make anti-poverty one the key issues of his papacy. This would…
ByThe Best Wines of 1990, Plus Tasting Notes
Ninety Degrees Marlon Abela assesses the wines of 1990, a memorable year the world over Ninety Degrees Marlon Abela assesses…
ByBudget Predictions for 2013
Spear’s has brought together the Budget predictions of leading law firms and accountants, as well as the Spear’s team, which…
ByAllowing Lay People to Select the Next Lord Chief Justice Would be Pointless and Damaging
Reforms to allow lay people to select the most powerful judicial position in England and Wales are misguided and won’t…
ByEnough with these damned questions!
This was not the first question of this nature, it was the eighty-seventh, and we’d jumped through hoops for these…
ByWhy Don’t India’s Rich Do More for Charity?
Philanth-rupee India’s wealthiest citizens may be rising forces in the new world order, but their charitable giving is lagging behind.…
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