Best of Spear’s last week: Kate Middleton’s uncle, Singapore property, Ametsa – the restaurant with the terrible name
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Kate Middleton isn’t the only one with an embarrassing uncle
So Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary is planning to write a book about his life and how he and his sister…
ByOn International Women's Day, Some Inspiring and Some Worrying Pieces from the Spear's Archive
It makes sense for Spear’s to share some of our pieces from the archive featuring inspiring women and covering causes…
ByRestaurant Openings and Foodie Events in March and April
Here are a few things that I want to go to and recommend you do too It has been a…
BySitwell Scoffs: Ametsa with Arzak Instruction, Jugged Hare
Every dish ’ beautiful-looking plates of decorative food – all have merged into one in my mind. Very little stood…
ByGuest Recipe: Tom Sellers’ Scallop, Cucumber and Dill Ash
Having worked at Noma and with Tom Aikens, Sellers is now opening his own restaurant, Story, in early April This…
ByDaily Mail: Saudi princess has to pay £11m after Paris luxury sprees
Maha Al-Sudairi, who was once married to the country’s late Crown Prince, helped herself to millions of pounds worth of…
ByDonate now! Prism the Gift Fund gives year-end philanthropy advice
If you’re dithering about whether to donate cash now or after April 5th – we say act fast The financial…
ByWealth Briefing: Schroders Private Bank sees revenues, profits drop
Subdued market activity and some business outflows reduced net revenues at the private banking arm of UK-listed Schroders in 2012,…
ByKnight Frank Wealth Report 2013: Singapore property slung, China rising
Over five years, Singapore’s prime international residential market is down 2.9 per cent. In contrast, Hong Kong’s is up 36…
ByA Gift with a Reservation of Benefits Is a Gift with Strings Attached
Just like the Queen giving Anmer House to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, you may want to give a…
ByKnight Frank Wealth Report 2013: Wealthy Venezuelans thinking of fleeing
Searches from Venezuela on Knight Frank’s website for luxury property rose by over 120 per cent in 2011-12, a particularly…
ByLosing Your Property Virginity
’The first time is always scary, it’s a huge step, a big thing’ ‘The first time is always scary, it’s…
ByThe Strange Case of the Unforged Forged Will
Take the case of the hapless lady accused of forging her late (supposedly divorced) partner’s will, found by chance when…
ByWithers: Prest v Prest verdict may pierce the corporate veil in divorce cases
The aspect of the Court of Appeal Judgment that caught most attention was the apparent use of complex structures to…
ByReview: The Great Gatsby, Wilton's Music Hall
I had a sneaking suspicion many of the audience would be dressed up, so I pulled a shift dress out…
ByForbes Billionaires List Shows Boom Time at the Top
Amancio Ortega is 2013’s biggest riser, having watched his fortune swell from $19.5 billion to $57 billion on account of…
ByIt's Parties or P45s in Villa vs City tonight
Bar Man Utd, the table is so tight that crunch clashes happen most weekends All eyes are on Aston Villa…
ByBest of Spear’s Last Week: Aaron Swartz exclusive, Art13 opens and Tom Kitchin’s roast pork
Most-read on spearswms.com last week include pieces about internet activist Aaron Swartz, a very expensive divorce and (once again) our…
ByBest of the Weekend’s Papers: Inside JP Morgan, going bankrupt and the return of Liza Minnelli
From product-pushing in an American bank’s wealth unit to a Broadway and Hollywood star’s one-night-only apperance, it’s the pick of…
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