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Best of Spear’s Last Week: 4th February 2013
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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Guardian: Fendi funding restoration of the Trevi Fountain
For decades the Trevi fountain has conjured up the image of a doe-eyed Anita Ekberg cavorting at night in an…
ByPeruvian Cuisine Comes to London – And Your Own Home
Now it will be possible to bring that Latin American flavour in to your own home as Lima are launching…
ByThe Rare Tea Lady Debunks More Myths About Tea
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BySitwell Scoffs: 'Cataclysmic Taramsalata' at the Royal Oak, Maidenhead; 34; Chakra
I made the disturbing discovery that the chef of the Royal Oak doesn’t taste the food he sends out from…
ByThe Cup Trust Scandal Reveals Buck-Passing and Damages Philanthropy
‘It was clearly a dodgy operation. No donor worth their salt would have given their hard-earned cash to the Cup…
ByWith Property, Face Time Beats Facebook
The seller (in this case our client) of the flat is a great fan of social media. It’s on his…
ByJonathan Ruffer on Beating the Recession, Quantitative Easing and Musical Westerns
Jonathan Ruffer, the founder of Ruffer and maverick of the investment management world, is a man with a love of…
ByThe Dog Ate Your Assets? HMRC Will Find That Hard to Believe
HMRC has a wide range of powers it can call upon to ascertain the amount of tax due and then…
ByLuxury Travel in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kempinski are expanding their portfolio of luxury hotels in Sub-Saharan Africa – why? It’s no longer a surprise when large…
ByFT: Gold no longer as precious for Swiss banks
UBS and Credit Suisse, which dominate the powerful Zurich-based physical gold market, have hiked their charges for holding the metal,…
ByDaily Mail: Troubled Earl of Cardigan claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance
The aristocrat was revealed to be receiving the state benefit at his latest court appearance over a long-running feud with…
ByReview: The Queen of Versailles
Somehow the portrait of one extremely unusual and entirely dysfunctional family offers a broader insight into the state of America…
ByVice Magazine Discovers Brixton Pounds (But Should've Talked to Spear's First)
Vice tried to buy drugs using Brixton Pounds. A basic error: BitCoins would have been far more effective. Vice made…
ByBusting 5 Common Myths About Philanthropy
Feeling virtuous this January? If you’re planning to start 2013 generously, Alison Prout at Adessy Associates explains some of philanthropy’s…
By2017? We need a referendum on Europe now!
Cameron’s speech was a giant flop, as it means nothing, and said nothing about what powers would be up for…
ByComposer Mendelssohn to receive blue plaque on London home, now private bank
The plaque will be unveiled at 11.30 on 4th February by Dmitry Sitkovetsky, world-renowned violinist and conductor, and by Sir…
ByKnight Frank: Landowners need to act as northern leg of HS2 announced
Those farmers, estates and homeowners who could potentially be affected will naturally be very concerned The government announced this morning…
ByBest of Spear’s Last Week: 28th January 2013
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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