Mark Slater, of Slater Investments’, Tips for 2013: From Dialight to Peppa Pig
Mark Slater, Chief Investment Officer of Slater Investments, is a man to listen to, which is why Spear’s went to…
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Charitable Donations Drop This Year: Have We All Become Scrooges?
With several reports suggesting that charitable donations have fallen, has the threatened government squeeze on charitable donations prompted donors to…
BySpear's Year in Review: Travel
Spear’s has travelled all over the globe this year to bring our readers fresh insights on established luxury destinations from…
BySpear's Year in Review: Awards
Freddy Barker reviews Spear’s award ceremonies and winners in 2012, from the newly-launched Young Turk Awards, to the more established…
ByDriving Down Memory Lane (In a Rolls-Royce Ghost): Part 2
Social Mobility A drive down memory lane can itself be memorable when it’s done in a Rolls-Royce Ghost, as Josh…
BySpear's Year in Review: Food
With Vivek Singh, Marcus Wareing, Mark Hix, Tom Aikens, Michael Caines, Trine Hahnemann and Nuno Mendes all lending their combined…
BySpear's Year in Review: Philanthropy
Mark Nayler looks back at the big philanthropy stories of 2012 Spear’s kicked off 2012 with a call to philanthropic…
ByThe EU Banking Union Plan Lacks Detail or Forethought
The last EU Summit of 2012 ’ I have lost count of how many there were, but not of how…
ByBankers, Not Just Banks, Should be Punished for Incompetence and Recklessness
We can learn from Kweku Adoboli’s case, and hold individuals, and not just banks, accountable for their actions starting with…
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This year we’ve been to some wild and wonderful parties This year we’ve been to some wild and wonderful parties…
ByBest of Spear’s Last Week: 17th December 2012
The five most read articles and the best of last week’s blogs The five most read articles on Spear’s last…
ByEmily’s Openings on Goodge Street: The Newman Street Tavern and Rev J W Simpson
I’ve been hanging around Goodge Street a bit lately. It may not be your usual evening venue, but there are…
ByPatissier Pierre Hermé on His 2013 Collection, And Where to Find Good Cake in London
Where does a French master patissier stranded in London go when he wants to eat cake? And will the English,…
ByThe Collapse of Global Leadership and the G-Zero
CREATIVE DESTRUCTION, AS natural as it is inevitable, displaces workers, companies, and sometimes entire industries. It also provides market capitalism…
BySpear's Friends Tell Us What They Want for Christmas (Part One)
We asked Spear’s friends and contributors like Tom Aikens, Richard Dinan and William Sitwell to tell us about Christmases past…
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At the start of this year we launched Spear’s 1 per cent campaign, encouraging the wealthiest ‘1 per cent’ to…
ByRecord Drop in Students Taking Up University Places (But Not Among the Poorest)
There’s been a record fall of 6 per cent in the number of young people taking up university places this…
ByDaily Mail: Bank of England’s gold vaults caught on camera
Lying deep beneath the streets of London, hidden in the secret vaults of the Bank of England, is 4,600 tonnes…
BySpear’s Charity Advent Calendar: The Beth Johnson Foundation
In the run-up to Christmas, Spear’s is highlighting four charities which we recommend you consider supporting. You’ve probably never heard…
ByWith his Melbourne speech, Lord Justice Leveson shows himself shaky on the internet
Lord Justice Leveson’s speech at the University of Melbourne this morning, entitled ‘Hold the Front Page: News Gathering in a…
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