Daily Mail: Phil Ivey wins £7.3m at Crockfords, but casino won’t pay up
For two nights over the August Bank Holiday at Crockfords, one of the oldest private casinos in the world, the…
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Melt have partnered up with St James’ Hotel & Club to put on a rather delightful luxury chocolate-making masterclass Next…
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Authorities in Greece have found a missing data compact disc containing the names of Greek clients with Swiss bank accounts,…
ByDaily Mail: The woman who resigned from her lucrative marriage
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ByHow Mitchell Should Have Handled Plebgate
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ByEurozone, Meant to Unite, Has Divided
EMU has achieved the exact opposite: unemployment is soaring, there are deficits everywhere, austerity cuts driving economies into deflationary default,…
ByBest of Spear’s from last week
Catch up on the most popular articles on Spear’s last week and the best of the blogs Catch up on…
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ByA Dissenting Review of Aveqia London
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ByFirst Review of Aveqia, London: DIY Cooking and Culinary Team-Building
Run by a group of delightful Swedish chefs, all of whom have worked in Michelin-starred kitchens, the idea is that…
ByGeorge Hammer on what the food industry can learn from beauty business
George Hammer is a man of beauty, having brought Aveda, L’Occitane and The Sanctuary to the UK. He is also…
ByWin tickets to OhLaLa’s Macaron and Martini Masterclass
What could be better, then, than learning how to make both macaroons and martinis at the same time? OhLaLa has…
ByRecord-Smashing Auction Prices Are A Bubble
For a confluence of reasons, we are in the midst of a tsunami of demand for art that is pent…
BySotheby’s to Sell Francis Bacon Screaming Pope Painting
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By1 Per Cent Campaign: The Arts Foundation
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ByMore on the Big Issue's 21st
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ByGiven Mansion Tax proposals, widows in £2m houses should be forced to sell
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