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Hedgehog Issue 28
Tantalising tidbits from London’s spikiest columnist: Art at 45 Park Lane, Liechtenstein on the rack, Eric Lanlard’s afternoon tea The…
ByWhy Osborne's Pledge for More Taxes on the Wealthy Lacked Both Detail and Conviction
Public sentiment and coalition politics required some degree of anti-rich rhetoric, but at root, Osborne’s speech showed a desire to…
ByExpert Comment on Osborne’s Speech at the Tory Party Conference: What Does it Mean for the Wealthy?
We’re collecting expert comment on chancellor George Osborne’s speech at the Tory Party Conference in Birmingham today and its implications…
ByFrom William Cash: Bienvenue a Londres!
David Cameron was sneered at by the French media when he said he would ’roll out the red carpet’ for…
ByStephen Foster On Helen Ward's Surprise Move to Stewarts Law
Stephen Foster, head of family at Stewarts Law, talks to Freddy Barker about the imminent arrival of Helen Ward Stephen…
ByRomney Can Repair the American Economy
Obama doesn’t do economics, and if he wins a second term he will leave the economy to Ben Bernanke, whose…
ByDaily 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…
ByChocolate Week Masterclass with Melt Chocolates and St James’ Hotel
Melt have partnered up with St James’ Hotel & Club to put on a rather delightful luxury chocolate-making masterclass Next…
ByGuest Recipe of the Week: From ‘Melt: A Book of Chocolate’
Spear’s recipes of the week – Tonka Feuilletine and Japanese Shichimi Chilli Squares – are both delicious, indulgent and worth stretching your culinary…
ByOriginal Beans Chocolate Puts Social Investment Alongside Sheer Enjoyment
By encouraging cocoa bean production in several global ‘biodiversity hotspots’, Philipp Kauffman has stimulated local micro-industries, and the chocolate produced…
ByInheritance Tax Needn’t Be The Death Of You
Inheritance tax has an unfortunate way of cropping up at the very worst moment. Nadine Jayes of Blandy & Blandy…
ByWBrief: Greek govt find CD with Swiss bank account details
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
Yes, my ‘job’ as wife and mother gave me every material advantage, but it didn’t give me the one thing…
ByHow Mitchell Should Have Handled Plebgate
Matthew Freud’s own column deals with media rough justice and how to handle it The second issue of The Brewery,…
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…
ByWhat John Studzinski Sees in Greta Alfaro's Rat Race
When people talk about city life being a rat race, they probably don’t mean it literally (except for pest control…
ByA Dissenting Review of Aveqia London
One Spear’s team member didn’t enjoy the cook-you-own-dinner experience of Aveqia London quite as much as the others… One Spear’s…
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…
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