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Spear’s Ultimate Diamond Jubilee Street Party: Then Eat This
Those with a sweet tooth can look forward to Mark Hix’s take on Escoffier’s Cherries Jubilee, created for Queen Victoria’s…
ByAxel Weber Accuses the Greeks of Hubris
The argument of one of Europe’s most senior bankers seems to be that Greece wants to make its neighbours jealous,…
ByKnight Frank: Global prime property prices fall for first time in years
The value of prime property in the world’s key cities fell by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2012. This…
ByWin Tickets to London Open Garden Squares Weekend
Spear’s has five pairs of tickets to give away to London Open Garden Squares Weekend (9-10 June), your chance to…
BySpear’s Ultimate Diamond Jubilee Street Party: Eat This
Champions of British produce are cropping up everywhere, from Knightsbridge to Brixton Market, and seasonality is the new keyword. Small…
BySpear’s Ultimate Diamond Jubilee Street Party: Drink This
Champagne is clearly mandatory 1952 Taittinger is a good option but for something a little different we went to the…
BySpear’s Ultimate Diamond Jubilee Street Party: Send This
Be it the Royal wedding invitation or another Outlook e-invite pinging into your inbox, we all judge an event by…
ByEsther Duflo and What Makes Aid Work
The unintended consequences of aid can often be larger than the intended ones, and have until now, remained embarrassingly understudied…
ByAlain Ducasse's Team Can Give Your Dining Table Three Michelin Stars
The front of house team at Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester are running ’The Art of Fine Dining Masterclass’ to…
ByCollect Craft Fair Offers Best of All Worlds
The fair occupies interestingly ambiguous territory: somewhere between Contemporary art and design, between the spectacle, glamour and pretension of Frieze…
ByFrancois Hollande's luck
Hollande wants to blow up the FiskalPakt as though it was old ordnance left over from the last German conquest…
ByTax relief cap will cost society £1.5bn
The Government’s decision to cap tax relief on charity donations will cost British society up to £1.5billion a year, according…
ByFT: JPMorgan announces ‘egregious’ $2bn loss
JPMorgan Chase announced a surprise $2bn trading loss on credit derivatives trading, which chief executive Jamie Dimon blamed on “errors,…
ByAngel CoFund unites government and angel investors
The government may have it in for philanthropy, but it’s taking a surprisingly helpful approach to something else those tax-dodging…
BySydney Contemporary Biennale to be launched in April 2013
Sydney, Australia: A major new biennial contemporary art fair will be launched in April 2013 by the founder of one…
ByThe Queen's Speech: House of Lords Reform Shouldn't Take Priority
The urgent matter of addressing the country’s economic woes is unlikely to top the the government’s priority list following the…
ByWBrief: Chinese philanthropy falls 17% in 2011
Donations from China’s wealthiest philanthropists fell by 17 per cent last year to an average $16 million, as global economic…
ByThe Flying Dutchman, ENO
The superb Ed Gardner as the captain of this nautically primed orchestra set us quickly on our course by Melinda…
ByCharities minister Nick Hurd sticks it to philanthropists
He dismissively and repeatedly referred to the relief cap as being about ‘the tax affairs of a very small group…
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