Clarke In, Warsi Out?
Despite rumours to the contrary, portly Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke will not receive rough justice at the next reshuffle Despite…
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Class War at Hay-on-Wye
Class war is normally an abstract concept. But it nearly became reality at How the Lights Get In, a Spear’s-sponsored…
ByHong Kong Art Fair blog
I will be in Hong Kong from Tuesday for the art fair, blogging here about the art, the parties, the…
ByBercow Bercan't
Raucous laughter yesterday before President Obama’s address, after a flunkey announced that the Speaker would ‘make a brief speech.’ Raucous…
ByPatriotism and the Brits
We unfurl our flags when the occasion seems right, an example being the recent Royal Wedding, but patriotism on a…
ByRights and wrongs of superinjunctions
Spear’s is in an odd position regarding superinjunctions. As a magazine, we believe in freedom of the press – but…
ByB’berg: Singapore to create most WM jobs
Singapore will create more jobs in financial services during the next 12 months than any other city, beating London and…
ByFamily (Mis)fortunes
When a marriage dissolves, what happens to the family business? Sarah Whitten of Charles Russell says it’s a monetary matrimonial…
ByJP Morgan: HNWs unhappy with philanthropy
Only 7 per cent of HNW clients surveyed by JP Morgan Private Bank are happy with the amount of money…
ByNeuberger: Use super-injunctions sparingly
Super-injunctions should only be issued in exceptional circumstances, according to a judicial Committee chaired by Master of the Rolls, Lord…
ByPAD London returns, PAD NY launches
Fair organisers Patrick Perrin and Stéphane Custot are pleased to announce the return of PAD London 2011, the strongest edition…
ByMan: April sees hedge funds recover
April was a month of recovery for hedge funds as managers took advantage of a renewed appetite for risk following…
ByTrustees no longer protected from legal action
A Court of Appeal decision delivered last month is likely to result in a greater number of legal actions against…
ByChateau d’Yquem new Chinese favourite
With Chinese drinkers queuing at the bars of Shanghai and Beijing to buy d’Yquem (often described as the world’s greatest…
ByDSK and French hypocrisy
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has never been anything but a trumped up, poor excuse of a man of of affaires Dominique Strauss-Kahn…
ByFrieze Announces Two New Fairs
Frieze Art Fair will launch two new art fairs next year, its co-founders Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover announced on…
ByNo Safe Haven
One man has declared war on the world’s most powerful low-tax jurisdictions. Nicholas Shaxson tells Freddy Barker why his book…
ByPay will reach ‘Victorian levels’ of inequality, says report
If current pay trends continue, by 2030 inequality in the UK could reach levels not seen since Victorian England, according…
ByDSK in the slammer. WTF?
News of the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn convinced me that when I woke up on Sunday morning, I was in…
ByS&P: Macro Monday
The US housing market is centre stage in the coming week with several updates due. The UK agenda is also…
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