Spear's Wealth Management Survey

The Good Life

General

At the Sharp End

Founder of lastminute.com and entrepreneur Brent Hoberman faces the Spear’s questionnaire

Pitch Fest

When New Yorkers flock to Central Park to play softball, they’re really playing hardball. Still, it’s kinda sweet, says Daisy Prince 

Whisk-ye Were Here

You have to go a long way for a fine dram. Clive Aslet packs his hipflask and heads to Scotland

Travel

Wet 'n' Wild

Like your holidays as gruelling and action-packed as a boxed set of Ray Mears’ Extreme...  

Like your holidays as gruelling and action-packed as a boxed set of Ray Mears’ Extreme Survival? Then meet the hard men of Momentum Adventure, says Penelope Bennett 

Just So Stories

It might be a shower with a view or a midnight snack of steamed vegetables...  

It might be a shower with a view or a midnight snack of steamed vegetables — the best hoteliers totally get the little things, says John Arlidge

Absent Friends

Art Basel buzzed as the world’s cultural elite gathered to browse and buy — but...  

Art Basel buzzed as the world’s cultural elite gathered to browse and buy — but one nation appeared to have misplaced its invitation, says William Cash

Food & Wine

Too Rich for Anyone's Blood

Restaurateur and reformed boozer Robert Charles Phillips reflects on a life too often lived through a glass, drunkenly, in the company of HNWs with similar tastes

Going Underground

Spear's soberly discovers the hidden depths of the world's most attractive and historic wine cellars

Haut Stuff

Prince Robert of Luxembourg tells Steve King how a blend of innovation and tradition lies behind Château Haut-Brion’s enduring success 

Motoring

Times: Hedgies sue Porsche over VW 'lies'

American hedge fund managers sued Porsche and two of its former top managers yesterday for more than $1 billion (£620 million), in what may be one of the biggest damages claims ever received by a German company.

Best of British

The desire is in the detail, finds Zain Alatas, as a fleet of Bentleys ferry him around London

Survival of the Fastest

McLaren supremo Ron Dennis talks to William Cash about money, motivation, marriage and 25 years at the top of the F1 game