General
The Importance of Being Ernesto
The head of the Bertarelli family says that the sea is a source of inspiration — and of concern, which is why he has made protecting the Earth’s waters a focus of his philanthropy. He talks to Laetitia Cash for her new rich-media platform, Emerald Tablet, dedicated to profiling those accomplishing the most in conservation, clean-tech and green business. Photography by Johnnie Shand Kydd
What Is Luxury? At Last, An Answer
Spear’s has learned of one pioneering individual who decided to make a stand against the overuse of 'luxury'
Highland Bling
New money and old talent have made Skibo Castle the finest country retreat in Britain, says John Arlidge
Doyenne of the Downturn
What becomes of personal shoppers during a recession? They morph into wardrobe economists and magically turn slingbacks into cutbacks, says Caroline Phillips
The Only Way is London
Even a dapper globe-trotting museum-board-sitting financier has to find a place to settle, and Robert Tomei tells William Cash why he has chosen London
Gift Aid
How hard can it be to give money away? If you want to do it effectively, sustainably and pleasurably, you should take advice, says Sophie McBain
Oi!
The chav phenomenon reignites old debates about class, social mobility and government policy in Britain. Innit, says Christopher Silvester
The Aesthetics of Ethics
Without getting too philosophical about it, can you really do good just by looking good? Yep, you can if you’re wearing Edun, says Sophie McBain
Bu-gat-ti-ful!
Parmigiani Fleurier’s sportscar-inspired creation sure is one hell of a watch. It goes from nought to 60 seconds in exactly one minute, says James Gurney
Books
Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour
Michael Lewis
Kyle Bass, a Texas-based hedge-fund manager who did well out of shorting the sub-prime property market before the 2008 financial crisis, used to play the international strategy board game Risk as a kid, which led him to find out everything about a tiny country called Iceland, which was a key strategic location in the game
The Gentry: Stories of the English
Adam Nicolson
How delicious the notion of the gentry is. How beautifully it shades into every kind of 19th-century fraudulence, into Eric Hobsbawm’s Invention of Tradition. How easily it locks on to the much later and altogether more middle-class idea of the gentleman
Zahawi and Hancock on 'Masters of Nothing'
Anne McElvoy
The Wide Blue Yonder
A new breed of Tory MPs emerged from the 2010 general election, and already some are making their mark. Anne McElvoy looks at two of Cameron’s cabal
HNW Events
Spear's/Speechly Bircham Seminar: How to be a philanthropist in the 21st century
21 February 2012
Spear's Young Turk Awards 2012
01 April 2012
Spear's Design for Living Awards 2012
01 May 2012
Spear's Wealth Insight Forum 2012
19 September 2012
The Diary
Mark Hix
04 Jan 2012
Amanda Palmer
22 Nov 2011
Patrick Perrin
11 Oct 2011
Nicky Haslam
05 Aug 2011
Stephen Webster
06 Jul 2011