Leaders & Columnists
At the Sharp End: Robert Gaines-Cooper
Entrepreneur and scourge of HMRC Robert Gaines-Cooper faces the Spear’s questionnaire
Cash in the Attic
Owners of our great houses will not speak out, because at a time of austerity it would seem almost gloating to complain about the disrepair of palaces and the rotten gallery joists
Pussies Galore
Alessandro Tome on plagues of black cats, unprepossessing politicians and other unseemly augurs of ill fortune
From William Cash
While sitting outside at a financier friend’s farmhouse near St Tropez recently, the conversation turned to an out-of-print book, published in 1975, that my friend could not stop talking about.
Editor's Letter
We range as globally as ever in this issue with our China special, our writers interpreting what its rise means for the rest of the world.
The Uncertainty Principle
For now, large-scale fiscal and monetary stimulus appears to have saved our collective bacon — but that phase of recovery is ending, and the question is, what next, says Guy Monson
Give as Good as You Got
Having been all hard-nosed and ruthless in the making of their fortunes, too many would-be philanthropists go all soft and silly when it comes to giving them away, says Caroline Garnham
Gored Senseless
The only thing more grotesque, ridiculous and downright unsporting than bullfighting itself would be banning it altogether, says Andrei Navrozov
Costa del Cool
There is still something ineffably wonderful and for ever 1969 about Marbella, says Nick Foulkes
Unbillable Hours
Our specialists solve your HNW problems (gratis!)
Q
Is it really possible to avoid stamp duty land tax when purchasing land and property?
A
A lot has been made recently in the press about buyers of some of the UK’s most expensive homes avoiding stamp duty land tax (SDLT) by purchasing their home through a company.
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