Spear's Salon
Strong Opinion from our Stable of Star Turns
Vanessa Neumann
Dr Vanessa Neumann is a political philosopher who is editor-at-large of Diplomat magazine.
Texting Dr. Phil
Ever been in the middle of dinner when you suddenly wondered what it all means? Well, now there’s an app for that.
Bleeding Profit
The lawsuits and the investigations may recast the entire fiasco in a new light and repair US-UK relations on the oil spill.
Oh!-bama
Condoms not just with Obama’s face on them, but Sarah Palin, John McCain and (inevitably) Tiger Woods.
Mainstream Madness
Jackie is a groundbreaker: she throws open the gates on crazy pill-popping women and the men who love them.
BP: Too Slick by Half?
The BP executives have now become the most loved-to-hate characters on Saturday Night Live skits.
MoMA's Gathering of the Brave
Billed as a festival of daring ideas, the Courage Forum featured visionary and brave individuals who had overcome personal circumstance or the social status quo to blaze a trail that challenges contemporary thinking and inspires others.
Big Apple's Black Heart
By living in New York, I live in the middle of the world’s most coveted terrorist target.
The Artist Is Boring
From the street it was mayhem: rock concert-worthy crowds at MoMA had to be ushered in by huge security guards.
Unbillable Hours
Our specialists solve your HNW problems (gratis!)
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Is it really possible to avoid stamp duty land tax when purchasing land and property?
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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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