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Robert Amsterdam: ‘Power is increasingly fragmented, uneven and unpredictable’
Change is in the air around the world, but preparing smartly can ensure a following wind, writes Robert Amsterdam In mid-April, a fire ruthlessly t…
Your reputation and the importance of ‘active management’ – expert view
Reputation risks can be mitigated by a legal adviser with a customised plan, but make sure to take the online precautions too, writes Dr Laura Scai…
The War on Wealth: how the left is winning the battle of ideas – Spear’s cover story
It’s the billion dollar question: How is the left winning the battle of ideas, and what can HNWs do about it? Arun Kakar talks to commentator…
Tilney grows Scottish presence with new office and senior hire
A new senior hire and Edinburgh office with plenty of space suggests that Tilney’s Scottish expansion is ramping up, reports Arun Kakar Wealt…
Tech billionaire Tej Kohli: ‘AI will be worth $150 trillion in 3-5 years’
Entrepreneur Tej Kohli talks to Rasika Sittamparam about investing in AI and how it can contribute to the greater good ‘This is bigger than a…
A rear admiral’s guide to business decision-making
A leader must dedicate time and resource to working through scenarios where the worst has happened, writes Rear Admiral Richard Leaman ‘………..Uniden…
William Cash heads to the Animal Ball – report and photos
One of the summer’s glitziest event in aid of endangered species and featured London’s A-lists of fashion, society, conservation, busin…
GDPR, SARS, and what it all means for HNW privacy – expert view
The strategic use of Subject Access Requests in the private wealth area is of particular interest. SARs are not new but GDPR has changed the game …
Meet Jane Craig, Penningtons Manches’ doyenne of divorce
Jane Craig, the head of Penningtons Manches’ family law department, knows divorce inside out Jane Craig, a fellow of the International Academy of F…
Jonathan Ray on Rioja: ‘The quality level has soared recently’
Rioja’s reds are getting better and better – and you can tuck in as soon as you buy a bottle, writes Jonathan Ray Just what is it about Bordeaux? I…
How Iceland became a ‘destination for food adventurers’ – Spear’s travel
A curious side-effect of Iceland’s banking crisis has been a subsequent boost in tourism and a growing buzz around the nation’s unique cuisine, wri…
How did books become so utterly worthless?
They’ve shaped our world and we still couldn’t do without them – so why on earth are books so hard to sell, asks Sam Leith It was a book about moun…
‘Bring back the real fast times, dude!’ – Alessandro Tomé on influencers
Social media influencers have a bizarre amount of power over their followers – at least until they end up on the social scrapheap, writes Alessandr…
Donald Sultan swings again at the Huxley-Parlour Gallery
Donald Sultan was a huge noise in the New York art scene in the late Seventies and Eighties, now a retrospective at the Huxley-Parlour Gallery reve…
Curator Q&A: Jay Rutland on new exhibition Between the Lines
Arun Kakar speaks to the Maddox gallery’s creative director Jay Rutland about how he put together its latest star-studded and thought-provoki…
Tom Davies: going bespoke with the ‘dynamo’ of spectacles
Visionary designer Tom Davies knows exactly what style of glasses will suit each customer – even an editor with asymmetric ears, writes Alec Marsh …
WEEKEND IN… Munich
Modernity and tradition are strangely comfortable bedfellows in Germany’s second city, writes Arun Kakar A bierkeller is never too far from a bouti…
Ayesha Vardag interview: meet the UK’s most controversial family lawyer
Christopher Jackson meets the woman who has dropped a grenade in the world of family law Of how many professions could it be said that the undisput…
Floral by Lima review: ‘Positively merry and altogether congenial’
Arun Kakar heads to one of London’s stand-out Peruvian restaurants and is taken on a breathless tour of different flavours Whether it’s in Ma…
Elizabeth Day on miscarriages, mixed feelings and millennials – Spear’s interview
Elizabeth Day has tasted success as a journalist and novelist – but it’s failure that has inspired her latest work, writes Emelia Hamilton-Russell …