‘We can’t expect success in the future because we’ve had it in the past’ – Coutts’ Peter Flavel on the bank’s revival
‘There is a feeling of being completely out of one’s depth’ – Spear’s meets Colin Davidson, portraitist to the stars
Interview: Clive James on Dante, Brexit and Trump Read More... In a rare interview for issue 64 of Spear’s, the late polymath Clive James talked about his latest epic poem, Dante, Rembrandt, journalism, and his admiration for his family. Words by Christopher Jackson.
Stars align for the Mayfair Literary Festival Read More... Claridges, the Connaught and the London Library, are among the venues celebrating Mayfair’s cultural history this Autumn, writes Hugo Inkson
London’s all new ‘crime’ festival opens this week Read More... Some of the UK’s top writers are descending on central London this week at the inaugural Capital Crime festival, the comic-con of crime fiction, writes Alec Marsh
Autumn reads: Four of the best books out now Read More... Spear’s writers presents four books that are worth picking up this autumn
Why the next gen’s appetite for social impact is soaring
Sam Leith on why nothing ever beats a book retreat
