The UK's heritage buildings need commercial nous to survive and thrive
The country's best loved landmarks won't stay in mint condition without generating revenue - but there's no denying the challenges, says Moya Maxwell
View ArticleReview: Chekhov, Uncle Vanya, West Yorkshire Playhouse
William Cash on a cast trying to find their way through the woods
View ArticleWallace Collection’s future of museums debate fails to look to the long-term
Museums can’t see past the next five years – but they need to look further ahead to save themselves, says Josh Spero
View ArticleReview: Weill and Brecht, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Royal...
Melinda Hughes takes in the renegade opera, performed for the first time at the Royal Opera House after 85 years
View ArticleDoes money maketh minimalism?
Sam Leith has a stiff task finding staff to organise his stuff. Better to have nothing!
View ArticleFrom heart specialists to private operas, Spear's meets a UHNW fixer
William Cash meets chief fixer at BHB Partners Harry Becher, who explains that in his world there's no such thing as a normal request
View ArticleExclusive: Adam Dant's sketches from Richard III's reburial
Adam Dant - the official national general election artist - accompanied Spear's editor William Cash to the Richard the III's reburial. Here are his sketches of the reburial, and text by William
View ArticleBoy About Town takes us through his Easter Extravaganza
Zak Smith tours London this weekend via chocolates at Venchi, lunch at Joe’s Oriental Diner, comedy at the Proud Archivist and the obligatory Nelly concert at the O2 arena
View ArticleReview: Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, English National Opera
Melinda Hughes takes in the ENO’s fun (if flawed) take on the macabre masterpiece
View ArticleThere's more to education than the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Alessandro Tomé says broad horizons, and recognition of the importance of choice are just as important as the drive epitomised by Garry Kasparov when it comes to educating our children
View ArticleSlow-moving Suffolk moves up in the world
Clive Aslet rambles around Aldeburgh, the new home of 'delicious slightness'
View ArticleChestertons Polo in the Park marks the start of summer
Whether you're an expert on the sport of kings or you just fancy tackling some divots, there's plenty to see this week at Hurlingham Park
View ArticleHedgehog 45 on sailing, decorating, giving and drinking
All the juiciest news and gossip from the latest issue of Spear's
View ArticleThe monumental financial inequality of the Women's World Cup
Zak Smith is annoyed that women's teams, who have just provided so much enjoyment, earn so much less than men
View ArticleBBC Proms Review: Prom 4, Beethoven 9, CBSO
Melinda Hughes on the dramatic pauses and spirited rhythms of Beethoven and Woolrich, all conducted by Andris Nelsons
View ArticleBenedetti and Marsalis unite to save creative collaboration
It's not every day that one of the best classical violinists of a generation premieres a work by one of the biggest names in modern jazz composition. Nicola Benedetti's world premiere of Wynton...
View ArticleWhat the making of Zero Dark Thirty teaches us about goody bag hungry-HNWs
So: something we can all get behind: goody bags. Already I see your eyes lighting up. The topic presented itself to me the other day when I read a Daily Telegraph report headlined: 'Zero Dark Thirty...
View ArticleSmartphone-controlled light can be your soundless alarm clock
Mrs Thatcher did it for four hours a night, Richard Branson for six and Donald Trump (by his own account, at least) does it for three.There is bravado among entrepreneurs, executives and politicians...
View ArticleTo Instagram or not to Instagram?
If life has taught me anything, it is that it is foolhardy in the extreme to be definitive about anything, or for that matter to express even a suggestion of something definitive. When one writes such...
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