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Wealth Management, Business and Culture: Sharp and to the Point
Issue 27
£25
LEADERS
A FIVE-RING CIRCUS
This is not a column for killjoys: Spear's welcomes the
Olympics to town, complete with its eminently eBay-
able torch, re-enlisted drugs cheats, zealous copyright
lawyers and caravan of dignitaries grown large on corporate
sponsorship who get to zip around London on specially
reserved roads. Look upon us, ye Blighty, and despair.
Perhaps we're not entirely welcoming, then. Our
Discriminator, Alessandro Tomé, sums up the illogic of
London bidding for the event very well on page 32: `Why
else would a city like London ever want to stage the
Olympics? Is it because it felt bad about the Elgin Marbles?
Did London really need the publicity, did it feel it was
perceived as a backwater location in need of a spruce-up?'
Wealth Management, Business and Culture: Sharp an
LEADERS A FIVE-RING CIR
AGEING DISGRACEFULLY W e
Schroders has been innovating for over 200 years.
The art of creating value CaixaBank is one of th
Original work created by the artist Joan Miró for
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A world of ideas at Sarasin & Partners Lea
EAST IS EDEN It’s not all weird haircuts and skin
D-Brilliant Cuts™ invented by master Polisher Hed
subscriptions@spearswms.com Andrei Navroz
A subsidiary of HSBC Private Bank HSBC
FROM WILLIAM CASH Acontroversial thing to say in
editor’S Letter FACTS FROM
CLASSIC WITH A TWIST At Tristan Capital, we hav
diary LORD MOYNIHAN M y diary for the
VERITAS ASSET MANAGEMENT We are an independent i
CAMERA LUCIDA To the Soho Hotel for a preview s
Kirsty Lang @bbckirstylang Went to see musical ad
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Actress and campaigner Georgina Rylance began the
Nominees, Winners and What the Judges Said PRO
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Take A
THE DISCRIMINATOR SURELY SOME MISTAKE It makes
crumbling ruins. It would give us all back a sens
COUNTER CULTURE FAULTY RECEPTION The sad fact of
“Overcoming cancer is like climbing a mountain;
AN HNW ABC The sixth instalment of our lexicogra
PERSONAL EXPRESSION MEETS MUSICAL PERFECTION PIAN
VIEW FROM ST PAUL’S MULTIPLICATION FABLES In th
THE LAW AVOIDANCE? AVOID IT Martyn Gowar says ta
THE GIVER AND THE GIFT HACKNEY EMPIRE Entreprene
Now bringing sleep to London HÄSTENS FIT
WE BELIEVE... 1 That not just money but also ti
League, this is `the single most damning statisti
A IS FOR ATTITUDE B IS FOR BENEFACTION
growth and prevent them from being grounded in th
ment has ceased — even after their death. In this
A FAMILY AFFAIR WHEN AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED Man
LIES, OIL AND DEATH IN THE NEW LIBYA Sophie McBa
finances than most was the former head of the NOC
The big money is already attracting corpora
Above left: The fall of the old regime has led to
OLDEN GOL The ageing global population will have
DIES at the opportunities for investors
RISK ON? RISK OFF! Spear's talks to the Brains T
How the rest of the world approaches risk requir
SIZE ISN’T EVERYTHING From finance to sports, is
country needed to reinven
ON THE Stephen Hill, Spear's economics editor, is
B R IT
There's more to carbon credits than just hot air,
Europe, Asia and Africa, which is listed on Londo
BANK NOTES Whether crisp fifties or inky blots o
Photography © Robert Piwko FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS `
THE CULTURAL OLYMPIAN While everyone is intent o
Those two together will be the cultural legacy.'
Make your Grand Entrance, inOurs. P
FLOREAT NEWHAM Talk about a toff neighbourhood..
Above left: Prospective pupils of the new academy
PAPPED TO THE POST Becoming an Olympic champion
SI TS E D E 72 N Words by Emily Rookwood I
The Nelly Duff gallery on Columbia Road; photo by
COFFEE The rooftop bar at Terence
Pea custard with asparagus at Nuno Mendez’s Viaja
Sport and the tax authorities have a lot in commo
According to Forbes, golfer Tiger Woods made £3
RISING STARS INDEX LEGAL RISING STARS INDEX Lon
Davina Hay assisted Stewart in assimilating
RISING STARS INDEX PROPERTY LAW NED EL-IMAD MI
reading the hardest of the Greek trage- dians, Ae
Sam Longworth they don't want to separate for t
Bradley Williams complex international divorce
RISING STARS INDEX TAX & TRUST
Oliver Court pleting a law conversion course. He
Kirstie McGuigan Originally from Ashton-Unde
Ed Powles ED POWLES MAURICE TURNOR GARDNER It'
RISING STARS INDEX Elizabeth Jones CHARITY L
Official London 2012 hospitality Your business at t
BOOK REVIEWS EX LIBRIS LONDON IN THE EIGHTEENTH
To read more book reviews and to buy all the book
LOUCHE LIFE SEA OF GREEN A visit to the Aeolian
PLEASURE DIVIDEND DIAMOND GEEZER Cleopatra, Cath
Tradition, tailored for excess. Since 1988, Nene
RESTAURANTS TEQUILA SUNRISE Tom Conran has exte
Illustration by Rebecca Buckland after it). Ther
KYOTO PROTOCOL The fanciest, most traditional Ja
Right: Kunio Tokuoka has four Michelin stars for
WINE THERE’S NO PLACE
ceases to impress me is Georges Vernay, base
BIRTHDAY BUBBLES In 2012 Laurent-Perrier, offici
Dayekh www.dayekh.com Simply The Most Beautiful
ULTRA ¡VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN! Bad hotels, lo
Another optio
WATCHES LESS IS MORE EXPENSIVE It may be par
Opposite: The Patek Philippe Ref 5153 in yellow g
ART TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE Anthony Haden-Guest
Gilbert and George’s latest show, London Pictures
PAINTING BY NUMBERS We shouldn't judge the quali
The sale is in
DESIGN DELHI-CACIES Lucia van der Post dons her s
Opposite: Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s spectac
TRAVEL THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE Buying the New Orl
his experiences in the Natio
NOU Paris is fizzing with the new — in art, polit
VELLE VILLE gouges of plaster. Beams and pillars
associated with. One
Spear’S wealth inSight forum The New Victorians:
ABU-SOLUTELY FABULOUS More low-key than Dubai, A
project. State-sponsored happiness is a peculiarl
122 LIFE’S A BEACH ...but a sweet one, sighs Wil
cognoscenti are now choosing St Lucia over Barba
PROPERTY FALSE START If you build it, they will
nations in northern Europe — or at least it will
COUNTRY WIRE VICTOR VICTORIANS Pugin, Dickens an
MID-ATLANTIC GIRL THIS BLOWS! A Scottish-themed
AT THE SHARP END RAFAEL VIÑOLY The celebrated Ne
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