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<br /> BLACK AND BLUE<br /> AND GOLD<br /> We investigate domestic violence<br /> among the wealthy<br /> IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU!<br /> Three easy ways to make sure your<br /> banker wants to fire you<br /> TAX ADVISERS<br /> INDEX<br /> The lawyers and<br /> accountants you<br /> need to know<br /> Wealth Management, Business and Culture Issue 34 £25<br /> Our cover is inspired by a studious trip to Venice (page 64)<br /> <br /> CONTENTS<br /> A` ged fifteen I precociously sent letters to artists and pop stars<br /> and interviewed them for our school magazine'<br /> GEORDIE GREIG (PAGE 12)<br /> 4 Leaders<br /> 8 From William Cash<br /> 10 Editor's Letter<br /> 12 Diary<br /> Geordie Greig in China<br /> 14 The Hedgehog<br /> 18 The Giver and the Gift<br /> Help for Heroes<br /> 20 Shot Before Dawn<br /> Ben Goldsmith launch <a title="Spear's 34 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=1"> BLACK AND BLUE AND GOLD We investigate domesti</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=2"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=3"> CONTENTS A` ged fifteen I precociously sent letter</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=4"> CONTENTS 44 PETER MARINO: THE MAN BEHIND TH</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=5"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=6"> Editor-in-chief WILLIAM CASH willia</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=7"> The Private, Private Bank BECO</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=8"> LEADERS QUITE Q </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=9"> Brooks Gordon is the property agency for hig</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=10"> FROM THE FOUNDER William cash W </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=11"> A bank you can trust </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=12"> EDITOR'S LETTER JoSh Spero T </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=13"> WWW.GIEVESANDHAWKES.COM</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=14"> THE DIARY GEORDIE GREIG GEORDIE GREIG IS EDIT</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=15"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=16"> THE </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=17"> THE HEDGEHOG A TÊT</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=18"> TWIT TWOO James Stewart @JamesStewartWC2 Fun</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=19"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=20"> THE GIVER AND THE GIFT The Giver EMMA AND BRY</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=21"> THE GIVER AND THE GIFT The Gift ANDY GRANT EX-ROY</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=22"> 1. Ben Goldsmith gave a </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=23"> 1 3 5 </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=24"> SHOT BEFORE DAWN Sophie Michell The executiv</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=25"> SHOT BEFORE DAWN 23 22 21 20 </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=26"> SHOT BEFORE DAWN PIECE BY PIECE Playing to a pa</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=27"> The Wine Source Fund A unique investment platfor</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=28"> SHOT BEFORE DAWN 1 2 15 4 3 </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=29"> At the foot of the Atlas Mountains, away from </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=30"> Wake up to a new way of banking Duncan Lawrie o</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=31"> COUNTER CULTURE // PEP TALK // DISCRIMINATOR VIEW</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=32"> THE COLUMNS // COUNTER CULTURE `Port</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=33"> THE COLUMNS // PEP TALK Robert Amsterdam `Even b</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=34"> THE COLUMNS // THE DISCRIMINATOR Alessandro Tomé </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=35"> THE COLUMNS // THE DISCRIMINATOR </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=36"> THE COLUMNS // VIEW FROM ST PAUL'S Guy Monson `I</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=37"> THE COLUMNS // THE LAW Martyn Gowar `One of the </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=38"> THE COLUMNS // IMAGE RIGHTS Edward Amory `Unlike</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=39"> THE WORLD’S BEST HI-FI KJ WEST</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=40"> Randox Health DESIGNER HEALTH... The Contin</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=41"> WEALTH MANAGEMENT // LAW // PHILANTHROPY </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=42"> THE ISSUES // DOMESTIC VIOLENCE S </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=43"> THE ISSUES // DOMESTIC VIOLENCE </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=44"> THE ISSUES // PRIVATE BANKING IT’S NOT ME, IT’S Y</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=45"> THE ISSUES // PRIVATE BANKING form in downturns</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=46"> THE ISSUES // PORTFOLIO THE PETER PRINCIPLE Arc</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=47"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=48"> THE ISSUES // PORTFOLIO Dior pictures by Richard</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=49"> THE ISSUES // PORTFOLIO ON HIS STYLE You wo</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=50"> THE ISSUES // PORTFOLIO ON MEDIOCRITY I onl</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=51"> ImagIne how much more personal your InterIor coul</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=52"> THE ISSUES // PORTFOLIO </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=53"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=54"> THE ISSUES // SOCIAL NETWORKS BATTLE OF THE BEAU</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=55"> THE ISSUES // SOCIAL NETWORKS </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=56"> THE ISSUES // JURY TRIALS panel beatIng Since the</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=57"> seen as a reason to punish them. Although no form</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=58"> THE ISSUES // HERITAGE SIMON THURLEY HO</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=59"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=60"> by Gordon Brown. The next thing he knew was that </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=61"> THE ISSUES // HERITAGE He pauses and look</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=62"> THE ISSUES // PRIVACY YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED* </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=63"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=64"> THE ISSUES // COMMONWEALTH GAMES </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=65"> THE ISSUES // COMMONWEALTH GAMES turnover by </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=66"> THE ISSUES // EDUCATION hall in the best possib</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=67"> THE ISSUES // EDUCATION F </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=68"> eschewing the lecture hall in favour of inspire</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=69"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=70"> THE ISSUES // LAW tIll death us do part (or so Yo</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=71"> Connect to Wealth Through Intelligence </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=72"> THE ISSUES // TAX THE ONLY WAY IS ETHICS The an</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=73"> In association with Book Awards 2013 </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=74"> THE ISSUES // COMMODITIES DIGGING DEEP Demand fro</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=75"> Illustration by Rich Gemmell THE ISSUES // COMMO</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=76"> A giving society In The Gospel of Wealth, Andrew </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=77"> Ciao, Venezia! It is one of the undoubted perks o</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=78"> People. Power. Philanthropy. Meet the real people</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=79"> TAX AND TRUST ADVISERS THE SPEAR’S INDEX A Cruik</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=80"> THE INDEX // TAX AND TRUST ADVISERS TOP TAX AND </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=81"> THE INDEX // TAX AND TRUST ADVISERS `We m</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=82"> THE INDEX // TAX AND TRUST ADVISERS </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=83"> THE INDEX // TAX AND TRUST ADVISERS `When Cap</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=84"> THE INDEX // TAX AND TRUST ADVISERS `Being in</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=85"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 86" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=86"> THE INDEX // TAX AND TRUST ADVISERS </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=87"> THE INDEX // TAX AND TRUST ADVISERS `W</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=88"> THE INDEX // TAX AND TRUST ADVISERS `It has bec</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=89"> Date: A day of panels, 26 Sep</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=90"> A privileged experience The elegance of Paradisu</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 91" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=91"> BOOKS // FOOD // ART // DESIGN // LUXURY TRAVE</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 92" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=92"> THE GOOD LIFE // TRAVEL </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 93" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=93"> THE GOOD LIFE // TRAVEL T he </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 94" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=94"> provides thermal jackets that protect us fro</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 95" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=95"> zChocolat « Share the experience » www.zchocolat</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 96" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=96"> THE GOOD LIFE // BOOKS Ex libris Christopher Sil</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 97" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=97"> of Thomas Jefferson's administration, serving as </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 98" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=98"> THE GOOD LIFE // FOOD still waters runs deep For</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 99" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=99"> THE GOOD LIFE // FOOD She is a revolution</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 100" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=100"> THE GOOD LIFE // WHISKY LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE W</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 101" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=101"> tradition, `but the one that centres around the S</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 102" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=102"> THE GOOD LIFE // AUCTIONS LIGHT FIXTURE When e</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 103" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=103"> The problem that usually arises is when, after th</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 104" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=104"> TINKER, TAILOR, ARTIST, SPY War, the UN, the we</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 105" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=105"> THE GOOD LIFE // ART I </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 106" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=106"> was in my face. I was already frozen but sud</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 107" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=107"> 2013 Wealth Management Awards `The Os</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 108" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=108"> Images on this page courtesy Sotheby's; opposite </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 109" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=109"> own art and the auction houses defended disap- po</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 110" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=110"> THE GOOD LIFE // TRAVEL THE SCORE Could Bei</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 111" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=111"> THE GOOD LIFE // TRAVEL O </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 112" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=112"> Walking into a Virgin Megastore in Beiru</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 113" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=113"> TOP: ST JOSEPH JESUIT CHURCH HOSTE</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 114" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=114"> with (relative) abundance is classical music. </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 115" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=115"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 116" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=116"> THE GOOD LIFE // TRAVEL action, camera, lights! </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 117" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=117"> THE GOOD LIFE // TRAVEL THE WARM WELCOME AT T</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 118" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=118"> THE GOOD LIFE // TRAVEL white in Septem</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 119" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=119"> THE PRIVATE JET LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 120" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=120"> THE GOOD LIFE // ULTRA flight of fancy From chec</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 121" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=121"> THE GOOD LIFE // ULTRA </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 122" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=122"> THE GOOD LIFE // LUXURY sheet music Moving from L</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 123" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=123"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 124" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=124"> THE GOOD LIFE // PROPERTY Ross Clark `London </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 125" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=125"> initially to ring the death knell for leasehold. </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 126" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=126"> THE GOOD LIFE // COUNTRY WIRE Clive Aslet `Autho</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 127" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=127"> BUSINESS OPINIONS WEALTH MANA</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 128" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=128"> THE GOOD LIFE // PLEASURE DIVIDEND Nick Foulkes </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 129" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=129"> THE GOOD LIFE // MID-ATLANTIC GIRL Daisy Prince </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 130" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=130"> THE GOOD LIFE // AT THE SHARP END Sa</a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 131" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=131"> </a> <a title="Spear's 34 page 132" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1ed8339?page=132"> </a>