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Contents ‘It’s everything a GT should be’ MARK WALTON, p86 51 The Index 52 THE 2020 SPEAR’S LUXURY INDEX They can design your home and your yacht, cut your suits and craft your jewellery, source your cigars and even fix your vintage plane. But the denizens of our Luxury Index all have one thing in common: they are innovators, leading the way and setting the agenda in their respective industries. Featuring gallerists turned hoteliers extraordinaire Manuela Hauser and Iwan Wirth (above) Arcadia 71 NICK FOULKES Mayfair’s retailers and hospitality businesses are getting squeeze, so it’s time to Make the West End Great Again 72 DAISY DUNN No one knew how to brighten up a winter quite like the Romans, which is why we should party like it’s AD 99 74 ARUN KAKAR The latest fraud scandal to hit the art world highlights yet again how the market lacks effective regulation 76 SAM LEITH The pop music and poetry we fall in love with in our teens stick with us in ways that other artforms don’t 77 JAMES HARKIN The search for the perfect hand-pulled espresso can involve hours of anguish – both mental and physical, it turns out 78 ALESSANDRO TOMÉ We’ve missed out on plenty of things in 2020, but our ability to adapt and innovate will see us through The Good Life 82 THE SPEAR’S GIFT GUIDE Tailored suggestions for all sorts of characters this Christmas 86 THANK F FOR JAGUAR The latest F-Type continues to revive the fortunes of both Jaguar and the GT in general, says Mark Walton 89 HARVEST BOON The autumn has brought a series of top-notch releases in the worlds of both wine and whisky, says Johnny Ray 90 BACK IN THE GAME William Sitwell discovers how chef Mike Robinson is sharing his passion for game with the diners of Bath 92 PARADISE FOUND Christopher Silvester soaks up the historic and natural majesty of Lake Como in northern Italy 96 OUT OF THIS WORLD Initially stung by the Apple Watch, the Swiss are now proving they’re still on a different planet, says Timothy Barber 98 MIDAS With gardener and writer Monty Don 90 92 98
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Contents

‘It’s everything a GT should be’

MARK WALTON, p86

51

The Index

52 THE 2020 SPEAR’S

LUXURY INDEX They can design your home and your yacht, cut your suits and craft your jewellery, source your cigars and even fix your vintage plane. But the denizens of our Luxury Index all have one thing in common: they are innovators, leading the way and setting the agenda in their respective industries. Featuring gallerists turned hoteliers extraordinaire Manuela Hauser and Iwan Wirth (above)

Arcadia

71 NICK FOULKES

Mayfair’s retailers and hospitality businesses are getting squeeze, so it’s time to Make the West End Great Again

72 DAISY DUNN

No one knew how to brighten up a winter quite like the Romans, which is why we should party like it’s AD 99

74 ARUN KAKAR

The latest fraud scandal to hit the art world highlights yet again how the market lacks effective regulation

76 SAM LEITH

The pop music and poetry we fall in love with in our teens stick with us in ways that other artforms don’t

77 JAMES HARKIN

The search for the perfect hand-pulled espresso can involve hours of anguish – both mental and physical, it turns out

78 ALESSANDRO TOMÉ

We’ve missed out on plenty of things in 2020, but our ability to adapt and innovate will see us through

The Good Life

82 THE SPEAR’S GIFT GUIDE

Tailored suggestions for all sorts of characters this Christmas

86 THANK F FOR JAGUAR

The latest F-Type continues to revive the fortunes of both Jaguar and the GT in general, says Mark Walton

89 HARVEST BOON

The autumn has brought a series of top-notch releases in the worlds of both wine and whisky, says Johnny Ray

90 BACK IN THE GAME

William Sitwell discovers how chef Mike Robinson is sharing his passion for game with the diners of Bath

92 PARADISE FOUND

Christopher Silvester soaks up the historic and natural majesty of Lake Como in northern Italy

96 OUT OF THIS WORLD

Initially stung by the Apple Watch, the Swiss are now proving they’re still on a different planet, says Timothy Barber

98 MIDAS

With gardener and writer Monty Don

90

92

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