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...Then to the fortified castle of Porto Palermo, on a tiny peninsula that reaches into an only slightly larger bay; and the crystalline waters of Vlorë, with some of Albania’s most famous beaches....
...On to entertainment. Living in a block of flats above a pianist, I love hearing her practice when I’m at home....
...I watch him slalom between the dozen or so superyachts now anchored in the bay, which sits between Nice and Monaco....
...The legendary DJ Readers Wifes will kick matters off from 3pm. 11 August; from £31, heritagelive.net Glyndebourne Festival, Lewes, East SussexDon Giovanni, Semele, Dialogues des Carmélites, L’elisir d’amore...
...Forthcoming highlights include, on May 16, Cimarosa’s rarely heard L’Olimpiade (not strictly an opera about the Olympics, though Paris 2024 is clearly its peg and the games are alluded to in its libretto...
...And it can be that place, especially around Christmas, when the likes of Jeff Bezos, Barry Diller and Jay-Z and Beyoncé drop anchor just offshore, turning the harbour into a sort of floating car park....
...Dude ranches In the Rockies west of Denver, the C Lazy U ranch has been welcoming visitors for a taste of cowboy life since the 1920s....
...It’s as if l have climbed up into the night sky. I am swimming through stars, diving through nebulas. I plunge faster until, like the Enterprise, I hit warp speed. Galaxies pass....
...Shipwrecked: Fincantieri and Chantiers de l’Atlantique merger The combination of Italy’s Fincantieri and France’s Chantiers de l’Atlantique now lies in ruins on the sea floor of the Mediterranean....
...This aggressive mark down came in the form of ERVs -12% l-f-l and yields expanding +17bps....
...Molteni&C, molteni.it....
...Nordics P&C exposure through If P&C and Topdanmark supports around 60% of Sampo’s dividend, where this is expected to remain stable....
...The move fuelled a significant escalation of trade tensions with some of Washington’s closest allies, and prompted retaliatory Canadian duties on C$16.6bn ($12.2bn) worth of US goods....
...The Chinese group has been an aggressive buyer of shares in foreign entertainment groups....
...“They were starting to turn the tide . . . the pandemic happened at the worst time,” said Steve Martin, global chief executive officer of M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, a sponsorship and marketing agency...
...The rabbit was enveloped in cream, white wine and linguine to make a perfect whole — and a fine complement to a bottle of excellent Provençal rosé, a 2018 Bandol Domaine de l’Olivette....
...We estimate Whitbread's annual rates bill is c.£120m, equivalent to c.35% of FY20e PBT (Feb YE). Mitchells & Butlers' rates bill is also around c.£100m, c.50% of FY19 PBT (Sep YE)....
...Baker McKenzie has hired Lisa Fontenot and Derek Liu as partners, expanding its transactional capabilities in the San Francisco Bay Area....
...Company commentary supports our view of limited direct impact to P&C : Hannover Re: noted a potential €200m loss across P&C and L&H; Munich Re: noted a €500m loss should all the events it covers for communicable...
...The group has c.2.7x ND/EBITDA against a covenant of 4.25x....
...Claude Monet: ‘Le déjeuner sur l’herbe’c. Gustave Caillebotte: ‘The Parquet Planers’ d. Caravaggio: ‘The Young Bacchus’ e. William Hogarth: ‘The Rake’s Progress’ 5 Mellow fruitfulness a....
...“The C-word in America is like the third rail in the subway. Here it’s different. Look, I can’t even say it,” he laughs at his coyness. (He eventually forces himself to say it.)...
...New entrants have ploughed cash into original content and entertainment companies have embarked on a wave of consolidation....
...Rising up to three storeys high, the Discovery Bay houseboats vary from 1,200 to 3,000 sq ft and are kitted out with all mod cons, home offices, sundecks and the sort of hefty dining tables and L-shaped...
...After growing up in the Washington, D.C., area and getting his MBA at the University of Utah, he’d come out to California in the late 1970s and never left....
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