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...The construction company is one of the leading businesses contracted to build the mega-projects that have been a hallmark of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime....
...He turned 92 on February 8 and may win a sixth Oscar for his original score to the latest Indiana Jones movie....
...In 2022, the US tracked down and killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in downtown Kabul, fuelling western suspicions that the Taliban was harbouring him....
...Buonanno et al conclude from a study of their tax returns that purging City Hall of mobsters results in “a significant and sizeable increase of social capital” over the long term....
...More seriously, Goetzman et al argue that art price changes are largely a function of wealth concentration....
...Various scores have been tried (Mozart, Rossini, Johann Strauss) but Wheeldon — like Ashton, Nureyev, Matthew Hart, Alexei Ratmansky et al — was seduced by Prokofiev’s bittersweet 1945 masterpiece, splendidly...
...When Lily Jones, aka Lily Vanilli, was thinking how to mark 15 years of her East London bakery – which has made cakes for everyone from Elton John and Madonna to the V&A and 10 Downing Street – she knew...
...and the imposing blocks of Unity and Africa Halls....
...Until August 25; further information and tickets here From Maria Callas to Elton John via Grace Jones and Cher, Diva celebrates “the power and creativity of iconic performers” across art, fashion, film,...
...Their gorgeous, luminous singing hit a peak with Morley’s sensuous “Et incarnatus est”....
...When Tennant and Beaton et al were having their elaborate costume parties, elegance as much as decadence was everything....
...Since its listing in 2021, the group founded by Nick Jones has lost almost half of its market capitalisation and has struggled to turn a profit....
...If you can’t make the Royal Albert Hall, this year there are events in location as varied as Great Yarmouth, Derry, Aberystwyth and Dewsbury....
...At the entrance I find Greenough shuffling about in a V-neck cricket jumper and a marshal’s jacket....
...Next month, Pasricha will open Estelle Manor on the grounds of what was formerly Eynsham Hall in west Oxfordshire....
...Arnott et al estimate that stocks ejected from the S&P 500 actually outperformed new entrants by an average of 2,200 basis points in the year after the index rejig (FTAV has written about the index inclusion...
...I went to a terrible school in south London and there was a copy of this painting hanging in the assembly hall. It is so peaceful – it was very moving and inspirational for me.”...
...Oleksandr V Danylyuk, a defence and intelligence adviser to the Ukrainian government, said Russia had intensified its artillery strikes on the front lines to try to exhaust Ukraine’s supplies....
...There’s also usually a white wine from Renishaw Hall, a winery in the north of England – the wine is so good it’s actually very difficult to get hold of....
...Gain: headlong action brio and a cast of overnight Hollywood stars-to-be (McQueen, Bronson et al). Loss: length, character complexity and the loving build-up of an epic momentum....
...The costumes (designed by Jones and Poppy Hall) encase the courtiers in glittering high-concept versions of ruffs and corsets and swathe the forest runaways in desirable, soft-hued knitwear....
...And the quieter Al-Andalusian meditations of “L’Ayta” offer the perfect comedown. ★★★★☆ ‘Dancing Under the Moon’ is released by Glitterbeat...
...There are three bedrooms and 465 sq m of land, including a terrace for al fresco entertaining....
...Most recently, Dior announced that Kim Jones would present his men’s pre-fall collection in front of the Pyramids of Giza on 3 December....
...“aerobes” floating through Tate Modern in Anicka Yi’s Turbine Hall commission “In Love with the World”....
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