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...I wanted to celebrate the incredible work they do.”...
...He describes the aesthetic of his first collection — shown on supermodel friends he’d called in through favours — as conjuring up “a grandiose, decadent, very English kind of lady, with bespoke and interesting...
...Fees of 1 per cent are not unknown, and agencies may then have to give a cut of their fee to another agent to introduce a buyer....
...Or: “she’d struck so many poses as a journalist that she couldn’t recognise the difference between opinion and morality.” O’Hagan has a tendency to both show and tell....
...Could he, I suggest, write it candidly for posthumous publication? He roars with laughter: “Absolutely not. I’d want to be around to enjoy the glory!”...
...“If I had to choose one piece, I would choose the JZ Tea Trolley. It did not have the rigid structure you’d see from European industrial producers working with large joineries....
...One day, Bulas watched a portly Colombian travel agent arrive at the Great American Bank of Dade County, a known Coin-O-Washer....
...More often than you’d think, I was told, they’d get B for banana, Q for cucumber and E for X-ray. “It’s a bit rude,” said Jo....
...“It wasn’t the way you’d think, either: it was a woman hitting on a man....
...I’d regularly drink affordable wine so good it tasted, in the French phrase, “like the piss of Jesus”....
...Therefore, he wrote, “I must go round to the said Caravaggio to find out how I can be sure of not ruining it.” Nevertheless, he added, everyone who saw the painting “was amazed”. We still are....
...A: Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary What is the middle name of hedge fund manager Paul Singer?...
...While there, I read a buzzy new novel, Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan. The FT review was a bit negative: I would give it a rave....
...Ryan O’Dea helps me into one. We pull out, passing a vast ship being loaded with cattle, and I notice “Tugg” and “Life” tattooed on Ryan’s feet....
...Michael O’SullivanMy bosses told me it was a crazy idea. It was illegal. And if I didn’t get myself arrested or brought before the courts, I’d bring the police force into discredit....
...What I’d like to do is benchmark the Chandrayaan-3 mission to other missions, but it’s difficult to ascertain whether ISRO is just mind-blowingly good at creating low-cost space missions, or if they just...
...Back when I started at the FT as a trainee reporter 15 years ago, I never expected I’d end up writing about organised crime. We covered things like the stock market, and mergers and acquisitions....
...In the past year, prime prices in the city have increased 4.8 per cent, according to estate agent Knight Frank....
...I’ve been playing a lot lately, I’ve been proper stinky [?!], I‘ve been playing it a tonne....
...“F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E” and “Sorted for E’s & Wizz” were ticked off like rites of passage from someone moving from Sheffield outsider to Britpop in-crowd....
...“Me, I like everything. I like wine, food and music. I can’t bear narrow-minded people who get obsessed by one thing. Luckily, architecture encapsulates absolutely everything,” he says....
...I have never thought of my designs as luxury garments. I think in terms of use, comfort and practicality – the quality of the fabric fits the purpose.”...
...But G goes on leave at this point, handing the file over to H, who drafts a minute, which is signed by D and returned to C, who revises his draft accordingly and lays the new version before A.”...
...I’d work with the elephants because I’d enjoy giving them a hug from time to time. I’ve recently rediscovered my collection of vinyl....
...[TYSON FURY ON JOE ROGAN’S PODCAST] “I’d wake up and I’d think why did I wake up this morning....
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