Hints and tips:
...Ali Mohamed, climate envoy for Kenyan President William Ruto, noted the huge sums spent each year by companies and rich individuals on business-class and first-class plane tickets....
...Fouquet’s ambitions were opposed by Colbert, the eventual winner, and by the time of the ball he had already influenced Louis’ decision....
...It has a rich literary past, having hosted Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams. Music is a huge focus everywhere but, for me, one of the best venues is Preservation Hall....
...Notable artists involved include textile artists Ptolemy Mann and Margo Selby, ceramicist Celia Dowson and painters including William Balthazar Rose....
...On Sunday, Burlington Gardens hosts Bob and Roberta Smith’s “Long Artists’ Lunch”, where visitors will be served on a 15 metre-long surrealist “tablescape” by the artist duo Philip and Charlotte Colbert....
...(Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) “He’s a very open-minded vegan” Stephen Colbert – another former Daily Show correspondent – interviews Clinton at New York’s famed Carnegie Deli....
...As it did last year with Christopher Williams, MoMA has handed its curatorial reins over to a conceptual artist....
...jonathan.guthrie@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Troublesome mortgage payments then and now / From William Claxton-Smith...
...William Cline of the Peterson Institute puts its fair value at Y108....
...“The fact that Oliver left and Colbert left just makes it even more challenging for Viacom....
...He played soccer for the varsity team at his college, William and Mary in Virginia, and had hopes of turning professional, but after university moved to New York and began doing stand-up....
...The one who came closest — Brian Williams of NBC news — has been caught repeating a story about travelling in a helicopter struck by a rocket in Iraq 12 years ago. No such thing occurred....
...He was a lover of flowers and a serious collector of coins and medals, including a batch from Louis’s sworn enemy, the Protestant William of Orange....
...The levy was first deployed in 1694 by King William to finance a war against the French....
...When Stone appeared on the US comedian Stephen Colbert’s show, the host commented that the name Biz “doesn’t stand for ‘business model’”....
...“The Obama administration has to reconcile three very different, but essential steps,” says William Gale, a former Clinton administration economist....
...Colbert, Joseph Prueher, and Charles Rossotti....
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