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...“The worst of the slowdown is ahead of us, not behind us,” said Seth Carpenter, chief global economist at US bank Morgan Stanley....
...“We can employ gardeners and a live-in carpenter and start restoring parts we never thought we could — even rebuilding [the property’s] towers,” she says....
...Adrian Swann, a developer in Nottingham in the East Midlands, said work on a 16-house compound in the suburb of Wollaton has been stalled for months. “There is healthy demand in the area [for houses]....
...Artisan carpenter Thierry Billaud has been deluged with orders for his country-style doors, chairs and tables using local woods....
...Care providers are offering signing-on bonuses to lure nursing staff away from rivals, and building contractors say labour costs are rising as the housing boom drives up demand for brickies and carpenters...
...John Baldessari, Karen Kilimnik, Merlin Carpenter and Henry Flynt contribute words on canvas, and more provocative performances are captured with Gustav Metzger’s “Auto-destructive art” and Adrian Piper’...
...Located on the Carpenters Workshop stand, it is priced £150,000 (from an edition of just three)....
...Adrian Glasspool, who also owns his own home, is the last remaining resident....
...Among the stalwarts of the fair is Carpenters Workshop Gallery, among whose high-profile clients is the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich....
...Waiting in the wings is Humphrey Carpenter, who will later write biographies of both men....
...Adrian Sassoon, a London dealer who specialises in sculptural rather than functional contemporary British studio ceramics, glass, silver and metalwork, says: “We sell objects that are smart and luxurious...
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