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...You can find me at tony.barber@ft.com. First, some housekeeping. The Europe Express weekend newsletter will take a pause over Easter. Normal service will resume on Saturday April 6....
...I arrive at the restaurant 15 minutes ahead of schedule to find my lunch companion, Michel Roux Jr (chef, author, TV star and head of arguably Britain’s most important culinary family) already here....
...By contrast, Albert Hammond Jr prefers the more meditative art of coffee making....
...Albert Hammond Jr on coffee The Strokes’ guitarist loves the ritual of the daily grind I love coffee. I’m not sure if I’d call it an obsession – I like “ritual”....
...Your thoughts are welcomed at tony.barber@ft.com....
...We had help this week from Ethan Plotkin, Kyra Assibey-Bonsu, Zach St Louis, Sam Giovinco, David da Silva, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz....
...Guitarists Albert Hammond Jr and Nick Valensi remain masters of the style, rattling out the brusque, catchy chords of “Meet Me in the Bathroom” and the spangling fretwork of “Soma” with equal aplomb....
...World leaders due to address the gathering of Pacific nations include Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr and, waving the flag for Global Britain, UK premier Rishi...
...Osorio can’t resist a touch of gore: severed ears lie piled on the floor at one (presumably sloppy) barber’s station....
...Chasing a controversial innovator was not a novel task for Isaacson: he has already penned hefty, bestselling biographies of Steve Jobs, Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin...
...The next burst arrived in Kensington with the construction of Albert Hall Mansions in 1876-86....
...I love outsider art, and photographer and writer Albert Grøndahl captured the work beautifully....
...Plus, a look at the new president of the Philippines, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr....
...After Prince Albert died in 1861, Queen Victoria set a fashion for mourning jewellery made from the black gemstone jet. “Jet was very expensive,” says Katz. “ . . ....
...another great American, Albert Einstein....
...Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley....
...We also had help from Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning. Our global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley, and our theme song is by Metaphor Music....
...When Donald Trump Jr texted: “He’s got to condemn this s*** Asap,” Meadows agreed....
...The large Victorian wooden section of the Albert Hall (discovered in a cupboard a few years ago) is as much furniture as model....
...We had help this week from Eli Meixler, Joanna Kao, George Drake Jr, David Dasilva, Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz....
...Truncated by a couple of weeks, the programme was missing visiting international orchestras but there were enough homegrown pleasures for some smaller-scale celebrations in the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th...
...We had help this week from George Drake Jr, David da Silva and Peter Barber. Our executive producer’s Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s global head of audio....
...Loop, which marks its 25th anniversary this year, was a breakthrough piece, now held in the permanent collections of both the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London...
...We had help this week from George Drake Jr., David da Silva, Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz....
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