Hints and tips:
...I’m baffled by why we fail to learn anything from history.”...
...Amy Milne Smith’s book London Clubland recalls a joke by the French writers, the Goncourt brothers: if two Englishmen wash up on a desert island, they will form a club....
...This only makes me feel worse because I’m not confident that he can. And because I’m suddenly aware of his view....
...Just this week, Terry Smith, manager of Fundsmith Equity, which I hold, issued a lengthy letter to investors, to explain his underperformance, signing off with a quote from Winston Churchill: “If you are...
...Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has hired James Renahan as an M&A and private equity partner in London. He joins from Travers Smith....
...In 1984, apparently on account of its harping on Africa and repatriation to Africa, Morrissey of the Smiths announced that “all reggae is vile”....
...I’m creating my own film right here. I’m the director.”...
...I’m a big fan of the Star Wars spin-off series, The Mandalorian, and I’ll wear these on air. I also have a pair in the likeness of my dogs, Winston and Clementine....
...But his unexpurgated Diaries 1918-38 also remind us just how admiring much of the British establishment was of Nazi Germany — and what a mountain Winston Churchill had to climb to prepare the country for...
...“I’m nomadic, I don’t live anywhere, I’m here, there and everywhere,” he says. “I didn’t get the money to buy the house.”...
...John Foley, the chief executive of M&G, argued some choppiness was inevitable....
...trade for the 21st century”, he argued and said phase two of its trade negotiations with China would begin “very shortly” as he hailed his relationship with China’s Xi Jinping, saying: “He’s for China, I’m...
...Her friend David Samuels said: “Her readers were rock and roll fans who maybe also owned books by Patti Smith or Sylvia Plath. She was a mirror for them.”...
...He is apparently “a very nice man” who loves to read Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments and quote ancient Chinese poetry....
...They all join from Winston & Strawn....
...Above all, he is aware that DS Smith, so far, is one of the lucky ones....
...The best book I’ve read in the past year is Speaking for Themselves: The Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill....
...“I’m just the same as I was not long ago.” Maybe, but his status has altered beyond recognition....
...“I’m one of those romantic people who thinks an encounter with an artwork can be life-changing.”...
...Squire Patton Boggs has added three partners from Winston & Strawn to its Dubai office....
...After all, this time round a former Rothschild M&A banker is the president of France. (Though we note Rothschild wasn’t on the deal — a possible strategic mistake?)...
...The interiors, by Edinburgh restaurant designer Ian Smith, are a sort of minimal Scots, with hints of tartan and bold rusty oranges as well as taupes and greys....
...Because Iain Duncan Smith is my local MP, so I kind of voted tactically, not that it made a difference. And what is it about Iain Duncan Smith?...
...“Hello, I’m Iain Duncan Smith, your local MP…”. He eventually brightened, even becoming jaunty, as our chat turned to Russia, Syria and Donald Trump....
...“I’ve never been a massive drinker but I’m conscious of not drinking too much.” His diet has become healthier, too....
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