Hints and tips:
...Today we’re talking about The Curse, a new drama series from Benny Safdie and Nathan Fielder, which dropped on Paramount Plus today and drops tomorrow in the UK....
...It’s one that north London-based gardener Benny Hawksbee possesses....
...Margin came in at 22% vs MSe at 23.8% as a result of mix (US O&G higher margin)....
...The exhibition Modern Couples at the Barbican museum currently explores artist pairings, including Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin (until January 27)....
...Although the owner of the Frankie & Benny’s chain has seen rivals — such as Jamie’s Italian, Prezzo and Byron — close outlets, it can take no pleasure from it....
...In January, its shares fell more than 10 per cent in a single morning after it reported a drop in sales following the removal of popular dishes from the menu of its Frankie & Benny’s diner chain....
...The first is underperformance at the M&G investment management wing that has traditionally supplied a big slug of Pru’s profits. This year, M&G’s statutory earnings were flat....
...to the one used by Ms Rivera....
...The Frankie and Benny’s chain enjoyed a “sizeable uplift” in revenue and profit, while the Chiquito outlets benefited from the popularity of Mexican food....
...There he was mentored by the late, great swing trumpeter Roy Eldridge and went on to join Benny Goodman....
...Selections by Ángel Gurría-Quintana … POETRY Red Doc> , by Anne Carson, Jonathan Cape, RRP£12/Knopf, RRP$24.95 In her follow-up to Autobiography of Red , Carson renames her winged hero Geryon as “G”...
...History of African Politics in South Africa, 1882-1990, vol. 5, Nadir and Resurgence, 1964-1979 by Thomas G....
...Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy, by Raghuram G Rajan, Princeton University Press RRP£18.95 A high-powered yet accessible analysis of the financial crisis and its aftermath...
...Fran Bailey, tourism minister, said it was “hypocritical” of British television to allow the fruity language of comedians such as Ali G and Benny Hill but reject “our fun-loving and fruity campaign”....
...A gentler choice would be Benny Goodman’s “Somebody Else is Taking My Place”, in reference to successor Ben Bernanke, another saxophonist....
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