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...fails majority / From Kai L Chan, Abu Dhabi, UAE Ivy League credentials of those ruling on education / From Harold J Smith, White Plains, NY, US...
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...Kai L Chan Abu Dhabi, UAE...
...In the courtyard below, the palazzo’s garden is deep in hibernation, all leafless grey ivy vines and fallow flowerbeds: but here, banana palms sprout next to rivers and huge ficus trees spread shade over...
...Whenever I visit in September I am ashamed at my potted pelargoniums compared with hers, ranging from two ivy-leaved variegated varieties, Rose Silver Cascade and L’Elegante, to two Uniques, Scarlet and...
...I interviewed him earlier this month, sat on bar stools at the far end of Brutto’s L-shaped bar (this was, he said, his personal “best table”)....
...I noticed recently on 1stdibs a c1890 Minton majolica tureen shaped like an ivy-covered basket. What an addition to my festive table this would be....
...Renan and Brenda, who only give their first names, say they are here “to see what’s going on”....
...Overhead, the arms of the metal chandelier hanging from the white-painted, wooden-beamed ceiling are wrapped in faux ivy....
...It forms an L-shape with the shorter naval wing, for those convicted of misdemeanours on the high seas....
...Thirty years ago, when I first peered through the hoardings, the tomb was an overgrown ruin covered in a tangle of weeds and ivy....
...“Full credit to L&G for asking me, but how high is the bar? I am 57, this is the first time I have been approached....
...The kings of the Ivy League to fast food route, however, may be Matt Perelman and Alex Sloane....
...London; Rev T K Hole, Sheffield; Robert Smith, Norfolk Polymath 1,013: Bob Walker, Nuneaton Crossword 16,111: Magnus Chisholm, Ross-shire; J Verge , Dorset; Steven Smith, Switzerland Polymath 1,012: Brenda...
...French conservative daily L’Opinion summed up. The ruling was met with relative indifference elsewhere....
...The story has been told many times before, but rarely with such narrative verve as in Brenda Wineapple’s superb book....
...In the grander sitting room upstairs, trompe-l’oeil fluted columns and floral garlands surround pastorals, under a spectacular ceiling whose timber beams and supports are covered in rich botanical and scroll...
...Seersucker, a westernised mangling of the poetic Persian shirushakar came into style-aware wardrobes from India during the jazz age (it was popular with Gatsby-era Ivy Leaguers, Palm Beachers and — inevitably...
...In French, to leave a party without saying goodbye is to leave à l’anglaise. In American English, it’s sometimes called an “Irish goodbye”....
...A postwar initiative to expose British schoolchildren to the best in modern art, attracting contributors such as Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Henri Matisse and L.S....
...“Financial literacy is essential for those seeking a board position and P&L responsibility helps executives to develop this skill....
...Nigel Wilson, L&G London is the greatest City in the world. It is our collective responsibility and a privilege to make Britain the best country in the world....
...French design company Koziel produces wallpapers that give the illusion of mossy bricks, slate, climbing ivy, rusted tin tiles and industrial steel beams....
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...Nigel Wilson, L&G It is critical that we maintain the principle of a unitary board and the accountability of all board members....
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