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...peter.campbell@ft.com Letter in response to this column:The consumer will never forgive VW for poor engineering / From Brían MacManus, Dublin, Ireland...
...After singing opposite Lise Davidsen earlier this year, Brian Jagde is evidently the Royal Opera’s go-to tenor partner for big-voiced sopranos....
...Brian Gleeson captures the character’s tightly coiled rage, but his portrayal seems to be missing a layer of menace. Some choreographic missteps also undermine the power of the grisly final scene....
...Mr Lack brims with confidence about his parent company’s “real and long-lasting” commitment to making the service a success....
...Gunaratne’s martinis are filled to the ice-cold brim, so rather than risk picking up the glass he suggests lowering your face to take a slurp, the so-called “Egerton Slurp”....
...Sir, As a “redundant” former banker, I can only assume Brian Groom hasn’t spent much time in the coffee shops mentioned (“Awash with coffee”, Notebook, October 23)....
...I was happy to be a Brylcreem boy, a jiving Jew of the Green, from my gleaming winkle-pickers to the white knitted ties and the snap-brim trilby, worn with an attitude on the way to shul....
...Brian Holmes, a Billingsgate porter for more than 20 years, said: “This will destroy the heritage of the market and end the livelihoods of people who have been doing the job for many years....
...I Love Melvin, a Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds musical from 1953, brims with sunny innocence....
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