Hints and tips:
...A 1993 match at New York’s Columbia University between a West Indies team led by Brian Lara and “a best of the US” squad attracted 2,000 fans, largely of Caribbean heritage....
...There had been speculation that Bond would be played by an established star such as Peter Finch, James Mason or Cary Grant. Instead the role made Connery an established star....
...Industry sources have told the FT that the decisive factor was a letter that Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown and Brian Schatz sent to Mastercard, Visa and Stripe....
...Finch was “very hungry”, “very driven” and “full of ideas”....
...Snapped Perhaps Brian Nowak has a future as a Delaware Chancellor if the whole sellside analyst thing doesn't work out (times are tough)....
...With an oeuvre ranging from cathedral masses to humorous settings of Liverpool poet Brian Patten for children’s choirs, Marsh has also created a musical installation for a travelator at Gatwick airport,...
...The Marvels, by Brian Selznick, Scholastic, RRP£16.99/RRP$32.99 Part graphic novel, part prose narrative, The Marvels is a puzzle-box of a book....
...For one thing, Elliott has been heaping praise on Mr Finch like there’s no tomorrow....
...“This is localism in action, with less money to spend,” said Dermot Finch of the Centre for Cities think-tank....
...Dermot Finch, chief executive of the Centre for Cities think tank, fears that too many places may have jumped on the bandwagon with projects that are over-dependent on public funds and do not create many...
...“The coalition government is right to want more enterprise and growth in the towns and cities outside the M25 – but rebalancing our economy in this way will be an enormous challenge,” said Dermot Finch,...
...The next government needs to help these struggling cities fix the basics – like improving schools and public transport so they can attract new business and jobs,” said Dermot Finch, the centre’s chief executive...
...brian.groom@ft.com...
...Wakey wakey Hat tip, as they say in the blogosphere, to Dermot Finch, director of the Centre for Cities think tank, for pointing out in his blog that Caroline Spelman, shadow communities and local government...
...Sims Reed offer a catalogue raisonné of David Hockney posters adorned with a large original drawing by the artist of his studio drawn for his friend Brian Baggott (£5,000)....
...The new chairman is Sir Robert Finch, an ex-Lord Mayor of London and formerly a real estate partner at Linklaters....
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