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...David Livingstone, Citi’s head of Europe, NatWest’s chief executive Alison Rose and Amanda Blanc, boss of Aviva, are also due to participate....
...“Let me send a clear message to the captains of industry today, a Labour government will declare war on late payment.”...
...I wondered then what Henry Stanley would have said, if he could have found Dr Livingstone in the crowd....
...Explorers like Livingstone and Mungo Park perished in Africa; some, like Captain Cook, had died on the shores of exotic islands; others, like Sir John Franklin or, later, Captain Scott, would perish in the...
...These botanists and plant hunters may not be as well-known as explorers such as Walter Raleigh, Captain Cook or David Livingstone but they seem to me equally noteworthy....
...DLL’s chief executive is Scott Lloyd, son of the former tennis professional and Davis Cup captain who founded the chain in 1980 and sold the business to Whitbread in the mid-1990s....
...bfi.org.uk/lff ——————————————- Pick of the rest so far Drinking Buddies Set in a Chicago brewery, Olivia Wilde flirts and boozes with her co-worker Jake Johnson and acts cool with her boyfriend Ron Livingstone...
...That evening I satisfied a lifetime’s ambition: to dine at the Captain’s table. It was a tougher gig than I’d expected. Our Russian captain was charming but not a man to waste words....
...The London mayoralty election now seems to be turning sharply against Ken Livingstone....
...The piece he cherished most was by the artist Thomas Baines dating back to the 1860s; after Baines tagged along with Livingstone he struck out and explored Africa....
...And, of course, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, whose second expedition to the South Pole in 1912 ended in his death....
...Three and a half years ago, I went with my wife Louise and her family down the Zambezi to retrace the last 10 days of Livingstone’s journey to Victoria Falls....
...Here, captains of industry, newspaper executives and politicians gather to murmur importantly over dressed crab, Dover sole and lashings of steak and kidney pudding....
...In the recent mayoral election Mr Livingstone did not inspire voters – not enough of them, anyway – to win another term in office....
...The donors include several City fund managers, captains of industry, leading figures in the arts, and veteran Tory donors and old friends....
...Back in November the Conservative leader visited Iraq instead of addressing the CBI’s annual conference, prompting howls of protest from the captains of industry....
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