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...“If you see that the moon is affecting tides, gardening by the moon is saying that all water beneath the surface — and in ourselves — is swayed by it,” says Carol Connare, editor of the US-based annual publication...
...(It’s particularly interesting in a season where the shirt pockets at Paul Smith, Ferragamo and elsewhere cover most of the front of the garment.)...
...Oates was married to her first husband, Raymond J Smith, for 47 years. When Smith died in 2008, she wrote a memoir, a raw accounting of grief and its horrible novelties....
...Touchet, who served as his hostess during his separation from his wife, once owned an autographed copy of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which became the most expensive of Dickens’ books when it was sold at...
...Dates to be announced; further information here November Performance ‘A Christmas Carol’, Old Vic Matthew Warchus’ production of Dickens’ classic returns for a festive run....
...The Big Four firm has flown some of its top executives, including global general counsel Diana Weiss and global head of tax Carol Stubbings, to Sydney, according to a person close to the firm with knowledge...
...As we head towards the seasonal break, I’ve been to several carol services and concerts, including the FT’s own event at St Bride’s, the journalists’ church on Fleet Street....
...Demand for remote PAs has surged following the pandemic, says Melissa Smith, founder of The Personal Virtual Assistant service. “It gave people time to reflect . . ....
...A contemporary German Christmas carol set the seal as an encore. ★★★★☆ It was equally good to see St John’s, Smith Square, filled for the Tallis Scholars, one of the prime events in the venue’s 37th Christmas...
...But Adam Smith, David Ricardo, James Mill and his son, John Stuart Mill, all shared the same view....
...“This is a true writer,” wrote Patti Smith following Didion’s death in December 2021. “Farewell brave sister, master of pain and ink.”...
...Pete Smith, another pilot, retired in 2003 — the year I began to fly commercially — after decades of flying the 737 and the 747....
...He drank a toast to the Queen mid-afternoon, opened one of his 12 bottles of whisky and a jar of pickled onions he had stowed on board, before performing a solo carol service to the waves....
...Cinema Danny Leigh reviews six new film releases, including Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers and The Eyes of Tammy Faye, with Jessica Chastain in a starring role....
...There, I met my husband Ray Smith, and this accidental meeting totally altered my life. Who was or still is your mentor?...
...Will Smith, King Richard Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth Best Actress Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos Olivia Colman...
...Jessica Chastain, Best Actress winner for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, evoked a Los Angeles sunset in a sequinned Gucci dress that faded from copper to lilac....
...ITV and Channel 4 would together account for more than 70 per cent of sales — a combined market share that Phil Smith of ISBA, the trade body for UK advertisers, warned would give it “undue dominance”....
...“Fall in Love at Christmas” (★★★☆☆) is a 1990s R&B/hip-hop throwback with piercing whistle singing, a carol-singing breakdown, a gospel choir and slinky co-vocals from singer Khalid....
...The series, which is hosted by Tash Walker, Adam Smith and Shivani Dave, provides a comprehensive and intimate history of queerness in Britain and exists as a remarkable memorial to those who paved the way...
...Data visualisation by Alan Smith...
...‘Invisible to Invaluable: Unleashing the Power of Midlife Women’, by Jane Evans and Carol Russell We seem to be in a “moment” in societal and publishing terms, with the concerns and potential of mid-life...
...And we essentially got the list down to Iain Duncan Smith, the former welfare secretary; maybe Chris Heaton-Harris, Northern Ireland secretary....
...His successor will be Carol Borg, currently chief financial officer of solar developer Lightsource BP....
...GH: There’s a scene in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, when Scrooge asks, [something like] “are these the shadows of things that are or might be?”....
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