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...Talking of central bankers, there will be plenty walking the halls at the European Central Bank Biennial Conference on Fiscal Policy and EMU Governance in Frankfurt....
...Inspired by the novels of Charles Dickens and late 19th-century history, the month-long event plunges attendees into a bustling Victorian London, accompanied by characters in costume straight from A Christmas Carol...
...In university lecture halls, audiences whoop with approval. But can Butler persuade the public at large?...
...November 15 to 24; further information and tickets here December Performance Christmas Carols, Royal Albert Hall Trombonists and tenors alike don Santa hats for the annual festival concert programme....
...Holkham Hall by Candlelight, Norfolk Wander through staterooms lit by candlelight and festooned with decorations – mince pies and prosecco are provided to elevate festive spirits....
...It appeared in the same year as Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The Victorians really did invent Christmas. Cards are hardly new....
...My parents were invited to Christmas carol concerts, the prime minister happily at the piano in the great hall, and they often had tea in one of the drawing rooms or in the gardens with the housekeeper,...
...Pour yourself something festive, whack a carol on and let the creative juices flow. If you have a question for Luke about design and stylish living, email him at lukeedward.hall@ft.com....
...Shipping and trading head Carol Howle and gas and clean energy boss Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath — either of who would be BP’s first female chief — are also among the top contenders to carry out Looney’s clean...
...Their 50th anniversary concert will be celebrated at Middle Temple Hall, London, in November next year. ★★★★★ wigmore-hall.org.uk; sjss.org.uk...
...Irresistible. ★★★★☆ In London to January 29, then touring, mothergooseshow.co.uk Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol Queen elizabeth hall, Southbank Centre, London The London fog makes way...
...At a union-wide town hall meeting with members on Friday, Shawn Fain said he “will not accept any concessions” in their contract negotiations later this year....
...If you have a question for Luke about design and stylish living, email him at lukeedward.hall@ft.com....
...Loud voices in inappropriate places — hiking trails, museums, concert halls, cemeteries, an adjacent room in a hotel, or at the next table in a restaurant....
...That’s why social media is such a strange, anxiety-ridden hall of mirrors – because we try to control the things we simply cannot control.”...
...With the surreal turn this story takes, King joins authors including Sarah Hall and Megan Hunter in invoking magical realism for their heroines to avenge wrongs inflicted by men....
...“If you look at where things have gone badly wrong in local authorities, it’s through lack of transparency and joint venture type structures,” said Carol Culley, deputy chief executive of Manchester City...
...Mary Lou McDonald strides into a conference hall in a chic Belfast hotel to present her party’s candidates for Thursday’s Northern Ireland elections....
...In the grand hall a fire crackles, guests are having tea....
...Scrooge — new Scrooge, that is — would love it. ★★★★☆ ‘A Christmas Carol’, to January 16, bridgetheatre.co.uk; ‘Nine Lessons and Carols’, to January 9, almeida.co.uk; ‘The Dumb Waiter’, to January 16,...
...‘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...
...I have to admit that we began decking the halls on the last weekend of November this year: a new record....
...Salonen brought in eight “collaborative partners” to help with the artistic leadership, including jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding, artificial intelligence entrepreneur Carol Reiley, and contrasting composers...
...Luke Edward Hall All of my family live in England, so I’ve never had to consider sharing Christmas with anyone not in proximity to me....
...Mine came at the end of what would once have been the second act of A Christmas Carol. Do you remember intervals?...
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