Hints and tips:
...One assumes the media nonagenarian Rupert Murdoch, newly betrothed to the comely Ann Lesley Smith, 26 years his junior, must be feeling positively spry this week....
...Carrie-Ann Williams and Gavan Ring trade light opera banter nicely as Marzelline and Jaquino....
...Carrie Fisher, the actress and writer who died unexpectedly in 2016, was blessed with more than enough charm to draw anyone out of their shell....
...Almost 40 years later, Weems is still in touch with one of her teachers, the photographer Jo Ann Callis....
...Andrew Smith: At the moment, it’s out of their hands....
...The former Labour and Conservative MPs are: (back row, left to right) Chris Leslie, Gavin Shuker, Chuka Umunna and Mike Gapes, (middle row, left to right) Angela Smith, Luciana Berger and Ann Coffey, (front...
...Ruth Lea: Very little. There is no need for any change in interest rates at the moment....
...It even features a kindly/creepy older woman (played by Ann Dowd), who has graduated from the same charm school as Rosemary’s eccentric, doting neighbour, Minnie (played by Oscar-winning Ruth Gordon)....
...Rain Newton-Smith, chief economist, CBI It all depends what happens in January....
...Ruth Lea, economic adviser, Arbuthnot Banking Group I expect inflation to rise to about 2½%, though much will depend on oil prices, as well as the exchange rate....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) No, there will not be a shift in the Bank’s monetary stance next year....
...Ruth Lea, economic adviser, Arbuthnot Banking Group Not very much....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) We at PRIME expect growth to slow by at least 0.5% next year....
...“Planned spending cuts, particularly on welfare, over the parliament look politically difficult” said Andrew Smith, chief economic adviser to the Industry Forum....
...Don Smith, chief investment officer, Brown Shipley More pessimistic than 12 months ago Less optimistic....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) Not much. And not much effect (in the short term)....
...Actress Kristin Scott Thomas, poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and ChildLine founder Esther Rantzen become dames, while there are OBEs for stage and screen stars James Corden, Sheridan Smith and Emily Watson...
...John Aubrey: My Own Life, by Ruth Scurr, Chatto & Windus, RRP£25 Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Biography Award, Ruth Scurr’s experimental “act of scholarly imagination” brings to life the 17th-century...
...Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group: It depends what is meant by “plan A”....
...Ruth Owen, chief operating officer, Jobcentre Plus. Marguerite Patten, cookery writer. Stephen Phipson, president, Smiths Detection Group. Hope Powell, England women’s football coach....
...Jacynthe Côté, Rio Tinto Alcan CEOSince 2009, previously Alcan Primary Metals from 2007 Carrie Cox, Schering-Plough Global Pharmaceuticals President and EVP Betty Deng, Deutsche Bank China, Chief country...
...previously HSBC India deputy CEO and head of investment banking Heidi Miller, JP Morgan Chase, Treasury & Securities Services executive vice-presidentSince 2004, previously Bank One Corporation CFO and EVP Ruth...
...Women; and Labour Party ChairThe Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; and Secretary of State for WalesThe Rt Hon Peter Hain MP Secretary of State for TransportThe Rt Hon Ruth...
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