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...“The main change in the monarchy is it is no longer a mystical, magical institution,” said Sir Vernon Bogdanor, professor of history at King’s College London. “It’s a public service institution....
...For Duffy, this prized location speaks to the two thoroughfares’ symbiotic relationship....
...He drew inspiration from the homes of collectors and creatives including Peggy Guggenheim, Charles and Ray Eames and, of course, Jim Ede, the British collector who founded Kettle’s Yard....
...They include his father King Charles and his brother Prince William, with whom he says in his book that he had a physical altercation....
...“The demand is for a more modern, approachable and inclusive monarchy to fit with the times,” said Vernon Bogdanor professor of government at King’s College London....
...I picked up Ameritrade, E*Trade and Charles Schwab. I just had this little fascination with electronic trading and the internet. And before Wall Street? I’m a West Point grad....
...Whether consumers pick up on the link depends “how far down the journey they go”, says Duffy....
...Whisky Auctioneer’s next sale in May will feature whiskies that are even older, including a 1903 Mount Vernon Rye....
...Charles Dickens had helped to revive the holiday with A Christmas Carol, whose jollier characters break out dancing on December 24....
...All together now: “Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hacker, if you think we’re on the run . . . ” Vernon Hill: a dog’s life for Duffy?...
...Its directors, Kim Thonger and Charles Palmer, previously worked in shoe sales and property, and do not have a background in health....
...The planned withdrawal of VAT-free sales from next January came as a totally unexpected shock for Mr Duffy....
...Vernon Hill: Dog days When Metro Bank, the pooch-friendly lender, revealed on Wednesday that its controversial chairman would be stepping down, there was a shock factor....
...The victim himself, Vernon C. Waters, duly takes centre stage as he berates and manipulates his men with a cascade of racist epithets that point to his own self-loathing....
...Summer panoramas of the Seine are backcloths for an account of their transformation by Bonnard into patchworks of luxuriant colour in the Musée de Vernon’s In the Studio....
...In 1854, Charles Trevelyan, then head of the Treasury, wrote a paper calling for a professional service of permanent government appointed on merit, not patronage....
...Vernon Hill has built his career making sure that his customers get their way while insisting that he gets his own....
...Charles Vernon-Hunt, 161 Portobello Rd, W11 (020-8854 1588). David Hill Gallery, 345 Ladbroke Grove, W10 (davidhillgallery.net). David Zwirner, 24 Grafton St, W1 (davidzwirner.com)....
...On Monday Mr Trump’s deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman defied a subpoena and did not appear for his scheduled deposition....
...The £664bn asset manager has recruited three solution designers: Callum Duffy from KPMG, Emily Tann from Hymans Robertson and Phil Spencer from LGIM....
...Job moves Metro Bank co-founder Vernon Hill has stepped down as chairman with immediate effect, as the UK challenger bank’s woes deepen. More here....
...He said that Charles Carey, a CME board member, was “leading an effort to see how we can co-operate on a derivatives product between a Brazilian exchange and the CME”....
...If the most important skill in investment banking is relationship building, then Vernon Jordan may be the most successful hire in the history of Wall Street....
...Vernon Bogdanor (Letters, November 5) refers to “anti-British ancestral voices” being revivified....
...Texas, at least, has Vernon God Little, but that took a non-American author....
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