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...Carrie Hope Fletcher brings sparkle as both Charles II’s lusty mistress and the jewel-keeper’s sullen daughter....
...Eurowhiteness: Culture, Empire and Race in the European Project by Hans Kundnani Hurst, £14.99, 248 pages Charles Emmerson is a writer and historian Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...Revered but flawed statesmen, often with a military background, loom over the 20th-century history of Europe and its neighbourhood: Winston Churchill in the UK, Charles de Gaulle in France, Józef Piłsudski...
...Here he profiles six leaders he has known — Lee Kuan Yew, Konrad Adenauer, Richard Nixon, Charles de Gaulle, Margaret Thatcher and Anwar Sadat — and draws general lessons about the character and intellect...
...Last year part of Hurst Castle, an English Heritage property built in the 1540s on a shingle spit in Hampshire, collapsed into the sea after years of erosion....
...Mr Hurst also supports investment in infrastructure....
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...This week, four economists — Mark Aguiar, Mark Bils, Kerwin Kofi Charles and Erik Hurst — published their latest research paper studying the impact of awesome computer games on the US job market....
...Debra Charles, 54, has used her dyslexia to succeed as a technology entrepreneur and developer....
...Syria Burning: A Short History of a Catastrophe, by Charles Glass, Verso, RRP£8.99/$16.95 The civil war in Syria is simultaneously a humanitarian catastrophe and an international crisis....
...Mr Hurst, program director, offers a series of stretching videos aimed especially at the super-stiff who want to increase their range of motion....
...The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue, Picador, RRP£14.99/Little, Brown, RRP$27, 304 pages Sarah Perry is author of ‘The Essex Serpent’ (Serpent’s Tail) Illustration: Oliver Hurst...
...Many historical figures have adjusted their thinking on particular issues in response to events: Charles de Gaulle changed his mind about Algeria, just as Robert Peel did about tariffs and FW de Klerk did...
...Reviewing the book for the FT, Charles Clover said it was a “must-read for anyone hoping to navigate China’s new economy”....
...well also believe that Dane Hurst, who splendidly and bright-footedly dances it, is heir to the throne of Peru), and Merce Cunningham’s Sounddance, a choreographic feast....
...The gallery will bring to the fair a portrait miniature of Charles Howard, the 10th Duke of Norfolk, by Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784), priced at £7,000....
...Then Richard Alston’s cunning Dutiful Ducks, using Charles Amirkhanian’s dada-esque words as score for what was originally a solo by the young Michael Clark....
...The UN, The Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa’, by Susan Williams, is published by Hurst & Co (£20). simonkuper@ft.com...
...Charles Dunstone, chairman, Carphone Warehouse. Peter Fahy, chief constable, Greater Manchester Police. Thomas Hughes-Hallett, chief executive, Marie Curie Cancer Care....
...There is a passage in Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel in which an amateur biographer conducts a series of interviews in the hope of finding out about the private life of a famous author....
...Peter Hurst, finance director of Charles Stanley, the stock broker, said its private client arm saw record flows into gilts in the past three months....
...Lookers, which has 141 franchised dealerships operating mainly under the Lookers, Charles Hurst and Taggarts brands, expects Dutton Forshaw, acquired for £60m in October, to be earnings enhancing in 2008...
...Nigel Hurst, director of the Saatchi Gallery, said a partner could introduce advertising to Saatchi Online and start charging commission for sales that were made over the site....
...RUDE WORLD edited by Rob Bailey and Ed Hurst Boxtree ₤10.00, 147 pages Revelling in its own puerility, Rude World is entirely upfront about its content: snapshots of the 100 rudest place names in the world...
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