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...Charles de Gaulle spoke of his “certain idea of France”, and Ronald Reagan depicted the US as a “shining city on a hill”. But politicians rarely succeed in producing national narratives any more....
...(FT) Coaching v commanding Andrew Hill recounts how industrial group Linde won over sceptical staff in 2017 with a safety drive based on “active listening”....
...In a city that can sustain shows like the V&A’s recent Opera: Passion, Power and Politics, which had a working replica of a baroque theatre, it is easy to forget how hard it is for venerable institutions...
...There is no iron law of history that says America is immune to a systemic decadence. Nero et al did not simply grab power for themselves....
...It followed a string of other adviser exits in recent weeks (Nick Timothy, Fiona Hill et al). More surprising was his candour....
...Muezzin’s call to midday prayer from the minarets of Hagia Sophia. If you had one top travel tip, what would it be? Avoid JFK, Charles de Gaulle and Mexico City airports....
...Serious Sweet, by AL Kennedy, Cape, RRP£17.99 Set over the course of a single day, and travelling from Piccadilly to Chiswick via Knightsbridge, AL Kennedy’s latest novel is an ambitious, perambulatory...
...Their father Charles, a former chef de cabinet of the Moroccan government, had taken a job with the UN in Rome. They lived on the Aventine Hill close to the Coliseum....
...Had Emperor Charles V not thought it worth demanding that his Mexican viceroy Antonio de Mendoza construct an account of the Aztec civilisation, we would not have the Codex Mendoza: a once-in-an-epoch hybrid...
...One way to picture the economic impact of a Brexit may be the shape of a letter ‘V’ or a ‘tick’....
...cities...
...The King’s Pictures: The Formation and Dispersal of the Collections of Charles I and His Courtiers, by Francis Haskell, Yale, RRP£30/$60 A connoisseur’s volume: the story of the European dispersal of Charles...
...Shi Cheng: Short Stories from Urban China, edited by Liu Deng, Carol Yinghua Lu and Ra Page, translated by Eric Abrahamsen, Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell, et al, Comma Press, RRP£9.99, 224 pages An anthology...
...While I have little time for Cameron et al, I have to admit that Osborne has done a brilliant job of (just about) keeping the markets onside....
...These besuited men are talent agents and their stomping ground is the stretch of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards that links Beverly Hills with the skyscrapers of nearby Century City, the business district...
...As a former investment banker, Augar tells the story of the disaster in the financial markets. What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GUILTY PLEASURES edited by Michael Moran et al John Murray ₤12.99, 352 pages Classic toilet material: its half-page alphabetical entries are eclectic, opinionated tilts at icons and...
...“Brokers, fund managers et al generally don’t appreciate this as it leaves us making some unpleasant assumptions,” notes Mark Brumby, a leisure analyst at Oriel Securities....
...Riat Chairman The Bremic Hotel V....
...The overlapping appearances of Mr Kerry and Mr Bush reflected not only the importance of carrying the Midwestern state, which narrowly supported Al Gore in 2000, but also the intense campaigning that has...
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