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...Brands with a commitment to craftsmanship, he says, have seen their determination pay off, including LCW sponsors Montblanc and Serapian, a pen-maker and leather goods company....
...Tories often say employers must end their addiction to cheap labour but the government is one of those employers....
...It can be paired with other designs, such as the Dial Up Your Emotions necklace, which has a dial, in the form of a pen nib, that can be set to stones that represent different feelings....
...I’m at tony.barber@ft.com. First, here are the results of last week’s poll....
...Bones, meanwhile, is restless, trying to drum up cash by performing a series of undignified cheap tricks and sob stories....
...From the Royals to the Roys: when succession is all in the family🤴 The bunting is up, supermarkets are full of cheap alcohol, and crowds are camping in central London....
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...The cheap pens and other tat often end up in landfill — and how many tote bags do you have stuffed in a cupboard?...
...French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has ordered the destruction of 1.2mn election flyers that featured a photo of her proudly shaking hands with Putin in Moscow in 2017, with the caption “a woman...
...You know, steel was so cheap that suddenly contractors were offering to build farmers, these kind of caged environments....
...Low, cheap roofs amplified their singing. The noise urged players into frenzied action — a hallmark of the Premier League....
...Montblanc Summit 2+, £1,040, montblanc.com Top tech for the foot of a rainbow I have occasionally dabbled with metal detectors and dug up a couple of curios, but haven’t scratched the itch for decades....
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...The Ultra comes with a trendy Vantablack-like option and can use the S-pen stylus from Note models. The handsets are available from January 29....
...So we found out this week when the old man, with an unsentimental swipe of the pen, sold the lot to Universal Music. What are his fans to make of this?...
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...To October 31, bastian-gallery.com...
...Xinjiang is also a leading supplier to factories across China of cheap workers — some of them coerced....
...‘Great Trees of London Map’ from Blue Crow Media, bluecrowmedia.com...
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...I’m obviously having to take this on trust since I have never shaved with a fine fountain pen, but I like to think I am indeed using the Montblanc of skin scrapers. It is not just blades, by the way....
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