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...Odey famously used the Italian proverb il mattino ha l’oro in bocca, meaning “the morning has gold in its mouth”, to describe the feeling of winning. Better check that it’s not a pound coin instead....
...Gray gallery brings his more recent trompe l’oeil, photographic drawing work “Pictures at an Exhibition” (2018), a huge 50-feet long, the gallery confirms....
...“[L]eaving citizens to their own devices is not the way of the Chinese Communist party,” concludes Vines in Defying the Dragon....
...Letter in response to this article: Crackdown highlights territory’s new normal / From Benjamin L Tsang, New Territories, Hong Kong...
...The US has slammed China’s plan for Hong Kong as a ‘death knell’ for autonomy, while Chris Patten, its last British governor, says the G7 must stand up for the territory’s freedom....
.../ From Paul L Davies, Emeritus Professor of Corporate Law, University of Oxford, UK...
...Muir accepts that the term “curate” might be a bit of a stretch when it comes to organising a talks programme (which he does for Frieze London with Christy Lange, associate editor of Frieze Magazine and...
...Around the same time, Mr Low began using 1MDB to fund Jynwel, including the $46m purchase of L’Ermitage in Beverly Hills....
...changes to the Vatican’s bank and treasury are under way, an overhaul is still to come for the Vatican’s media portfolio, including Vatican Radio, Vatican Internet Service and the august Vatican newspaper L’...
...Chris Patten, Chairman of the BBC Trust and chancellor of Oxford University Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour (Allen Lane) by Michael Lewis is a funny if scary description of financial disaster tourism, through...
...“If an issue concerning a French company came up at the Commission, he’d automatically be batting for l’Héxagone.” Additional reporting by Peggy Hollinger...
...Chris Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University The late Tony Judt published two books in 2010....
...: Surviving the 21st Century By Chris Patten Allen Lane £25, 512 pages In an erudite volume, Chris Patten considers the global condition, including climate change, world poverty and nuclear proliferation...
...Vive l’expérience! Ole. vanessa.friedman@ft.com More columns at www.ft.com/friedman...
...Alice is in sixth place, following her brothers Jim and Rob and ahead of Christy, the widow of John, who died in 2005.)...
...Young was the best liberal (with a small “l”) commentator of his generation, a fine writer and an insightful contemporary historian....
...Even if none of them develops an interest in opera, his three siblings have ensured there will be other next-generation Christies to choose from....
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