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...“The prince had his passion, but he ran it like a business,” explains Douglas Erskine Crum, Juddmonte CEO and former chief executive of Ascot racecourse....
...Versions of L’Orfeo from the Barcelona and Zurich opera houses. A discussion of how close China came to industrialising in the Song dynasty....
...“I don’t see why L’Heure Bleue can’t be relevant for an 18-year-old girl now,” he says. “The only thing you must do with perfume – any perfume – is to make it yours....
...Would-be foreign buyers who do manage to reach the resorts this winter are likely to find markets have been picked over by domestic purchasers....
...“It’s not something you can do on this scale....
...Two of these moves draw, but l’Ami fell for Carlsen's trap and chose the loser. Can you do better? Click here for solution...
...The artists whose work I would collect if I could are Barkley L Hendricks, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems and Kerry James Marshall....
...The Boundless Sea: A History of the Oceans, by David Abulafia, Allen Lane £35/Oxford University Press, RRP $39.95 It is hard to do justice to the historical sweep and richness of detail of Abulafia’s latest...
...Its colour will vary from brown to grey to pink, thanks to the addition of Douglas fir to the usual PLA components of corn starch and glycerol....
...Douglas Wregg works for Les Caves de Pyrène, the company with the longest history of importing natural wines into the UK. For him, “the notion of appellation has been gradually devalued over the years....
...Yet investors say there is more to do....
...A four-bedroom house just off 4th Avenue, listed by Douglas Elliman, is under offer at $999,999, almost double the $540,000 it was sold for in 2010....
...Why dawdle or waste time when a quick text or two can do the trick?...
...If profits do eventually arrive, Uber may have “seen off” the black cab trade in London and it will then be in a position to raise its prices....
...Douglas Flint In the circumstances and in particular against the backdrop of revised lower GDP forecasts, this was a practical and thoughtful Budget....
...“Investors asked how our anti-ageing cream would compete with L’Oréal. We won’t compete with L’Oréal. We want to get interest from L’Oréal.”...
...Photographs: Corbis Sport via Getty Images; Douglas Miller/Getty Images...
...I do now....
...Sotheby’s International Realty is selling a six-bedroom penthouse in the L’Atelier building for $25m....
...Douglas Flint, HSBC If ever there was a time for cross-party agreement surely it is now in relation to the Brexit negotiations....
...The L&G role has recently paid about £340,000. Hardly pin money but not a fortune either....
...Douglas Flint, HSBC I think Nigel is spot on....
...Nigel Wilson, L&G It is critical that we maintain the principle of a unitary board and the accountability of all board members....
...Ed Mead is executive director of Douglas & Gordon estate agents Illustration by James Fryer...
...Without shame they would then ask for more fees to do exactly what they had initially committed to do. Our training helped us suppress the constant temptation to indulge in sharp practice....
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