Hints and tips:
...Solon Kentas will be Americas head of M&A, while senior Americas M&A banker David Descoteaux will be leaving the firm. Deutsche Bank has named Samuel Kim as chief country officer for South Korea....
...“I’m obsessed with Claire’s illustration, it’s so uplifting,” says O’Sullivan of the de Quénetain fabrics....
...games at Paris Saint-Germain’s home ground, the crowd of diehard ultras, well-heeled French elites and international celebrities are treated to a pyrotechnic show as a booming voice reminds them: “Ici, c’...
...the decades that followed, Hotel Georgia became a hotspot for music, with British Columbia’s most popular radio station being broadcast from its penthouse studio, and for its role as the local industry’s de...
...For Brown, who once designed outfits for David Bowie but now focuses on running a niche business with his partner Marie Willey, twill is fundamental....
...the formally correct “un truc de fou”....
...A significant feature at this year’s event is an exhibition at the Gallerie dell’Accademia dedicated to the late artist Laura de Santillana — granddaughter of Venini & C Glassworks founder Paolo Venini....
...Some would probably argue that more information is not the same as better information . . . but c’mon....
...Caspar David Friedrich in Germany To mark the 250th anniversary of the artist’s birth, Germany has designated 2024 the Year of Caspar David Friedrich (caspardavid250.de)....
...Coach has revisited his archives repeatedly, Jeremy Scott has used the work on several occasions, Comme des Garçons created a capsule collection way back in 2011, and David Dalrymple continues to make pieces...
...An opera to start is de rigueur....
...In my view, the greatest artists — such as Lars von Trier, David Lynch or Jane Campion — create works that sit on the precipice of triumph or total fail....
...Wearing a flat cap that might have been de rigueur in these parts a century ago, the amiable 69-year-old offers to show me the Kandahar clubhouse....
...The protagonist, King David, is truly a villain, but through the eloquence of the text you begin to sympathise with him....
...Mandel stepped down from day-to-day management in 2019, leaving David Craver, Kelly Granat and Mala Gaonkar in charge (the latter, who once wrote and produced an interactive play with Talking Heads’ David...
...The evening got off to a dismal start with La Ruta by Argentine dancemaker Gabriela Carrizo, alumna of Alain Platel’s Ballets C de la B and artistic director of Brussels-based outfit Peeping Tom; she specialises...
...Post-racing the evening concert has big headliner credentials: Craig David will take to the stage along with former Spice Girl Melanie C and radio DJ-turned-singer Marvin Humes. 12 August, ascot.com Festival...
...And then there’s David Lynch’s Twin Peaks universe, in which otherworldly evil expresses itself via a father’s lust for his daughter....
...per cent return in its main hedge fund and strong gains in other products last year, equating to a record $16bn profit for investors after fees, according to research by LCH Investments, run by Edmond de...
...Kanye West’s “White Lives Matter” shirt went off like a bomb at Paris Fashion Week, Cher was photographed at dinner with Rick Owens wearing a vintage Stephen Sprouse blazer emblazoned with “God Save N.Y.C....
...Additional reporting from David Sheppard in London...
...Trevor Williams: Reform of planning, both residential and commercial Tony Yates: Rejoining the EU either de jure or de facto. Costs almost nothing. Guaranteed to work....
...From £105, jeakeshouse.com BS Hôtel de l’Abbaye, Paris This Saint-Germain-des-Prés stalwart is on the larger side of homely – 43 rooms and counting – but the quiet setting makes up for it....
...Its model has been widely adopted across Canada’s public sector — CPP Investments, established in 1999 to oversee and invest the assets of the Canada Pension Plan, has grown from just C$12mn to C$536bn and...
...BP retains a stake in the Terre de Grace oil sands lease but the project has never been developed....
International Edition