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...The talk-show host Tavis Smiley called him a consigliere, and it is certainly true that much of his work was done behind the scenes....
...Given the absence of the Slough House cast of misfits, the tone feels darker than before — less David Brent, more George Smiley....
...David Cornwell, who wrote as John le Carré, had no time for James Bond. Ian Fleming’s pasteboard hero, scoffed the younger spy-turned-author, “on his magic carpet takes us away from moral doubt”....
...The last time they had met was 1998, thinks Cox, with Elton and David. What was that like? “Nothing untoward.”...
...Like John le Carré’s George Smiley, Merrick’s mild exterior conceals a steely determination....
...“The Gediminas letter inspires me,” says the current mayor of Vilnius, Remigijus Šimašius, a tall, blond, smiley man who is relentlessly positive about his city....
...All these writers have been described, at some point, as the heir of John le Carré, aka David Cornwell, the master of cold war espionage fiction who died in 2020 at the age of 89....
...David Bowie visited in 1994. Now, collectors, academics and art world figures drop in by appointment, while the artists are represented internationally at fairs and in exhibitions....
...Smiley brooch, mirror and resin, 1990s “I have always loved the smiley image and because my work is about joy, it seemed the most obvious thing to do in glass,” he says....
...In one livestream, testing out some heated hair crimpers sent to her, she realises her dark locks are burning and quickly snaps out of her smiley routine to warn those tuning in....
...After a trade is completed, users are prompted by a sunglasses-wearing smiley face to consider placing another order. Robinhood has argued that it provides information users want....
...David Ricks, Lilly’s chief executive, said the company’s core values were “integrity, excellence and respect for people”....
...It’s sometimes said that David Cornwell, known to his millions of readers across the world as John le Carré, was his droll, studiously observant, dry-eyed anti-hero George Smiley: “small, podgy and at best...
...Born in 1931 in Poole on the southern coast of England, le Carré’s real name was David John Moore Cornwell....
...Here are the highlights: FT Commenter George Smiley: What risk factors have been identified for blood clotting after vaccination with AZ? Smoking? Anything else?...
...In a writing career spanning six decades, le Carré — real name, David Cornwell — effectively defined the cold war thriller, elevating the spy novel to a higher literary form well beyond the flimsy, hard-boiled...
...And that is why France’s BPCE pulled the trigger to buy out the rest of Natixis, its struggling investment bank, with a cash offer of €3.7bn, writes the FT’s David Keohane from Paris....
...And has there ever been a more banal symbol than the yellow smiley face of rave culture?...
...By the end, with Andrews-Sisters harmonies, handclaps from Gaby Moreno, Carrie Rodriguez and Moira Smiley, and honking Tequila-style saxophone, the band are partying with “Hoodoo Voodoo Queen”. ★★★★☆ ‘...
...Meanwhile, Singapore has charged civil activist Jolovan Wham, who held a sign bearing a smiley face, for participating in an illegal public assembly involving only himself....
...David Geffen has set a high bar for pandemic tone-deafness....
...Mr le Carré (real name David Cornwell) cited Rudyard Kipling’s character Kim and his covert activities during the “Great Game” tussle between Britain and Russia in Asia....
...But the film takes an unsettling tack in distancing the grisly crimes from the charming, smiley man (Zac Efron, outstanding), whose fight to prove his self-proclaimed innocence we follow over the course...
...That is certainly the case for Maddy and David Parram, both in their forties and at home with their two children, 8 and 12, in Dorset....
...It used to be curving upwards, like a smiley face. Now it’s the other way round. Jan Dalley is the FT’s arts editor Follow @FTLifeArts on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
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