Hints and tips:
...“Haley is the best candidate,” said Joseph Bracken, aged 71. “Trump just used America to help himself.”...
...the leader debate is the unmissable session: it is a rare insight into how we decide the newspaper’s position on various issues, an enactment of a meeting that takes place every day of the week at our Bracken...
...The temperate, moist air and rich volcanic soil make a fecund combo: everything grows up here, from bracken to bananas, brambles to birds of paradise....
...They don’t have interesting shapes, there’s no energy in the stem, no surprises, not much nature left really.” Consumers as much as florists will force the change....
...And today, FT HQ Bracken House has been abuzz. There’s been smoke coming off the keyboards, George, hasn’t there, in the parliamentary office?...
...“I don’t think it’s going to happen any time soon,” he admits — but more than 20,000 acres have been committed....
...“You turn down setters because they don’t inspire you,” Inman says....
...Based on a book proposal that won the FT and McKinsey’s Bracken Bower Prize for young business authors in 2018....
...“As you don’t need water and the flowers are almost weightless, there’s so much more flexibility than fresh flowers.”...
...Maintain a steady pace, said the guide, trying to be encouraging — don’t keep stopping. But thankfully, we did stop regularly for water and snacks....
...Act IV: Endgame Reunited in Bracken House, we ate pizza and began to crunch our numbers. It quickly became clear that we would have to be pretty savvy about processing....
...As I’ve been parsing out elements of the art of conversation, Brackens’ piece “Summer Syllables” came to mind....
...I don’t think I’ll ever be cotton. And I don’t want to be.”...
...Edited excerpts from the book proposals of the three finalists for the 2020 Bracken Bower Prize, backed by the Financial Times and McKinsey....
...Also, don’t forget that if you’re under 35 and have a brilliant idea for a business book, you have until September 30 to enter the £15,000 Financial Times and McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize for business book...
...We met over sandwiches and mince pies at the FT’s London headquarters in Bracken House, unlike last year when our panel convened over a video link....
...Two hares darted out in front of the car and scurried into the bracken. Then it began to rain....
...Don’t underestimate, meanwhile, what a transformative effect this can have by bringing more reflected light into a space....
...If you don’t mind the company of newts, the quarry is good for swimming....
...I don’t expect to see a haze of cigar smoke and hear the clatter of typewriters, but still . . . John O’Byrne Harold’s Cross, Dublin, Ireland...
...If our leaders don’t care, why should our kids? Elaine Bracken Sevenoaks, Kent, UK...
...Edited excerpts from the book proposals of the three finalists for the 2019 Bracken Bower Prize, backed by the Financial Times and McKinsey....
...The morning sun rises slowly over the slope of the fells, spotlighting the craggy surface blanketed in frosted bracken....
...I don’t know about you, but my love of podcasts has intensified under lockdown....
...Over the years the sheds grew bigger and, when the FT moved to Bracken House last year, the entire basement — which once housed the printing presses — was given over to bike racks and changing rooms....
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