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...Paul McIntyre London N19, UK...
...“It’s very convenient but I don’t know my neighbours; people keep themselves to themselves here,” says the lifestyle writer in her twenties....
...an anonymous security insider — Q — has been revealing via gnomic hints the existence of a vast global conspiracy involving the Clintons, the Bidens and just about anyone else that for some reason they don...
...When the Australian yachtsman Don McIntyre inaugurated the first re-run of the Golden Globe Race in 2018, his aim was deliberately nostalgic, “to recreate the Golden Age of solo sailing”....
...Jana McIntyre dispatches Aminta’s many high notes with aplomb and David Portillo brings lyrical ardour to Henry’s music....
...That said, this is a very individual piece of work, with a satisfying plot involving Syrian refugees, snobbish dons and nimble interaction between the ill-assorted protagonists....
...You just don’t feel comfortable on the wall . . . you just have to forget about all the sweat and grease and keep going.”...
...His twinkly vaudeville routine with Foster’s Reno in “Friendship” is a mischievous joy and the scene where he hides a small dog down his trousers (don’t ask) is absurdly funny....
...There is certainly much here that translates — hypocrisy, snobbery and thievery don’t date, neither does the point that everyone has flaws — but the setting and specifics often don’t quite land....
...Donnelly and McIntyre don’t by any means ignore the comic aspect, but it is no longer the raison d’être of the play; instead, it serves to leaven the heavier material....
...It is not that foreigners don’t get the joke. They don’t get the point of the joke....
...I find him screamingly funny; plenty don’t, accusing him of smugness and a wilful disdain for the punters....
...“We don’t find any value in European bonds in general,” Mr McIntyre says. “[US] Treasuries are a very deep, liquid, high-quality bond market . . . German Bunds aren’t going to serve that role.”...
...Campbell, conscientious cheerleader captain (played with poise by Robin McIntyre), is driving the squad to victory when all of a sudden she is transferred to another school....
...The dollar trend is “corrective”, said Mr McIntyre....
...What would you like to own that you don’t currently possess? I honestly can’t think of anything. What’s your biggest extravagance?...
...“You’ll be lucky if you can find one,” Mr Murphy said, adding that he would like to see the reaction if Mr McIntyre held a surgery in Ferguslie Park. “I don’t think he’ll be made very welcome.”...
...“What they’re seeing is [TV comedian] Michael McIntyre has been robbed by a moped gang. So they suddenly think moped gangs are rife in London, and they’re not. It just happens....
...“You don’t have to be a diehard trekker to enjoy the Caucasus,” says Justin Wateridge of Steppes....
...“We don’t call the gong a musical instrument. It’s a power tool,” says Don Conreaux, one of the world’s most respected gong teachers....
...“You can be the best, most qualified practitioner in the world, but if you don’t have confidence, you’re not going to find work.”...
...The audience don headphones and attend as McBurney works a stage bare but for a functional table and chair, a few dozen mineral water bottles and the wherewithal to create a range of soundscapes....
...“A lot of people don’t think that Transylvania really exists; the feeling is that it’s somehow beyond the veil, a place of mystery,” she says....
...“There are still a sizeable number who don’t bank online, or have smartphones. They just can’t see the point.”...
...Apart from David and Samantha Cameron, his services have reportedly been called on by Naomi Campbell, Tom Ford and Michael McIntyre, among others, including a mystery royal....
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