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...I remember there was a weird transition when it was like, ‘I’m the dad guy now?’ But, as the dad of teenage children, I’m very comfortable playing a parent now.”...
...Don’t say: “Actually, I’m not sure the Great Reform Act was such a good idea.”...
...More recently, it featured in Francis Bacon: Man and Beast in London’s Royal Academy of Arts....
...Lastly, I was beyond thrilled to interview Cillian Murphy as he capped off an epic awards season: our last conversation for this week’s cover story took place two days after he picked up an Academy Award...
...I’m joined now by Hannah Murphy. She’s a tech correspondent for the FT. Hi, Hannah. Hannah Murphy Hi, there. Hi. Sonja Hutson Hannah, what is this evolution looked like on Telegram itself?...
...The waiting staff notice Francis Spufford before I do. Not for his three-decade-long career as a writer. No, not that. It’s his headgear....
...I’m all for this effort, and I think that it’s incredibly smart policy and politics for a progressive like Murphy to use words such as “spirituality”....
...Murphy said: “There is loads of uncertainty out there but I see a gentle improvement in customer sentiment . . . so on the whole I’m feeling quite positive.”...
...My go-tos are Eddie Murphy’s Delirious and Raw shows from the ’80s. They’re hilarious. Very few people remember just how big Eddie Murphy was – larger than life and so talented....
...And I’m less likely to kill myself on a motorway....
...Later on, I’m going to speak to Hannah Murphy, an FT reporter who covers social media companies, to learn more about what the changes to LinkedIn tell us about the overall social media landscape....
...Or would you be more likely to say: “I’m looking for a great outfit for a holiday party, and I want it to feel like this”?...
...“I’m extremely concerned that the victim will be democracy itself.”...
...It’s wealth porn, and I’m addicted to it — largely because, in my experience, most rich people have appalling taste....
...Dabbs describes what she often told herself while growing up in the US: “I’m too Asian. I’m too outspoken. I’m not nice enough. I’m not quiet enough.”...
...Move over Francis Mallmann....
...Three other project managers — Balfour Beatty, Skanska and a joint venture between Bouygues and J Murphy & Sons — each oversee construction of different sections of the project....
...Chief executive Ken Murphy said consumer sentiment going into Christmas was slightly more upbeat as interest rates begin to stabilise and mortgage rates fall....
...Instead, Murphy’s main rival for Best Actor is likely to be Paul Giamatti, headliner of 1970-set comedy-drama The Holdovers....
...Montreal was the perfect place to grow up, which is largely why I brought my kids, Francis, nine, and Arcangelo, 14, back from New York....
...“This is the first Oscar in Ukrainian history, and I’m honoured,” said Mstyslav Chernov, the film’s director....
...I want to make sure because I don’t think I’m perfect.”) There have also been major gaffes....
...“In the past year alone, we have opened 10 new monobrand stores,” says Gavin Murphy, managing director at Breitling UK....
...Do I look like a fucking troubadour, Francis?” The style is so open to pastiche that I’m surprised there isn’t an online tool that turns all speeches into Guy Ritchie dialogue....
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