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...Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David Van Reybrouck (Bodley Head/WW Norton) In August 1945 Indonesia became the first colonised country to declare its independence after the second...
...Shearman & Sterling partner James Duncan has quit the US law firm ahead of its merger with Allen & Overy to join Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London....
...Virtuous Bankers: A Day in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Bank of England by Anne L Murphy (Princeton) The story of how the 18th-century Bank of England became — in the words of Adam Smith — “a great...
...Linklaters has hired Genna Marten as a private equity and financial sponsors partner from Travers Smith....
...Frederick Studemann is the FT’s literary editor; Laura Battle is the FT’s deputy books editor. Poetry selections by Maria Crawford Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...The warren-like 17th-century building has played host to readings by authors ranging from Allen Ginsberg and William S Burroughs to Zadie Smith and Dave Eggers, while some claim James Joyce to be buried...
...Assistants: Michaela Nagyidaiova, Bennett Smith, Christian Ruisi; Styling: Gigi Atelier Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...He joins from Allen & Overy....
...(FT) Going underground After decades among the hidden homeless, a legally grey world of people retiring in shelters, sofa surfing or spending nights in a vehicle, Dominic Van Allen dug a bunker beneath...
...Clark, London; DIA Cohen, New York Polymath 1,035: Tony Mouler, Birmingham, England Crossword 16,242: Helen Hillier, Dorset, England; JP Bowman, the Netherlands; C Wren, London Polymath 1,034: Peter Van...
...Randy Clark joined K&L Gates from Moore & Van Allen as a Charlotte-based partner in the firm’s tax practice....
...Magic circle law firm Allen & Overy has set up its own consulting business, A & O Consulting, and says it is filling a gap highlighted by clients, including big banks....
...The 28-year-old Smith was on the tour, and she crops up here at an open-mic session, giving a poetry reading of dubious distinction....
...Bob and Roberta Smith is the pseudonym of Patrick Brill, 55....
...That comment, made in August by Iain Duncan Smith, the former Conservative party leader and prominent Brexit supporter, caused bafflement in the City....
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...Even though Mr Smith was described as “self-employed” in his contract, he wore the company uniform, used its branded van and followed the instructions of its control room....
...Those who work in the uniforms and drive the vans of plumbing companies have had to argue for the right to holiday pay....
...Job Moves Financial PR agency Headland has appointed Mike Smith and Ed Young as partner and director, respectively. Smith joins from Brunswick, where he was a senior partner....
...Included in their collection at Christie’s are Vincent van Gogh’s “Laboureur dans un champ” (1889), est $50m and Joan Miró’s “Peinture” (1933, est $18m-$25m)....
...“The pride movement has grown drastically in the past 10 years,” says Frank van Dalen, vice-president of InterPride....
...Thus Brix Smith Start found herself living in a grotty flat in 1980s Manchester, married to irascible Mark E Smith, playing in The Fall and co-writing some of their best albums, as told in her enjoyably...
...In 1905 his son, Frederick Smith, built the castle as a holiday home, then the Great Western Railway turned it into a hotel in 1930....
...It was the best thing I ever did.” 10 Sander van ‘t Noordende Group CEO Products, Accenture “I have been out since day one in Accenture in 1987.” 11 Liz Bingham Managing Partner, EY 12 Joseph Evangelisti...
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