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...But when Santa returned from his pandemic break, the Express Lane was no more....
...Need to know: Global economy US inflation unexpectedly rose from 3.1 to 3.2 per cent in February, posing a fresh problem for the Federal Reserve, which next week decides whether to cut rates from their...
...The garden was designed by H Avray Tipping, who was at the forefront of the Arts and Crafts movement....
...I headed for D for deutzia and H for hydrangea and learnt new lessons. Have you yet tried a hydrangea called Runaway Bride or one called Renaissance?...
...By then, she had been propositioned by the King, George II, who had tried to put his hand on one of her breasts....
...On January 12, rebellion broke out in Sicily against the reactionary Bourbon monarch Ferdinand II. On February 24, the King of the French, Louis-Philippe, was toppled by a rising in Paris....
...Hong Kong’s share of auction sales rose to 23.2 per cent that year compared to London’s 22.7 per cent....
...The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forwardby Daniel H Pink, Canongate £16.99/Riverhead Books $28 Daniel H Pink memorably describes regret as the “photographic negative” of a good life....
...The pub is named in honour of Charles FitzRoy, who was the first to lay out this section of the capital during the 18th century and whose father was an illegitimate son of Charles II....
...Daily, 1–5.30pm, May 30–June 12 (Website; Directions)— Niki Blasina, FT Globetrotter deputy editor Platinum Jubilee Afternoon Tea at the InterContinental London Park Lane 1 Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London...
...Blakeney (permanent population: around 800) is one of its most atmospheric villages, hard by the North Norfolk Coastal Path, with old brick houses lining close, sweet little lanes, and front-row seats to...
...The palette of whites, lavender and rose, teal green and yellow, makes the space in the room feel soft, unthreatening and familiar....
...We can deplore empire as a type of political organisation but we cannot ignore it, and the questions of how they rose and fell, and — the main theme of In the Shadow of the Gods — how they were ruled....
...They went and hid and were never quite caught when flushed out from the woods by me, the Lane foxhound: we enjoyed it hugely....
...It kept emperors (Charles V, then Philip II) at suspicious arm’s length but wilted when their stewardship stiffened into close-up domination....
...In the Royal Square, people sit sipping rosé in the shade of the awnings outside pubs such as The Cock and Bottle and The Peirson, while the advocates go in and out of the Royal Court....
...branded version of the Movado Ermeto handbag watch, followed by collaborations with other makers such as Jaeger-LeCoultre, Mido and Ulysse Nardin — which included producing a belt buckle watch for Umberto II...
...My house sits within the former nursery of Leonard Gurle, an arboriculturist who supplied fruit trees to Charles II....
...with which Germany’s Mittelstand of small and medium-sized companies responded to the pandemic has also proven to be a critical part of the country’s success.Read more Donald Trump’s suspension of the H-...
...The maintenance is good and the big plants of Chile’s rose-red Lapageria on a trellis are superb....
...(ii) and headline operating margin of 10.4% to 12.5% – we have a margin of 10.4%Our FY PBIT pre associates is £1,014m....
...“I think it was bought when Park Lane was being redeveloped and the statue was no longer needed there,” she says....
...Its cost of deposits rose sharply during 2019 following the “RWA miscategorisation” debacle which was disclosed in January 2019....
...This assumes +0.2% 2H20E UK LFL (C&H -2%, Food +1.5%), -65bp 2H20E UK gross margin delta (Food -25bp, C&H -45bp), and -0.7% yoy 2H20E opex....
...The central monument in the main pavilion pays a fitting tribute to David Austin, the great rose-breeder who died in December....
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