Hints and tips:
...White captures Kxh5, then advances his g and h pawns. Chess 24511...c5! 2 Rxc5 Rxc5 3 Qxc5 Qf3! 4 Nxf3 Rxd1+ 5 Ne1 Rxe1 mate. The trap is 1...Qf3?? 2 Nxf3 Rxd1+ 3 Ne1! and White wins....
...“Old Rock n Roll” found Bankole reciting, “I’m tired of playing the good black, I’m tired of blaming the white man . . . ” Their sloganeering was all the more compelling for being gnomic and difficult to...
...M-O-U-R-N . . . Tim Hayward Half mourning. M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G....
...M&G Investments thinks interest rates are going down, but not by much (and predicts a “new era for active management,” lol) “Flux” is also a favourite word of Lazard, whose 2024 outlook at least features...
...Some of the ones that have attracted attention: a company called Phunware — spelled p-h-u-n, ware — which is a mobile software developer. And there was another called Bit Brother....
...“In France, we have an expression: la peur n’évite pas le danger. Being stressed won’t help anything. It’s necessary to keep a sense of perspective,” he says....
...In one case an entire paragraph, about the relationship between the writer H.G. Wells and the economist Beatrice Webb, is very similar to one written in Webb’s Wikipedia page....
...And the packaging is beautiful. casabosques.com Hunza G Square Neck Stripe swimsuit, £165These swimsuits are one size and fit so well....
...H&M’s chief executive Helena Helmersson has quit after just over four years in the top job as the Swedish fast-fashion group struggles to improve profitability....
...A handy thing about the recurring nature of M&A speculation is that for all the most likely deals, there’s a readymade bank of analysis available for recycling....
...But G goes on leave at this point, handing the file over to H, who drafts a minute, which is signed by D and returned to C, who revises his draft accordingly and lays the new version before A.”...
...Styles worth the hassle include the beribboned Michelle and floppy Delphine hats from Maison N.H Paris (€195 and €120, maisonnhparis.com), Eliurpi’s vintage-look Pamela (£476, harrods.com) and Sensi Studio...
...G Q1 trading statement, Mitie FY, Wizz Air Holdings FY Friday Canada, May unemployment rate China, May consumer price index (CPI) and producer price index (PPI) inflation rate figures Russia, May CPI...
...The Stories She Wears is a six-month programme focusing on teaching practical techniques in local styles, upcycled fashion, traditional textile design and financial literacy. pradagroup.com; unfpa.org G...
...Property vehicles holding £15bn, run by managers including Standard Life, Aviva and M&G, suspended trading when faced with a wave of redemption requests....
...Since the late 1980s, Premier has not only worked with legendary emcees such as Nas (“N.Y. State of Mind”), Jay-Z (“D’Evils”), Big L (“The Enemy”) and The Notorious B.I.G....
...H Hips Until recently believed to be essential for top-level tennis. Now maybe not, given that Andy Murray has managed a sterling return from hip-resurfacing surgery....
...The professor apparently quoted Huck Finn, which of course uses the N-word, in explaining to a foreign student why censorship might happen....
...“I’m an extensive sceptic, no God, no King, no nationality”, he told his novelist friend John Galsworthy in 1900....
...Jessica StoyaI’m in lingerie. And people tip me. And I take my bra off or pull the cups down and I jiggle my shoulders while saying “T-h-a-n-k-y-o-u”. Though I, I get my period. And then I have cramps....
...(The letter “n” is next to the letter “h” on a QWERTY keyboard, which explains the first typo. The “b” was a mystery.) Until I could fix this, I had to negotiate to get anywhere....
...And I take my bra off or pull the cups down and I jiggle my shoulders while saying, ‘T-h-a-n-k-y-o-u,’” she says, making her voice go jittery and giving a brief shimmy. “It’s very cute....
...In 2021, several multinationals, including Nike and H&M, removed language from their websites that expressed concern about forced labour in Xinjiang after Beijing orchestrated consumer boycotts to punish...
...(Kristen Talman and Davide Ghiglione) Can the ‘S’ and ‘G’ in ESG coexist? It is often said that “G” is the most important aspect of ESG....
...(I’m a fan too, so counted my own vote.)...
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