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...Occasionally the influence is clear, as in J Robert Lennon’s 2021 novel Subdivision, in which a woman checks into a mysterious small-town guesthouse....
...‘I’ll stick it out and put it in these gold funds that haven’t performed well for 10 years’ — you don’t do that,” he says. But, he adds: “When they see the margins then they will buy those equities.”...
...(I suggest Harry Truman, the president at the time, was the most powerful human being who has ever lived.)...
...She remembers the delay of several years between the release of each new Harry Potter book, and she wants to save her fans that wait....
...Email Robert at robert.shrimsley@ft.com Follow @FTMag to find out about our latest stories first and subscribe to our podcast Life and Art wherever you listen...
...It’s not like Hal is Prince Harry. It’s not like he was born into [the royal] family.” Instead, we should understand that Hal has long had this gang of friends....
...I’m Lilah, and that wasn’t a question. Here with me in New York, he’s just got those Harry Potter proofs to the twins. It’s US financial commentator and men’s style columnist Rob Armstrong....
...In his closing arguments, Cochran told the jury: “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit.”...
...Robert ShrimsleyThere’s still 647 who haven’t sent these pictures....
...“We also note that the £1bn cost savings no longer has a target of reduced operational expenditure as a percentage of sales, which we don’t like.”...
...We want to be rugged individualists who trust in our hands and live by our word, who don’t want the rich man’s dollar, his country club or his company....
...Obviously, I don’t want to give anyone the impression that old age means loss of capacity. Harry S Truman stormed the beaches at Iwo Jima at 60. Or was that John Wayne?...
...J Sainsbury was among the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 on Wednesday after strong grocery sales failed to allay concerns over its struggling general merchandise business....
...One source of solace for Conservative MPs — and a source of anxiety for Labour strategists — are the “don’t knows”. Both YouGov’s modelling and Robert Shrimsley’s column this week tackle that topic....
...Robert, you saw them in action on the platform. Are they either of those things? Robert Shrimsley That’s a very good question. I certainly don’t think they’re popular....
...The fact that J Robert Oppenheimer agonised over his part in the creation of the atomic bomb is not interesting. Was he meant to whistle to work?...
...It’s the big play on Broadway right now, and it has Harry Potter in it, Daniel Radcliffe. And part of what’s unique about that play is that the entire thing goes back in time....
...“Don’t worry, Harry, you express yourself. You dress up as a Nazi if you want. It’s just for bants”....
...We’ve talked about Harry. There is more, that is, of material available....
...Send your reading of the post-Fed moves: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...Also speaking at the FT summit, Robert Friedland, billionaire mining magnate and founder of Ivanhoe Mines, said that the current bout of softer prices would stoke shortages later on....
...His official 1953 Coronation portrait of Elizabeth II was in fact taken at home, according to the royal biographer Robert Hardman, with a fake Abbey backdrop....
...Every year, the bestseller lists feature celebrity memoirs and works by dazzling and established literary stars — but also reader-driven surprises, from Sarah J Maas’s romantic fantasy series, including...
...“Stand beside that tree at night and look down the valley, and you won’t see another light,” said Turek....
...While you can’t blame the subjects for wanting a voice, their version of events will be at best partial and, at worst, a shameless PR exercise aimed at burnishing their reputation....
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