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...Young V&A reopens on July 1, vam.ac.uk/young...
...Against Carlsen, his accuracy rate was in the mid-nineties against the No 1’s in the mid-eighties, a similar statistic to Carlsen v Niemann....
...“Structural reasons as well as the interest rate environment are both contributors,” said Jill Carey Hall, equity and quant strategist at Bank of America....
...Other pieces are held by the V&A and the Courtauld Gallery in London. I knew all this because I had seen — and written about — a nearly identical bowl for the FT last year....
...June 1; further information and tickets here Royal Ascot Dust down your hat — it’s the big one....
...Five more top stories 1....
...The top 1 per cent of earners only donate 0.2 per cent of their income to charity, and only 2 -3 per cent of British adults who do give to charity monthly do so to the arts....
...There’s this phrase people have to say, which is the top 1 per cent pay the top whatever X amount of tax, 50 per cent or whatever. It’s not true. That’s the top 1 per cent of taxpayers....
...Michelin stars followed, as did new lifts and a 650-seat concert hall....
...But the food’s ready, so we repair to Humanities 1 Reading Room for a starter of potted shrimp, accompanied by a crisp Sancerre....
...Even the refurbished Leopard 1 and 2 tanks may take several months to arrive in the numbers promised....
...More suitable are a pair of wonderfully weathered early 20th-century terracotta planters originally from Liberty & Co (est £1,000-£1,500)....
...The sober hall near the Bank of England, with its black-and-white-chequered marble floor and its dark wood counters now has the air of ancient Rome after the sack, with City workers baying for cocktails....
...In a packed conference hall in Dubai last week, hundreds of exhausted officials from every part of the world rose to their feet to cheer the result of the UN’s COP28 climate summit....
...“On grouse moors, jobs come out at about two jobs per 1,000 hectares. Rewilding sites come out at five jobs per 1,000 hectares.”...
...They’ve planted 1,500 nut trees and 400 fruit trees across 11 hectares of their wider farm to supply fruit and nuts too (Emily also runs The Food Hub cookery school at Kenton Hall Estate)....
...Between Wednesday and Saturday, ambulance services provided medical attention to 1,078 queuers, 136 of whom were taken to hospital....
...Hilary Mantel called it “the ultimate edition of Wolf Hall”....
...Article V invoking a collective defence response from other Nato members would be triggered. Moscow would risk a devastating nuclear retaliatory strike by the US....
...At the entrance I find Greenough shuffling about in a V-neck cricket jumper and a marshal’s jacket....
...Five more stories in the news 1....
...If you have a shorter neck, choose an open-neck or V-neck style, and wear your hair up. Don’t fancy a tulle skirt?...
...The peculiarities of island life are precisely what some property hunters want to buy into, though....
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