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...Jean-Marie Guffens could be said to wear the Mâconnais crown....
...The council — which includes Fritz Alphonse Jean, a former central bank governor, former senate president Edgard Leblanc, and insurance businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr — will also wield limited presidential...
...If any film-maker deserved the title “founder of modern cinema”, it was Jean-Luc Godard, who has died at the age of 91....
...It will be advised on telecoms, media and technology deals by Michel Combes, SoftBank International president and former CEO of telecoms groups Sprint, Altice and Alcatel-Lucent....
...The hard cows-milk variety was invented at the behest of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister under Louis XIV, in the late 17th century to rival Edam sold by the enemy Dutch....
...“People in [northern] Europe are hungry for sun and hungry for relaxation,” says Fritz Joussen, chief executive of Tui, Europe’s largest tour operator, who praised Greece’s decision to welcome vaccinated...
...A Fritz Lang-ian moment next as you reach Canary Wharf....
.... £19.75 Stone, Vine & Sun La Combe Saint Paul, L’Insoupçonné 2016 Languedoc-La Clape 14.5% Very luxurious Syrah on the nose. Heady and rich with a leathery and liquorice finish....
...“Shared pain is halved pain,” says Fritz Joussen, chief executive of Tui, Europe’s largest holiday group....
...Vinified by the local co-op. 14% Dom Jean Chartron, Clos de la Combe 2015 Bourgogne £19.33 Private Cellar Classic white burgundy at a decent price. Ideal for a traditional dinner party....
...Like Ashley, Sir Philip is an ace at computing what something — be it a chain of shops or a vanload of jeans — might truly be worth....
...Both brands follow in the footsteps of Miuccia Prada, who worked with the artist James Jean to create a catwalk environment, zine and selection of textile prints for Spring....
...“Those who a year ago didn’t believe he could make it to the Elysée became hysterical supporters a few months ago and now are the first ones to criticise him,” Michel Combes, Altice chief, remarked....
...Staff at Combe remember a restorer being ticked off for overzealous sanding: “You’ve made that panelling look too good.”...
...All the sweetness and comfort of a mature red burgundy. £42 Domaine Direct Dom Génot-Boulanger, Grand Cru 2010 Corton-Les Combes Very sweet and fun....
...But exactly such a strategy was espoused by Jean-Marie Messier, head of Vivendi in the 1990s, until some ill-fated transatlantic deals led to him stepping down....
...“I’ll call Michel Combes,” he says, referring to the chief executive of SFR, one of France’s biggest companies, that also happens to supply his WiFi....
...As Font attests, “they work with an elegant cocktail outfit or jeans and sneakers”. Sneakers aside, a proper coat carries a whiff of formality....
...striking is how fresh and inventive they still look today: the rule book-breaking Breathless, musical-of-sorts Une femme est une femme, Le Mépris (with its unlikely cast combo of Bardot, Jack Palance and Fritz...
...said Fritz, grinning. “Welcome to the secret side of the Arlberg.”...
...Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang — who else got casts like that in the penurious prime of European art cinema?...
...Mr Combes is only now putting it on a sounder footing, but it continues to lack critical mass....
...Asked if he would use a fabric by the legendary John Fowler or other greats of English fabric — Jean Monro, Claremont — Kime moves on quickly: “I love old fabrics. But I only use my own....
...This concert features the label’s founders, trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell, with powerful same-generation support and a guest spot for spiritual vocalist Jean Carne....
...Mum has brought along not Agatha Christie but Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Reveries of a Solitary Walker (1782)....
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