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...In his book, The History of the Crossword, John Halpern (who sets for the FT as Mudd) suggests Arthur Wynne, the son of the editor of the Liverpool Mercury, was the father of the crossword....
...John Halpern (Mudd) was told when he began setting for the FT that Inman was “bluff and amiable”. His approach to setters was to be “delightfully hands-off and trusting....
...John Campbell, dressed in chinos and a smart shirt, has walked to the protest from his home on 80th Street and Park Avenue, one of the most exclusive addresses in the city....
...john.thornhill@ft.com...
...Gregory Halpern Gregory Halpern was born in 1977 in Buffalo, New York. He works principally in the book form, building sequences of images that are alternately powerful, beautiful and challenging....
...The Victorian period was the last time mermaids were as fashionable as they are now: all the artists, such as John Waterhouse and Edward Burne-Jones, were doing her....
...But John Gapper argues that the good times may be coming to an end. Fundamental changes linked to the growing dominance of Google and Facebook in online advertising are shrinking margins....
...She begins to reassemble her past — her life, the lives of her parents and her siblings, Peter and John — with the steady patience of a forensic anthropologist, rarely trusting only her own memory....
...John Appleby, chief economist at the King’s Fund health think-tank, says he can detect no effect from the introduction of competition and choice on the downward trajectory of waiting times....
...Ben Halpern, the project leader, said: “The big picture looks much worse than I imagine most people expected; it was certainly a surprise to me.” But there is room for hope....
...Having quit M&S in 1989,Mr Rose joined Sir Ralph Halpern and John Hoerner at Burton Group. He worked under Sir Ralph, learning about property acquisitions, cash flows and balance sheets....
...A management reshuffle saw Halpern leave the group in 1992. Before he sets off, Halpern will auction the contents of his now-sold Surrey estate and Chelsea harbour apartment....
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