Hints and tips:
...Today, in a world where hoodies are shown during haute couture shows, it’s difficult to understand the shockwaves that the grunge-inspired collections of Roth, Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis and Anna Sui sent...
...Joanne Webb thought The Girls Club virtual network she set up for senior women looking to let off steam during Covid lockdowns would “fizzle out” once restrictions had lifted....
...By 2019, however, the Boks had to carry a nation’s hopes of a comeback after a long descent into corruption and misrule under Jacob Zuma, the former president, scuppered this legacy....
...And then there were all the models, like Veronica Webb, and a lot of these cool, older kids… and it was just so exciting to do....
...Let’s not forget, writes Jacob Mchangama in his book Free Speech, that in allowing everyman to challenge the elite, “free speech may well be the most powerful engine of equality ever devised by humankind...
...Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg are pro, while Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the international trade secretary, believes doing so will make it harder to strike trade deals in the future....
...Merryn Somerset Webb, by contrast, argues that the crisis should inject some reality into the debate around the energy transition....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek. Views are personal. merryn@ft.com. Twitter: @MerrynSW...
...It was the role in Peep Show, alongside her friends from Footlights Mr Webb and David Mitchell, that brought her to national attention....
...Jacob Kam said the company was facing an unprecedented crisis in the face of mass protests and attacks on MTR staff and equipment....
...Charities are right to look into the source of funds — letter by Tim Wilson in response to The fig leaf of charity can no longer excuse sleaze Merryn Somerset Webb argues for a cap on the total number of...
...Steve Webb, the former Liberal Democrat pensions minister, becomes a knight as do backbench MPs Julian Brazier and David Crausby....
...Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tory MP, said the chancellor could face a “rough ride”....
...There’s also a large organic farm, with Jersey cows, Jacob sheep and Tamworth pigs. Meat from all these is available in the on-site shop and tea room....
...This column by Merryn Somerset Webb received more than 300 comments and sparked its own reader response piece....
...The activist, David Webb, characterised the government’s proposal, drafted to protect the privacy of individuals, as “confused”....
...In May last year, a storm erupted over a satirical painting by a white artist that depicted President Jacob Zuma in a Stalinesque pose with his genitals exposed....
...“Clearly three of the directors [the three Kwok brothers] know what the allegations are,” said Mr Webb....
...David Webb, a corporate governance activist in Hong Kong, said retail investor interest had been tepid for the HKT Trust....
...Singapore allows business trusts where the manager can control the entity with as little as 25 per cent – a level criticised as too low by David Webb, Hong Kong corporate governance activist....
...Mr Webb said the justification for business trusts because they allowed companies to pay dividends out of cash flow rather than retained earnings was a “red herring”....
...“Hong Kong doesn’t do tax breaks,” says Mr Webb....
...At Devro Mr Webb replaces Peter Williams, who will retire in April. people@ft.com...
...Jacob Zuma, the president, had declared 2011 to be “the year of job creation” but the reality is that unemployment actually rose from 25 per cent to 25.7 per cent in the first half of this year....
...activist and editor of webb-site.com, said....
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