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...Then the Leeds band’s vocalist James Smith pipes up. Reciting his verses in a northern-accented sing-speak, he’s like someone chewing your ear off in a pub, not the greatest voice of the century....
...Which 1992 film starred Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith? Poly Styrene was the lead singer of which punk band?...
...The announcement this year of a mooted remake of Vertigo (with Robert Downey Jr in the role played by James Stewart) provoked spluttering at the temerity rather than outrage that the man behind the original...
...It is seeking similar five-year prohibitions for his sons Donald Jr and Eric....
...World leaders due to address the gathering of Pacific nations include Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr and, waving the flag for Global Britain, UK premier Rishi...
...The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China by James M Zimmerman, PublicAffairs $30/£25, 352 pages James Kynge is the FT’s global China editor Join...
...Martin Luther King Day Banks, stock markets and Congress will be closed in the US today as the country observes a national holiday to honour civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr....
...The Folly of James Murdoch. I learned so much from Anna Nicolaou and Sujeet Indap’s brilliant Big Read where they explored how Vice went from private equity darling to bankruptcy....
...The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis Gates, Jr....
...(Sophia Smith) Are you able to truly be yourself at work, or do you have to act in a way that’s not “you”? Let us know in this week’s poll....
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...Our editor and this week’s fill-in host is Jess Smith. We had help this week from George Drake Jr, David da Silva and Peter Barber. Our executive producer’s Topher Forhecz....
...Monday Philippines, newly elected president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr delivers his first State of the Nation address. He has promised to “sweat” on Filipinos’ behalf....
...That has been the practice in all recent chief executive successions at JPMorgan, including when Dimon took over from William Harrison, Jr....
...Our editor is Jess Smith. We had help this week from Joanna Kao, George Drake Jr., Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz....
...Instead, Foster helped the art department create a custom fake that even Downey Jr couldn’t disdain....
...You can watch the fishermen along the South Pointe Pier, and there’s a seaside branch of Smith & Wollensky steak house right in the park....
...Meanwhile, Indian ed-tech decacorn Byju’s has made a $300m offer to acquire smaller peer WhiteHat Jr....
...Birkett, Brighton Crossword 16,206: Enda Cogan, Dublin Patricia Cairns, Devon; JR Jefferies, Dudley Polymath 1,028: John Clune, Ireland Crossword 16,200: Edward Cooper, Norwich R Winter, Worthing; Kate...
...The Fire Next Time James Baldwin A plea to end the country’s “racial nightmare” and the classic essay of the civil rights movement....
...Ian Smith is leaving his post as Virgin Money’s chief financial officer to join the Nordic bank Nordea. Smith will replace fellow Briton Christopher Rees as the lender’s CFO....
...In the TV series Dallas, what was the name of JR’s second wife?...
...Plus, presenter Lilah Raptopoulos and James Fontanella-Khan, FT corporate deals editor, discuss their recent investigation into workplace stress and burnout. (FT)...
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...James Smith, economist at ING: A full 2021 recovery is unlikely....
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