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...“Bitter Sweet Love” by James Arthur is out now on Columbia Records. He will do a world tour this year Follow @FTMag to find out about our latest stories first...
...‘Who We Used To Be’ by James Blunt is out on Atlantic Records. His book ‘Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story’ is published by Constable....
...If Westminster is becoming a “zombie parliament” then James Heappey, once seen as a rising star of the Conservative party, on Friday joined the ranks of the living dead: Tory MPs stepping down at the next...
...Amid all the nonsense, prim spinster secretary Hester Leggett steps forward to help the team compose a letter from the fake officer’s sweetheart and, in the song “Dear Bill”, suddenly reveals her own wartime...
...My PhD supervisor, Professor James McFarlane, known as Mac, rather a large gentleman with a big beard. I was studying comparative literature and modern European thought....
...James Mercer, 50, is the founder and frontman of indie rock group The Shins. This year is the 20th anniversary of their classic debut album Oh, Inverted World....
...“Male” stands insouciantly against the wall, James Dean-style; “Female” lies recumbent, an abstract odalisque....
...Tim Booth, 61, is the lead singer of James, formed in 1982. The band’s hits include “Sit Down”, “Come Home” and “She’s a Star”. What was your childhood or earliest ambition? To be a fireman....
...Nordea has nominated former RBS chief and current easyJet chair Stephen Hester as its next chair. Hakluyt has appointed Jeff Greenberg and Mark Wiseman to its advisory board....
...A rival consortium bid possibly involving Aviva and Sampo could have made some sense but neither company is in a position to do so right now,” said James Shuck, an analyst at Citigroup....
...James Baldwin was once asked a version of this question. He responded the answer is endurance. I couldn’t agree more. I’d also add opportunity and confidence....
...But as part of a statement about sustainability standards and the accelerating action from the IFRS Foundation to encourage new policies, SEC commissioner Hester Peirce tweeted out this gem....
...State school first, then James Allen’s Girls’ School. Then straight to work, doing lots of odd jobs, auditioning desperately for parts and not getting them, then finally drama school at Lamda....
...Standard Chartered executive Simon Cooper — The insider RSA Insurance Group boss Stephen Hester — The boomerang CEO Vim Maru, head of retail at Lloyds Banking Group — The loyal lieutenant Andrea Orcel...
...“Peter Gynt” by David Hare, starring James McArdle, is at the Edinburgh International Festival from August 1 to 10, eif.co.uk; and at the National Theatre until October 8 Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find...
...She received critical acclaim for the award-winning The James Plays. Her TV and film work includes Oranges and Sunshine, Aimée and Jaguar, and Bumping the Odds for the BBC....
...His shop was near Hester van Royen’s gallery, and Hester and I had just started dating....
...Lex) Hudson's Bay secures shareholder approval to become a private company (Reuters) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi, Kaye Wiggins and Robert Smith in London, Javier Espinoza in Brussels, James...
...Covington & Burling partners have elected top sports lawyer Doug Gibson as the first new chair in 12 years, replacing 64-year-old Tim Hester, who took over at the height of the financial crisis....
...I also loved James Herriot and wanted to be a vet. Private school or state school? University or straight into work? Los Angeles County High School for the Arts was where I came into my own....
...At the centre of The Club was the literary giant Samuel Johnson, and the man who immortalised his words of wisdom: Johnson’s biographer, the prolific diarist, drunkard and philanderer James Boswell....
...James [Holder], my business partner, is probably one of the most inspirational people I’ve ever met....
...St James independent school in London, then an English degree at Bristol University, then a one-year postgraduate acting course at the Drama Studio in Ealing. Who was or still is your mentor?...
...The illustrator James Cawthorn taught me about classic fantasy and science fiction. Barrington Bayley taught me theoretical physics. I owe my taste in music to the composer and writer Langdon Jones....
...Jane Austen, Henry James and Ernest Hemingway. How physically fit are you? Try me on a tennis court. What I lack in fitness I make up for in sheer dogged determination....
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