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...NON-FICTION JANUARY Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J Bass (Picador/Knopf) A magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s wartime leaders — the largely overlooked...
...A good listen and useful snapshot of a strong UK jazz strand. ★★★★☆ ‘Blue Note Re:imagined II’ is released by Blue Note...
...Sir James Dyson, the entrepreneur, claimed this month that Sunak’s government had made growth “a dirty word”, while the CBI employers’ group has also been strongly critical....
...“The 1969 film and the 1992 documentary Elizabeth R were broadcasts that changed the scope and style of the monarchy.”...
...William of Orange, the Protestant leader of the Dutch Revolt, was assassinated in 1584 after Philip II of Spain put a bounty on his head....
...Vocalist Loria gave a shy R&B rendition of “Forever Mine”, from Sparks’s current release....
...Three decades ago, James Carville, the American political adviser, quipped about wanting to be resurrected as the bond market because “you can intimidate everyone”....
...The plaintiff was Cassie, the R&B singer, who alleged that Combs had raped her, beaten her and blown up a romantic rival’s car. Combs denied the allegations....
...Although Clark would adapt works by a number of writers, including Dickens’ The Signalman (1976), James was the main focus....
...Seen from the mainland, loyalist celebrations marking the Protestant William of Orange’s victory over the Catholic King James II several centuries ago look at best rather eccentric....
...The old gang is back together again for the belated debut album from James “Jimmy Jam” Harris III and Terry Lewis....
...The first written record of the game in Scotland is a document from 1457 in which James II, King of Scots, banned the sport because it was a distraction from archery....
...Charles II and Nell Gwynne are thought to have enjoyed trysts here, though in an early incarnation of the pub. James Thomson, the Scottish poet, is said to have written “Rule Britannia” here....
...James Morris was born in Somerset in 1926, to a Welsh father and English mother....
...The OECD has labelled the Covid-19 pandemic “the first fully global crisis since World War II” and the IMF has said global growth will be negative this year and the worst since the Great Depression of the...
...Other subjects include the space race, Mary Queen of Scots, Charles Dickens and Pocahontas....
...(ii) For the average citizen, I expect them to feel the same as today....
...The launch of SoftBank’s $108bn Vision Fund II is the big finance theme of the week — but not all are impressed. Elsewhere, ByteDance is moving into making smartphones....
...American keyboardist Bobby Sparks II is the go-to musician for analogue sounds....
...If Debt/GDP is about 1 now (UK-US levels) you can run a primary deficit of (g-r) — where g is growth rate and r is real cost of borrowing — and keep Debt/GDP constant....
...Launched in 1969, the Queen Elizabeth II reflected the fashions of swinging London....
...Among this year’s speakers was Booker Prize winner Marlon James....
...“This is a market within a market,” says Jason Taylor, head of sales at the local office of Franklyn James....
...Near Lamb’s Conduit Street, a smart street with mostly independent retailers and restaurants, a five-bedroom Grade II-listed terrace is for sale with Dexters for £5.25m....
...II)” set the tone. “I hope to God I’ll see you one more time,” Garratt crooned, an over-desperate suitor for our affection....
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