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...York will now admit some overseas applicants who achieved the equivalent of B/B/C grades at A level into its undergraduate programmes, or a 2:2 degree to join its postgraduate courses....
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...Among the Handel items are the Suite No 2 in F Major, given a lively performance by Julian Perkins, and the Suite in C Minor for Two Keyboards, in which he is joined by Carole Cerasi....
...jo.ellison@ft.com Letter in response to this article: Mrs Astor’s Four Hundred and American snobs today / From Mike Duggan, Potomac, MD, US...
...As Mark C O’Flaherty discovers, fibres from the Tucum palm, ipê and maçaranduba wood are helping create a new chapter in modernist design....
...Nevertheless, I much enjoyed Mark C O’Flaherty’s piece about ’80s erotic thrillers as a design trope, and the enduring influence of 9½ Weeks and American Gigolo....
...Robert C AustinProfessor, University of TorontoToronto, ON, Canada...
...Mark C O’Flaherty examines what it is about the era that continues to grip the imagination – from the high-waisted trousers and sailors’ uniforms to the sexual and intellectual freedoms the group enjoyed...
...Email Jo at jo.ellison@ft.com Find out about our latest stories first — follow @ftweekend Letter in response to this article: If at first you don’t succeed, fail in style / From Robert C Austin, Professor...
...Mark C O’Flaherty has provided the answer in this issue, and I’m fully in favour of his choice....
...Jo Eccles, managing director of Eccord, a central London buying agency that manages a large portfolio of properties for landlords, said: “I think they are all feeling very relieved that they haven’t spent...
...Separately, the piece “Do you need a C-suite check-up?”...
...TS Lombard’s Dario Perkins has been exploring this dynamic recently. In a note published today, he writes: [C]entral banks suddenly sound all cautious and pragmatic again....
...Jo Ellison travelled as a guest of Le Sirenuse; rooms from €685....
...FT columnist Stephen Bush describes the subversive thrill of wearing Dr Martens boots around the office, while Mark C O’Flaherty traces the evolution of the MA-1 flight jacket, first introduced to the US...
...And finally A few decades ago, the residents of Wigtown (population c. 1,000) in south-west Scotland wondered if they could follow Hay-on-Wye in Wales’s lead....
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...Double, from C$500 JO For local colour: The Broadview Hotel 106 Broadview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4M 2G1 Rooms and suites: 58 Gym/spa: No. Eat and drink: The rooftop is a must for drinks and snacks....
...Mark C O’Flaherty gets the grand tour in this week’s issue, while Jake Curtis takes the shots....
...The VCs, including General Catalyst, Greylock and Kleiner Perkins, advocated a similar strategy in their letter....
...Its model has been widely adopted across Canada’s public sector — CPP Investments, established in 1999 to oversee and invest the assets of the Canada Pension Plan, has grown from just C$12mn to C$536bn and...
...Thanks to these recyclable vitamin C sachets, skincare packaging takes up less space....
...Whistler trusted Jo Hiffernan completely, making her the sole heir of his estate. (She never got to benefit from that provision, though, since she died before he did.)...
...The government has also said it aims to push landlords to increase the energy efficiency of their properties to an Energy Performance Certificate C grade by 2030....
...No matter how prepped and primed you are for the party, have some handbag hacks ready: keep Jo Loves’ A Fragrance Paintbrush handy to freshen up pulse points....
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