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...One traditional answer is that the Enlightenment with a capital “E” was part of the making of the modern world, and that it flourished conspicuously in 18th-century Europe — especially in the salons and...
...One is reminded of E Nesbit stories or perhaps CS Lewis’s Narnia adventures: this is the land of dragons, after all....
...In 1995’s Jack & Sarah, the needs of his infant daughter force Richard E Grant’s devastated widower back into contact with the world....
...minister Fumio Kishida Finland: US president Joe Biden visits Helsinki for a US-Nordic Leaders’ Summit UK: NHS England releases figures for May and June, along with quarterly waiting time stats for A&E...
...Two hundred miles west, the King’s main Welsh residence is Llwynywermod near Llandovery, Myddfai....
...A vote of confidence in John Lewis chair Dame Sharon White will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday among the employee-owned retailer’s 74,000 staff....
...King Charles III will meet some of the United Kingdom’s most loyal subjects when he visits Northern Ireland on Tuesday at a time of deep political crisis and profound demographic change in the 101-year-old...
...In his first week, King Charles III has displayed more signs of public impatience, usually involving pens, than his mother did in the average decade. One must make allowances....
...partnership with the Campaign for Wool, the initiative established by King Charles III....
...Under restructuring expert John Ray III, FTX’s new management has tracked down $1.24bn in the scramble to survey its assets ahead of the bankruptcy case....
...J Ray III, a restructuring specialist who oversaw the Enron and Nortel Networks bankruptcy cases....
...Elizabeth I (45 years on the throne), George III (almost 60 years) and Victoria (almost 64 years) all presided over periods of national and imperial expansion....
...Graham Goodlad, St John’s College...
...Bowen recently sold a small Georgian Welsh oak linen press with very charming, Gothic, shaped panelled doors above three small faux drawers....
...Sony announced three Xperia additions: the 1 III, 5 III and 10 III, with the 1 and the 5 introducing “the world’s first Variable smartphone telephoto lens paired with a Dual-PD sensor and 4K HDR OLED 120Hz...
...The economist John Maynard Keynes said by about now we would all be so rich, no one would have to work. He was wrong too....
...Highlight: John Outram’s 1986 “Temple of Storms” pumping station lights up an otherwise rather severe stretch of the river....
...Both her grandfathers served as doctors during the first world war, her Welsh one with the Indian army at Gallipoli, her Canadian one on the Western Front....
...The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, by John Bolton, Simon & Schuster, RRP£25/$32.50, 592 pages Badly written and lacking in humility, shame or self-awareness, Bolton’s is nonetheless the best...
...However, it also guided to net E&C margins (E&C is ~75% of revenues) of only 2.0-2.25% versus our prior forecast of 4.7% and a ‘normal’ expectation of 5-6%....
...The shopping centre owner said it was “engaged in constructive discussions” with shareholders including John Whittaker’s 27 per cent-owning Peel Group, as well as with potential new investors....
...Smiths Group’s John Crane exposure is all downstream with the significant majority of the earnings driven by aftermarket on the installed base, both helpful....
...(iii) Such a property wealth tax would cause a large industry of tax avoidance....
...[W]e expect focus on another weak quarter for Other Income and a quarterly run-rate below consensus expectations....
...At 10x P/E (adjusted for pension and earn out), ITV is the most expensive broadcaster in Europe....
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