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...Despite the discomfort of King George V — whose cousin the Tsar had been executed by the Bolsheviks — Labour formally recognised the Soviet Union....
...It was home to John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 show, and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, known for the Doctor Who theme tune....
...John Gapper is business columnist of FT Weekend Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...edward.luce@ft.com Letter in response to this column: The west is right to call China’s bluff on Taiwan / From John V Baldwin, Cernobbio, Italy...
...But then you saw others like Suella Braverman, the home secretary, and Simon Clarke, the levelling up secretary, actually saying, you know what, it wasn’t the policy. It was the timing wrong....
...The three-way wiring between media, crown and public that reshaped the modern monarchy did not, in fact, begin with Elizabeth II, but with her grandfather George V....
...Nicholas Roe’s scholarly and succinct John Keats: A New Life (2012) remains definitive....
...In the past 75 years, only three out of 24 — Harold Macmillan, John Major and Gordon Brown — moved to Number 10 directly from the Treasury (a fourth, James Callaghan, also made it but only after two other...
...Nell Card jamb.co.uk The Italian Collector, UmbriaFive years ago, jewellery designer Bec Astley-Clarke relocated from London to a hilltop house in Umbria....
...The writer’s latest book is ‘The Prime Ministers: Reflections on Leadership From Wilson to May’ Letter in response to this article: Popularity is a hit and miss business / From John O’Byrne, Harold’s Cross...
...Chris Allison’s Midori mixer helps keep his cocktail swampishly green. The whisky base reminds him of the smoke-filled rooms of old....
...Clarke star in this revelatory staging. Piccadilly Theatre, London to January 4, youngvic.org Solaris David Greig’s fascinating stage adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s 1961 sci-fi novel....
...Teacher's pick Gavin Clarke at Emmanuel College picks UK pound hits lows of the day with Brexit votes looming to illustrate specification topics exchange rates, monetary policy, market intervention....
...In the play, feckless heir Hal is crowned Henry V and ditches his friends. “Presume not that I am the thing I was,” the new king tells his old friend Falstaff....
...Mr Winter also defended Dr Harold Shipman, the serial killer, who was convicted for murdering 15 female patients with injections of morphine....
...Why Britain has had few over Europe — Sebastian Payne What you’ve been saying Turning off the tap of throwaway packaging — letter from Andy Clarke “Sir, The UK’s retailers make a vital contribution to...
...John V Orth William Rand Kenan, Jr Professor of Law, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, US...
...Similarly the partnership between Margaret Thatcher and Nigel Lawson, until 1987, and that between John Major and Mr Clarke, were based on mutual respect and a recognition the chancellor was in the lead...
...Still, she kept in touch with her old teacher, joining him at a Wales v France rugby match in Cardiff and visiting him at Abergavenny’s annual food festival....
...Hardly, surprising, then, that Remain v Leave is also about Dave v Boris....
...The culture secretary, John Whittingdale, once a youthful aide to the Iron Lady, has also asked the V&A for a more detailed explanation....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College I expect inflation to rise towards 3% in 2017 was import prices rise....
...We canvassed together for Harold Wilson in 1964 on gritty streets where she seldom took no for an answer....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Most unlikely....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College My guess is he will be too timorous to do the right thing....
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