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...Lunch with Judith Butler is much easier than lunch with “Judith Butler”. Butler’s new book Who’s Afraid of Gender? aims to be accessible....
...But then Philipp’s wife, Judith, finds something else. A modest little painting, wrapped in brown paper. One for the skip, thinks Nicola (Dorothea Myer-Bennett), until they notice the signature....
...The sale follows a series of other high-end rum acquisitions by global drinks groups, including Brown-Forman’s purchase of Venezuelan brand Diplomático in 2022....
...Thanks to a string of deals in recent years, start-ups are now the chief source of fast-growing brands for global spirits groups such as Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Bacardi, Campari, Beam Suntory and Brown-Forman...
...And as Hazel Brown, the heroine of Lisa Robertson’s novel The Baudelaire Fractal concludes: “Girlhood itself is a baroque tradition.”...
...But now cracks are emerging in Brown’s business model — and that of the whole sector....
...A fudged compromise effectively threw Mann to the brown-shirted wolves but avowed that “the richness of German art” springs from “the diversity of world views”....
...Two works — by Cecily Brown and Mehretu — are sold on condition that their galleries (Paula Cooper and Marian Goodman, respectively) get first refusal should they be resold within five years....
...Loveable Hamnet (Ajani Cabey) finally makes his appearance in the second half, darting about along with quieter sister Judith (Alex Jarrett)....
...Judith Martin Winchester, Hampshire, UK...
...Come spring, the menu is a revolving door of allium-infused specials, from suckling kid goat and yoghurt to roast brill and brown butter....
...This would mean that “the average size of farms will increase and some of the environmental benefits of [the new system] will be lost,” Clifton-Brown said....
...Iain Brown of Easter Grangemuir farm in Fife, part of the East of Scotland Growers co-operative, said he would plant 15 per cent less fruit and vegetables for next year “just to try to stabilise the situation...
...Iain Brown, chair of National Farmers Union Scotland’s horticulture working group, says migrant workers are a “vital asset” to Scotland’s farmers and that, with a return rate of about 70 per cent, most farms...
...“It will help us de-risk the business in terms of reliance on seasonal labour, and also to protect us against brown rugose virus, which is a real threat to the tomato industry.”...
...It’s a Wonderful Life became “the Christmas Carol of the late 20th- and 21st-century holiday,” social historian Judith Flanders has argued....
...Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe, by Judith Herrin, Allen Lane RRP£30, 576 pages Tom Holland is the author of ‘Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind’ (Little, Brown) Join our online book...
...During a bohemian childhood she recalls encountering Grace Jones, James Brown and Jean Paul Gaultier around the swimming pool....
...Near Paradise Lake on the west side of Idlewild, I meet Judith Griffin, whose cottage here has hosted six generations of her family....
...“He was a really good teacher,” recalls Reddy’s wife, the artist Judith Blum Reddy....
...The next Senate finance chair, Sherrod Brown, is also a strong ally of unions, as is Marty Walsh, the next secretary of Labor....
...“The main reason is because of the political uncertainty caused by Brexit, leading to a dearth of overseas buyers in the market at the moment,” said Mr Brown....
...Richard Brown Research Director, Centre for London, London EC1, UK...
...Letter in response to this article: London’s inner areas are growing at the fastest rate / From From Richard Brown, Research Director, Centre for London, UK...
...Thomas Foubister, London; Michael Sweeney, Dublin; David Sands, Maryland, US Polymath 1049: Mary Whittaker, Leicester, England Crossword 16,326: Simon Dare, Surrey, UK; Max Stewart, Australia; David Brown...
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