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...Little by little, it’s stealing our lives,” write Cross and Dillon in this highly relatable analysis of the problem — and guide to how to rise above it....
...fashion controversies of the 1960s and 1970s — for example, whether women should wear pants to work, or if boys’ long hair or girls’ miniskirts disrupted education — were not about lifestyle,” writes Jo B...
...Perhaps the most amusing piece this year was James B. Stewart’s examination of the apparently dodgy goings-on at high-end New York wine seller Sherry-Lehmann....
...The last music I downloaded was “Be Careful” by Cardi B, with great lines such as, “It’s not a threat, it’s a warning”, and Janelle Monáe’s “I Like That” – “I’m always left of centre and that’s right where...
...The UK’s Starling Bank tags #sidehustle in posts promoting the moneymaking side projects of its users, including selling cupcakes and an R’n’B themed kitchenware business....
...Dorothy Parker once quipped that Katharine Hepburn ran the gamut of emotions from A to B. Martin Freeman’s range is even more economical: A to A....
...“His was a brilliant mind, from a generation of people that doesn’t seem to exist any more,” says Katharine Arnold, Christie’s co-head of postwar and contemporary art for Europe....
...Bamford, B Silent body oil, £42, bamford.com Feeling stressed? Having trouble sleeping?...
...The search for a Plan B has generated acrimony, with the BoE believing that Mr Hammond, in the hope of securing an EU trade agreement in financial services, is willing to sign up to a deal that would give...
...b. Repeated application of this process will completely triangulate the interior of the polygon. Estimate the worst-case number of arithmetic operations needed to complete the triangulation....
...In the nation’s capital, Nancy Reagan showed a knack for making firm new friendships with the local establishment, notably Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post....
...Their first meeting on July 4 weekend 1991, at the Gates family’s getaway outside Seattle was engineered through a chain of connections from Mr Buffett’s friend Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington...
...The singer that night, Amanda McBroom, sang an old favourite of mine that she wrote herself, called “Errol Flynn”, a love song to her father who was a B-movie star; “a B-plus-plus-plus-movie star,” she said...
...How much do you trust your colleagues: a) enough to leave an umbrella by your desk over the weekend; b) enough to eat their suspiciously green home-made cookies; or c) enough to allow them to elect the boss...
...Scottish composer James Dillon has turned them into a contemporary Stabat Mater Dolorosa for 12 voices, 11 musicians and electronics. The London Sinfonietta gives the premiere....
...The opening two days bring an eclectic mix of piano trios and duos played by Alasdair Beatson, Adrian Brendel and Katharine Gowers....
...Brands such as Grohe and Hansgrohe have recently set up larger local operations, while Viking, Vola, B&B Italia, Dedon and Poltrona Frau are in high demand....
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...The expansion is adding 100,000 b/d of production to take output to 255,000 b/d; the first phase of debottlenecking will add a further 35,000 b/d....
...HAVE YOUR SAY: nominate your favourite example of stinging criticism, be it Dorothy Parker on Katharine Hepburn in The Lake (“She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B) or Roger Ebert on Rob Reiner’s film...
...He has been at the company for a decade and has also worked for Virgin and B&Q. His starting date has not yet been fixed but he will be in place before March 1, JJB said....
...William Hynett, chief executive, B-N, the aviation group. Stephen Jones, milliner. Nigel Kershaw, chairman, The Big Issue. Simon King, TV wildlife presenter....
...37 In his book Tormented Hope, Brian Dillon identifies a disorder shared by Charlotte Brontë, Charles Darwin, Marcel Proust, Andy Warhol, Florence Nightingale, Alice James and Glenn Gould. What is it?...
...An orphan brother and sister, miserable with the latest in a long line of foster parents (Lisa Kudrow and Kevin Dillon in fairly mirthless roles), discover kindred spirits in their home city’s population...
...KATE: The Woman Who Was Katharine Hepburn by William J....
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