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...Even David Foster Wallace’s 1000-page Infinite Jest might not detain you that long....
...The MP for Maidenhead, May succeeded David Cameron as prime minister in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum and her time in office was consumed by the struggle to pass a deal with the EU....
...She stepped up from the role of children’s minister, with another “rising star” of the 2019 intake of Conservative MPs, David Johnston, appointed as her replacement....
...Additional reporting by David Sheppard, Michael Peel and Ian Smith in London...
...(The New Yorker) Jane Coaston puts important questions to polling expert David Byler, among them: should voters and readers trust polling?...
...“They’re all about laundering political influence as journalism,” said Philip Napoli, public policy professor at Duke University and director of its DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy....
...Reviewers compared him to Thomas Pynchon, David Foster Wallace and John Irving. But Hill is very much his own man. If The Nix is a tough act to follow, Wellness proves he’s got the chops....
...And finally A charming exhibition at the Wallace Collection in London explores our devotion to four-legged friends across the centuries....
...All that is Wallace melts into Claire Rishi Sunak has brought Grant Shapps, one of the Conservative government’s great survivors, into the Ministry of Defence, to replace Ben Wallace, who will stand down...
...The best book I’ve read in the past year is Twentieth Century Man: The Wild Life of Peter Beard by Christopher Wallace. I always loved his art, I just hadn’t realised he was such a complex character....
...After I’d had enough of McAllister’s diktats, I dived into To Marry an English Lord (1989) by Gail MacColl and Carol McD Wallace, which partly inspired Fellowes’ previous series, Downton Abbey....
...David Wasco, Reynolds-Wasco’s husband and production designer on the same movies, says Tarantino’s props give viewers the feeling they’re in a more playful world than our own....
...(New Yorker, metered paywall) — What would David Foster Wallace have thought about pickleball? (Slate) — And finally, an essay on hauntings and reasons to log off. (Erin Kissane)...
...“There’s been a real adrenaline punch into the marketplace across the course of November,” said David Wood, chief executive of the DIY chain, despite insulation getting pricier due to the energy-intensive...
...David Paling, the owner of Tan Tan Tan, a chain of 10 tanning salons, warned that without further support from the government, spiralling bills could sound the “death knell” of one of his outlets....
...Raab is one of several former cabinet ministers on the list, along with former chancellor Sajid Javid, former defence secretary Ben Wallace and former environment secretary George Eustice....
...There were edgier exchanges between Wall Street scribblers and David Solomon, chief executive of Goldman Sachs....
...Wallace halted payments to General Dynamics two years ago after the MoD had already handed over £3.2bn....
...David Lammy I haven’t been, in this role. Look, I think that engagement is important, and therefore, I thought it was good that our defence secretary, Ben Wallace, met with him....
...The prime minister is certain to appoint a new defence secretary, after incumbent Ben Wallace announced his intention to step down from the cabinet last weekend....
...Foster Wallace....
...Seventy years ago, newly celebrated Modernist architects descended upon Trousdale Estates, including Wallace Neff, Paul R Williams and A Quincy Jones....
...Lucy Fisher William Wallace, thanks for joining. [MUSIC PLAYING] It’s not just the government’s team that looks different at the end of this week than it did at the beginning....
...World Bank World Bank president David Malpass will hold a press conference at the joint annual meetings between the bank and the International Monetary Fund, which enter their fourth day....
...Inside Politics is edited by Abby Wallace today. Follow Stephen on Twitter @stephenkb and please send gossip, thoughts and feedback to insidepolitics@ft.com....
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