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....— Should the company known as Bass, in its 1984 iteration, be seen as having evolved into InterContinental Hotels, or into Mitchells & Butlers?...
...Louis Harreau of Crédit Agricole (and friends). Sadly, you only get one tee, but you can all call yourselves FTAV chart quiz champs (for a week)....
...Along the corridor from the grand staircase in the Guards Bar, I found the waiters proudly showing off a bespoke red-leather trolley crowned with a Mathusalem (six litres) of Rémy Martin Louis XIII cognac...
...The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis Gates, Jr....
...The show began with a hastily assembled tribute, in the form of a recording of a New Orleans funeral march by Louis Armstrong, followed by a moment’s silence....
...Wheeler grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in East St Louis, where his mother was a nurse and his father an accountant....
...It’s stridently traditional for a start: a world in which a sports car might be frowned upon, where the butler’s pantry is still presided over by a butler, jewellery thefts go unreported to avoid scandal...
...But for guests who merely want good furniture, a great view and a butler constantly on hand? That’s all to be had here, just turn off the screens....
...Final Buzzer You may have noticed at Scoreboard that we like nothing more than videos of charismatic NBA star Jimmy Butler, out in the real world....
...All the hotel’s guests are assigned a personal butler, but we soon lose track of ours, because we are constantly being swarmed by staff members (there are more than 100 in total) who are determined to make...
...Amenities include a stainless-steel kitchen and butler's pantry, a wine cellar, media room and library, plus pool and fitness room. A golf course is nearby....
...He speaks with Claer Barrett on exploring the risks of using debt to boost his assets, alongside FT columnist Jason Butler and European economics commentator Martin Sandbu....
...Louis Wood, logistics specialist at Indigo Wine, describes the current situation as “a nightmare....
...Billionaire investor Louis Bacon is another winner from last year’s chaos....
...The next must-have: a butler to manage it all. Follow @FTProperty on Twitter or @ft_houseandhome on Instagram to find out about our latest stories first....
...And the number of high-profile French wine producers investing in California wineries continues to grow, with the most recent acquisition, just before lockdown, being Champagne Louis Roederer’s of Diamond...
...Across town, at a debate-watching party at the Open Concept bar, owner Michael Butler, 33, the African-American head of the St Louis Democratic party, opines that “Biden could very well win the primary but...
...Greenland Louis Rudd, who last year became the first Briton to cross Antarctica solo, without resupply and using only muscle power, is heading back to polar climes this summer — and inviting others to join...
...In the giant ski room, butlers will help you in and out of your boots. Pétilaire-Bellet has breathed Courchevel air for almost 20 years, and knew the move would be fraught....
...Breaky Bottom, Cuvée Oliver Minkley 2011 England £29.99 The Fine Wine Importers of E Sussex, £36.95 Corney & Barrow, £36.99 Butlers Wine Cellar Unusually mature offering from a longstanding Sussex producer...
...Masculinity, as the influential gender theorist Judith Butler has contended, is a “performance” that becomes accepted as reality through the same shared actions and behaviours....
...In spite of the rain, staff ran as discreetly as possible across the square carrying silver dishes to be served at the 14-seat dining table by Stefano, my butler....
...One day I was telling that to Jean-Louis Dumas, who used to be the chairman of Hermès — he died a few years back. He said, ‘OK, I’m going to make one for you.’...
...Held its own magnificently when compared blind with vintage champagnes — some of them extremely smart and all much more expensive. 12% Ridgeview Rosé de Noirs 2014 England £44 The Wine Society, £50 Butlers...
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