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...Houston trio Khruangbin — aka guitarist Mark Speer, bassist Laura Lee and drummer DJ Johnson — originally bonded over a mash-up of global influences: Iranian rock, Jamaican dub and Thai funk, as well as...
...Dave (Mark Addy) and Jean (Lesley Sharp) are caretaker and headteacher respectively of the crumbling Sheffield Spires Academy....
...Vieux begins with a guitar vamp like a fanfare over a mournful mist of synthesiser from Mark Speer — and then the song’s reflections of exile and the diaspora unwind over Laura Lee Ochoa’s bass and Donald...
...With guitarist Mark Speer and drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson, Lee builds dub-psychedelic-soul-country-latino soundscapes as vast as the band’s native Texas....
...Openness to self-criticism, the mark of strong, honest history, is not, as is sometimes said by flag-waggers and drumbeaters, a sign of national self-hatred....
...The dominance of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art in the 1950s-60s — biennale prizes to Alexander Calder, Mark Tobey, Robert Rauschenberg — must be seen in cold war context....
...“As far as the police are concerned, it was just a normal flatshare,” says Mark, eyes-a-glitter, at an impromptu summit....
...It marks a break from the past, when Exxon executives such as Mr Raymond would regularly question climate science, or when Mr Tillerson dismissed biofuels as “moonshine” in 2007....
...Pete Speer, an analyst, cited its negative free cash flow, weak margins and a rising reliance on debt to fund operations....
...“Chevron just demonstrated its commitment to capital discipline and conservative financial policies by declining to enter a bidding war for Anadarko,” said Moody’s analyst Pete Speer....
...Buried deep within the hill are the remains of an Albert Speer-designed Nazi military school....
...Singolda is becoming a more settled New Yorker, and points to approaching the 10-year mark that many recognise as a legitimate marker of permanent residency....
...To mark Guernica’s 80th anniversary, the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid has mounted Pity and Terror: Picasso’s Path to Guernica, an exhibition exploring the painting’s artistic roots....
...It came from Marks and Spencer, the daughter of whose chairman, Lord Sieff, was the first of his four wives....
...StanChart recently formed a board-level committee focused on financial crime risk, and hired Mark Smith, who is currently at rival HSBC, as its new chief risk officer....
...In these essays, as in so much of his scholarship, he is right on the mark....
...Bored teenagers, addicts, artists, architectural tourists, free-runners, death-metal fans, psychogeographers and assorted crazies have all left their marks....
...And they’ve got to make a mark in history. It’s not as if they’ve got time to attend to the niceties of culture....
...Top marks for this went to Ramzan Ali of Marwar Spices, who thrust a charming welcome, and some really delicious spiced tea (“I will hospitalise you to tea!”)...
...“It was Walt Disney meets Walter Speer. It was a way to say, ‘We are Muslim and we have arrived,’” he says....
...And the fact that September 8 marks the 40th anniversary of the first ever Star Trek broadcast....
...“The US has set an important example for the rest of the world to follow,” said Lisa Speer, from the Natural Resources Defense Council....
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