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...England’s “glorious revolution” of 1688 was literally crowned by Holland’s William and Mary of Orange, who were invited to become sovereigns by London’s elite....
...In 2019, on behalf of Lufthansa, Norton Rose Fulbright used the provision in a patent infringement case in France, Germany and the UK....
...A Splendid Intelligence: The Life of Elizabeth Hardwick by Cathy Curtis Norton, £25, 400 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...But the book that really fascinated me was The Borrowers by Mary Norton (who I have just discovered was also very short-sighted and, in her own words, an “inveterate lingerer”)....
...Perhaps as a result there are slips — a composite of George V and VI appears at one point, who manages to be at once married to Mary of Teck, have a debilitating stammer, and a brother who abdicates for...
...Ghost Work (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, RRP$27) by Mary Gray and Siddharth Suri provides one of the first in-depth on the ground studies of this world....
...The Wall , by John Lanchester, Faber, RRP£14.99/WW Norton, RRP$25.95 After an ecological catastrophe — The Change — a five-metre high wall has been built to protect all 10,000km of “what used to be the...
...Entertainers such as Graham Norton and Dara O Briain are mainstays of BBC schedules. Dublin has the dubious privilege of being a favourite haunt for British stag weekends....
...Sylvia, however, is loosely based on (and named after) the very real librarian who introduced the author herself to E Nesbit, Mary Norton, Arthur Ransome, Philippa Pearce and CS Lewis et al back when Vickers...
...Mary Norton’s classic tale of little folk living under the floorboards is brought wittily to life in a clever production that is brimming with strong dancing and scenic delights if a little short (as yet...
...I devoured Mary Norton, Susan Coolidge, Noel Streatfeild. I was certain that I would one day write my own masterpiece....
...More impressive still is Tavi Gevinson’s interpretation of the wavering servant Mary Warren....
...There are a number of good schools and universities nearby, including Queen Mary as well as Cass and Hult business schools....
...The Mare, by Mary Gaitskill, Serpent’s Tail, RRP£14.99/Pantheon, RRP$16.95 This dark, dreamlike novel, Gaitskill’s first in 10 years, revisits familiar themes of female sexuality, power and domination,...
...Peter Frankopan Author of ‘The Silk Roads’ I absolutely loved Mary Beard’s SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Profile). It is a sparkling book that brings the past to life....
...Aga’s name has since become synonymous with British upper middle class rusticity, and its £10,000 cast iron ranges have become a must-have in bourgeois homes from Chiswick to Chipping Norton....
...One can be fairly confident that the persistent suggestion that Mary Beard would be the perfect guest will stop....
...“In difficult negotiations over the scope of buyer protections, W&I insurance is increasingly being used to bridge the gap and get deals over the line,” says Ffion Flockhart, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright...
...Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, by Charlotte Gordon, Hutchinson, RRP£25 / Random House, RRP$30 Although the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter...
...But it’s carnal and satirical and American enough to be heartier than camp — it’s Ivy Compton-Burnett crossed with Mary Karr....
...But you could do worse than Mary Norton’s The Borrowers. I loved it as a kid, and my kids love it, too. Elizabeth McCracken’s latest book, ‘Thunderstruck & Other Stories’, is published by Jonathan Cape...
...… The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall, by Mary Elise Sarotte, Basic Books, RRP£18.99/$27.99 The fall of the Berlin Wall was the defining event of the revolutionary year of 1989....
...• EY • Generating Genius • HM Revenue & Customs • Hogan Lovells • HSBC • Imperial College London • King’s College London • Morgan Stanley • National Grid • Nationwide Building Society • Queen Mary...
...The Culinary Imagination: From Myth to Modernity, by Sandra M Gilbert, WW Norton, RRP£20/$29.95, 432 pages The Shape We’re In: How Junk Food and Diets are Shortening Our Lives, by Sarah Boseley, Guardian...
...He is currently a professor at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, and a visiting professor at the College of Europe, Bruges....
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