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...Carrie Hope Fletcher brings sparkle as both Charles II’s lusty mistress and the jewel-keeper’s sullen daughter....
...Here to talk about it is the FT’s Michael Pooler. Hey, Michael. Michael PoolerHi there. Kasia BroussalianAll right, so give me the rundown here. What sort of red flags has Lula raised recently?...
...Questioned by MPs in November, secretary of state for levelling up Michael Gove admitted Whitehall’s “early warning system” for local government failure was “imperfect”....
...A little faith in the big man is a small price to pay for that....
...If you listen to a fraud, they may well convince you that they had good intentions — see Going Infinite, Michael Lewis’s book on Sam Bankman-Fried....
...It’s got very little to do with what people want, it takes them over....
...Even so, a Shadow sometimes needs a little sprucing. “She’s just been ‘done up’,” adds Moss. “She was in pretty good driving order, but looking a little tired....
...Michael Milken, who abhorred the limelight, oversaw the affair from the background....
...Founded by Geoff and Laura Souster in 1978 and relocated in 2004 to a Grade II-listed former coaching inn, the tailors has cut suits for clients including Eric Morecambe, Michael Bublé, Lenny Henry and James...
...Until May 26; further information and tickets here Performance ‘The Hours’, Royal Danish Playhouse A Danish-language adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s novel....
...Much has little monetary value — mass-produced Elizabeth II coronation mugs are listed for about £10 on eBay, for example. But there are exceptions....
...Michael Parkinson went there, the Rothschilds, Ralph Lauren. Doug got me into George Cleverley, and I must have about 40 pairs of his shoes....
...“Brooches are an opportunity to add a little quirk and charm to your look. Leave your house, don’t unclip it before you leave the door. Just have a little fun.”...
...Revival only came with new-broom CEO Michael Eisner. In a graphic break with the past, the fairytale logo now took precedence above the founder’s signature....
...But I’m most excited about Nakhla, the standalone boutique of the eponymous jewellery brand, situated at the feet of the iconic statue of Rameses II....
...“When you see the land from above, our water meadows are a little, lone island of greenness,” says Hibbert....
...In 1953, a Britain still recovering from the trauma of the war was in desperate need of what the sociologists Edward Shils and Michael Young saw as “an act of national communion”, especially when its embodiment...
...Things started to change quite radically because first of all, bigger companies, more big companies started issuing bonds in Europe as well after World War II. They need to rebuild their countries....
...I was struck by the arresting work “Melanie and Me Swimming” (1978-79) by British painter Michael Andrews....
...We had help this week from David da Silva, Michael Lello and Gavin Kallmann. Special thanks to Josh Gabert-Doyon for interviewing people outside Buckingham Palace....
...Turkey’s candidacy is little more these days than an optical illusion....
...Compared to the vast crowds and banks of flowers outside London’s Buckingham Palace, the tributes to Queen Elizabeth II in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh were noticeably more subdued....
...“There was very little self-regulation. There was inane risk management, where companies took massive leverage and asset liability mismatch . . ....
...A vast opencast mine, Garzweiler II, is adjacent to the village....
...With the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II last week, the Prince of Wales became King Charles III....
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