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...Becky Fatemi, property agentEffortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown This was given to me by a friend, the designer Marc Jacques Burton....
...The Athenaeum’s Grecian magnificence (Decimus Burton, 1827-30) rises before you, topped by a Wedgwood-blue copy of the Parthenon frieze, fittingly evoking ancient erudition for this club whose membership...
...Mitchells & Butlers, which does not brew beer but operates about 1,750 taverns and owns the old Bass pub estate, is worth just over £1bn....
...A similar watch gifted to Mitchell fetched $62,500 at Christie’s last year....
...No one has blamed menstrual blood for Joni Mitchell’s excess of black bile....
...Members of Richard Nixon’s cabinet lived here, including attorney-general John Mitchell, who was later jailed for his role in the scandal....
...Illustration by Dan Mitchell...
...Linda Oh on bass, drummer Jonathan Blake and pianist Matt Mitchell brought a contemporary take on the discipline and adventure of the great Blue Note rhythm sections of the 1960s....
...Highlights include Emily Berry and Marianne Burton, as well as the long established yet still innovative Simon Armitage and Hugo Williams....
...Eschewing involvement in the family business, Michael embarked on a career as a chartered accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG) but the work did not suit his gregarious personality and he left...
...Another rarity that has been to the lunar surface is a 4in by 6in US flag that was with Edgar Mitchell when he and Shepard landed Apollo 14 on the moon in 1971....
...Shot in black and white by photographer Mike Mitchell when he was 18 years old, the images include scenes from the first US concert at the Washington Coliseum as well as a later one at the Baltimore Civic...
...So it is no surprise that Mitchells & Butlers, which has 1,600 managed pubs and only 50 “franchises” – its version of tenancies – is more esteemed....
...Of those that have reported resilient trading – Marston’s, JD Wetherspoon, Mitchells & Butlers, Greene King and Fuller Smith & Turner – all have focused heavily on food sales....
...By 1994, he was able to sell Miller’s Guide to the Mitchell Beazley publishing house for £1.9m ($3m). “That should have been my ‘liquidity moment’,” says Miller....
...Additional reporting by Justine Lau and Tom Mitchell in Hong Kong...
...David Burton, head of the International Monetary Fund in Asia Pacific, will attend the first meeting next Monday. The formation of the group came amid dramatic volatility in the local stock market....
...“When David Capps came across the paintings they were basically stored in a barn – no one wanted Barry’s type of art back then,” explains Mitchell....
...The walls of the society’s wonderful auditorium carry the names of great RGS-backed explorers of the past, including Sir Richard Burton, the great Victorian who, with John Speke, made two journeys into central...
...Sale: James Hart Dyke – Royal Tours Location: John Mitchell Fine Paintings, 44 Old Bond Street, London W1; tel: +44 (0)20-7493 7565; www.johnmitchell.net Date: Monday December 4....
...Peter Mitchell, chief executive of the Asian Public Real Estate Association, which represents the region’s traded property companies, says: “At this stage, Singapore is the logical destination....
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