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...Among the audience was Jennifer Bennett, here for a bit of Christmas comfort, as well as distraction; the next day was the first anniversary of her husband’s death....
...The best books I’ve read in the past year are The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, which immerses you into a culture and a family dynamic – it’s such a good page-turner....
...Monica Dolan, as grieving widow Lorna in The Shrine, wraps her cardigan tightly around her body, delivers a tart little Bennett one-liner about her deceased husband’s motorbike — and the audience laughs....
...They are joined by two new monologues: The Shrine (with Monica Dolan), in which a wife discovers how little she knew her husband, and An Ordinary Woman (with Sarah Lancashire), which examines a forbidden...
...“Democrats need to wake up,” said Matt Bennett, co-founder of the centre-left think-tank Third Way and a vocal critic of Mr Sanders. “Sanders is getting close to running away with the nomination....
...There is no European consensus,” said Mr Bennett....
...Mr Clinton’s deposition as part of that case proved to be his undoing as he was impeached by US House of Representatives for lying under oath about his affair with Monica Lewinsky....
...It is just one reason why the group has taken on the reputation as the “the bête noire of the Clinton world”, says Matt Bennett, an alumnus of Bill Clinton’s White House....
...Mr Sanders’ supporters, Mr Bennett admitted, were more of a variable....
...She said she loved books and was reading works by Alan Bennett, Monica Ali and Marcus Aurelius, famous for his Meditations....
...Best Director went to Foxcatcher’s Bennett Miller, providing a hit Hollywood true-life thriller-drama....
...Auteur on the rise Bennett Miller (Moneyball, Capote) helms the truth-based Foxcatcher....
...That decision is entirely justified: Deborah MacMillan, his widow, and Monica Mason, the company’s director, have long believed that the early demise of the original – a total flop many aver – consigned...
...It is very much a writer’s festival, for practitioners and participants as well as readers: alongside the readings and discussions (expect Fay Weldon, Yiyun Li, Monica Ali, Colm Tóibín) there are a two-day...
...“The data is very bullish for the GDP outlook for Germany and the eurozone,” said Stuart Bennett, economist at Calyon....
...Osborne hated his mother, cut off his teenage daughter and openly rejoiced when his fourth wife, Jill Bennett, killed herself....
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