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...And finally To the V&A in London, where a new blockbuster exhibition, Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto, highlights both the designer’s revolutionary approach and her many links with Britain....
...First made in 1985, these fuzzy palm-sized creatures are the product of Epoch, a Japanese toy and computer-games company....
...As ever, get in touch with Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com) with thoughts for new articles. Happy reading!...
...“If they say yes, will the money be used to prop up these blast furnaces when the money should be spent on a green transition?...
...Yet the industry is still 13 per cent down on 2019’s capacity, according to Marco Bloemen, cargo advisory lead at Seabury Consulting, an arm of Accenture....
...Alongside that, there is vaccine, lateral flow tests — all of these new supply chains that didn’t exist....
...A word of warning to anyone visiting Reykjavik — do not walk around the Icelandic capital in the company of artist Ragnar Kjartansson....
...That means that we should stop demonising them — evangelising about ESG, following the trend to divest from shares in oil companies and kiboshing new projects with regulation, high financing costs (many...
...In the news Exclusive: Singapore’s Grab set to list in NY in biggest Spac merger South-east Asia’s most valuable start-up is set for the largest merger between a private business and a blank-cheque company...
...The industry provides livelihoods to more than half a million people — from the companies that lay on extravagant gatherings to the entrepreneurs who supply the props: fancy dress costumes, flowers, drinks...
...It was McKellen without any costume changes and without any props — just him standing in front of us and transforming himself into 25 of the greatest Shakespearean roles....
...The Palestinian Authority is still waiting for supplies from Russia’s Sputnik V and the World Health Organization’s flagship vaccine distribution initiative, Covax....
...Passenger planes are the new ships The day before Hong Kong introduced strict new quarantine measures on people arriving from abroad last month, the departures section of the airport was almost deserted...
...Meanwhile backstage, props, costumes and wigs need to be separated, and keeping cast members safe is a military operation worthy of Henry V. Shakespeare was not a man for a two-hander....
...Additional reporting by Mamta Badkar in New York...
...We have reached the final scene of Shakespeare’s Henry V....
...Bankers’ early optimism that the pandemic would manifest as a sharp economic shock followed by an equally rapid recovery — the ubiquitous “V-shaped” recession — has given way to pessimism....
...“I used a dancer from Michael Clark’s company who I have made a film with, because I love the way he moves....
...Despite the billions of pounds the government is pumping into the economy every day to prop up businesses, wages and the self-employed, thousands of companies of all sizes will not survive the lockdown....
...Hyundai Motor has forecast a “V-shaped” recovery in its US car sales on the back of new sport utility vehicles and the weaker local currency while it is struggling to prop up sales in China....
...The company is also looking for a new CFO, with Richardson also doing that job until a permanent appointment is made. More here. Law firm Ashurst has named 21 new partners. More here....
...Mr Salvini last night celebrated turning a “new page in history” for the League....
...The Wall Street v Main Street car crash. “I assumed you knew where you were going.” Liquidity injections. December 3, 2008....
...The end of Mario Draghi’s eight-year term at the ECB will usher in a new president — and perhaps a new era of policymaking....
...The Canadian company LiveWorkLearnPlay is building a project that will bring 1,000 new apartments to downtown, a once neglected area that has undergone major revitalisation in the past few years....
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