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...Elizabeth imagines a “pale, frail lady in black satin”, but the real thing (a marvellous Jane Asher) is altogether less romantic, bickering with the spectacularly grumpy Lord Porteous (Nicholas Le Prevost...
...What Nicholas Shakespeare calls this “immaculate agent of escapism” prescribes a narcotic “balm for a demoralised imperial power”....
...Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe: Male-Male Sexual Relations, 1400-1750 by Noel Malcolm (OUP)This deeply researched account of male-male sexual relations in Europe, the Ottoman Empire and the European...
...Noel Quinn, chief executive of HSBC, told the Financial Times he expected to reduce his own travel by about half post-Covid, taking fewer, longer trips to the lender’s global hubs to lower the number of...
...“Anything that you could possibly want,” Noel Gallagher once said, describing life as a rock star, “you got two of.”...
...He recommends classic black or, if you are really daring, midnight blue (only Noël Coward could carry off midnight brown, the rest of us risk looking like a Midlands bingo caller circa 1981)....
...Among those invited were Ana Botin of Santander, Noel Quinn of HSBC, Anne Richards of Fidelity, Jes Staley of Barclays and Nigel Wilson of Legal & General....
...Additional reporting by Michael O’Dwyer and Nicholas Megaw...
...Chief executive Noel Quinn told the FT that the bank’s core capital ratio was now at 15.6 per cent, more than 1.5 percentage points above the regulatory target for the loss-absorbing buffer....
...said: “The certainty that Metro’s strategy recalibration will be orchestrated by a CEO who is in the seat on a permanent basis will be greeted by investors — in stark contrast to the position at HSBC with Noel...
...The latest ruse is to bring in Nichola Pease as chairman....
...Nichola Arch was one of the few who beat Post Office in court, but even that victory was pyrrhic....
...“We don’t want blood money,” cries Nicholas Woodeson’s bustling little mayor. “I’ll wait,” purrs Manville, curling into the glorious sedan chair with which she travels....
...Old Vic, London to August 10, oldvictheatre.com A Midsummer Night’s Dream Sit and watch this joyous spectacle or stand and have it unfold around you as Nicholas Hytner and his excellent cast unpack an...
...Conductor Nicholas Kok and the Opera North orchestra make the most of it, while the augmented male chorus produces a rousing sound....
...The bank also came under fire from TV presenter Noel Edmonds, who is seeking compensation from Lloyds over an alleged fraud carried out by former HBOS employees. Lloyds acquired HBOS in 2009....
...Lloyds is already involved in another legal case with television presenter Noel Edmonds, who is seeking compensation for a fraud perpetrated by former employees of HBOS, which Lloyds took over in 2008....
...Joyeux Noël! France’s economy grew by more than previously thought in the third quarter of this year, in a further sign of the eurozone’s unexpectedly strong recovery....
...A muzak version of “The First Noel” tinkles from the speakers, while behind Santa’s office, reindeers with sleds trundle tourists round a little track of sludgy, machine-made snow for €17 a go....
...“At Le Gavroche we tend not to go too Christmassy, although the lunch menu will always have bûche de Noël [Yule log] all through December — a much lighter version, not crème au beurre,” says Michel Roux...
...However, in a statement ahead of the company’s annual general meeting, Land Securities chief executive Robert Noel reassured investors that the company’s low leverage, high levels of occupancy and long lease...
...Mr Noel remained confident about the company’s direction, however, saying that “the business is on a really clear path”....
...With the festive season comes all kinds of traditions in Brussels: mulled wine, Saint Nicholas, and another deadline for nations to strike a deal on a financial transactions tax....
...“We are completely in agreement that we have no regrets,” says Nicholas Noble of The Gentlemen, surveying the wreckage of his band’s hopes....
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