Hints and tips:
...No “Taskrabbit” is going to splurge on one of Fendi’s denim or leather utility aprons for spring, but if they did, they’d find them fit for purpose....
...Nearest subway stop is Houston Street Station on the 1 line, but West 4th St (A, C, E, B, D and F lines) is just a short walk away. How much? $20 per person....
...investment banker — and self-described venture philanthropist — who is also managing director, head of equity capital markets and head of China at US underwriter Boustead Securities.https://twitter.com/paul_c_watson...
...The VGE soup (€33) – a nod to chef Paul Bocuse, who invented it and dedicated it to former president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing – is an oddly humdrum chicken broth with truffle and foie gras under a flaky...
...“Forging documents and leaving evidence lying around is not what you’d expect from a professional organisation” such as the SVR, the Russian counterpart of MI6....
...spot The Victor....
...“Whenever people left they’d try to get Hank’s folder to take wherever they were going.” “You could tell he was on to something even before he started the account....
...It’s a far cry from the swashbuckling days of yore, when star managers like George Soros, Julian Robertson and Paul Tudor Jones made their profits and their reputations by taking big thematic bets....
...” — and is showing at the Musée d’Orsay until July) includes copies by the two painters of famous works in the Louvre....
...I’d work with the elephants because I’d enjoy giving them a hug from time to time. I’ve recently rediscovered my collection of vinyl....
...The voluminous herringbone baker boy he wore for a walk in mid-2020, on the other hand, looked like he’d dressed as the bastard lovechild of Tommy Shelby and a leprechaun for a costume party....
...You can imagine her shock when she discovered a contact she’d met in Westminster was later accused of spying for China....
...Another talking point of Christie’s auction was Paul Signac’s “Calanque des Canoubiers (Pointe de Bamer), Saint-Tropez” (1896), which was at the centre of a London High Court claim in 2020....
...I’d love to hear about what traditions you value — email me at isabel.berwick@ft.com....
...stone panels by the sculptor Victor Rousseau....
...Yes, it currently stocks The Vampire’s Wife, but it was always more Jean Muir than Jean Paul Gaultier....
...The chances of (c) are impossible to estimate, even granting that Putin looks weaker now....
...A UK target to require all new rentals to carry a C rating first mooted for 2025 still has no firm deadline or legal standing....
...My decision is final on the victor on each of these questions. So a question will go to each team in turn....
...When the decision was handed down by the Supreme Court and this industry opened up overnight, to the extent that there’s now 34 states plus Washington D.C. with some form of legalised sports betting whether...
...With only a single bar and a handful of chairs, The C&G has the feel of a private living room....
...We Need to Talk About Inflation: 14 Urgent Lessons from the Last 2,000 Years by Stephen D King (Yale) Until recently, central banks were worried that inflation was too low....
...I can’t give as confident answers as I’d like to all of those [questions]....
...Or more precisely, to Geoffrey Howe (Thatcher’s hairshirt chancellor of the exchequer) and Paul Volcker, the Jimmy Carter-appointed Fed chair....
...Rivalling the Côte d’Azur light for radiance, Gandur’s show should also magnetise crowds....
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