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...If the virginal Carmencita (Paula Luchsinger) represents the Catholic church’s role during the dictatorship, it speaks volumes that she is seduced by the devil himself....
...It shapes the opening gallery, Exiles and Dynasties, tracing how émigré artists, led by Van Dyck — his satiny extravaganza “A Lady of the Spencer Family”, attended by a spaniel darting off to chase a lizard...
...For Spalding, this insight informs Spencer’s images of Judgment Day....
...Spencer Bailey appears in a statue as a child being cradled in the arms of the man who rescued him from the plane crash in which his mother was killed in Sioux City in 1989....
...Paula Nickolds, head of department stores, is now leaving the group. Black Friday’s disruptive effects do not end on Christmas Eve, either....
...Others pointed out that the divisional heads — Paula Nickolds at John Lewis and Rob Collins at Waitrose — would be removed just as the partnership appointed a chairman with no retail experience....
...Other prominent female executives in the sector include Amanda James, finance director at Next, Jill McDonald, the head of clothing and home at Marks and Spencer, and Paula Nickolds, the managing director...
...There is less agreement over Marc Bolland, who went from Dutch brewer Heineken to supermarket chain Wm Morrison and then to Marks and Spencer....
...The record peak in oil’s share of world primary energy consumption came in 1973, BP’s chief economist Spencer Dale has pointed out....
...The prelude is Stanley Spencer’s grim, compelling frontal close-up nude of his unyielding lesbian second wife Patricia Preece (1935)....
...They begin on the shop floor, like Steve Rowe, who this year took the top spot at Marks and Spencer....
...My personal favourites are Montgomery’s and Keen’s, both from Somerset, and Quicke’s from Devon (clothbound but not in the protected group)....
...Mr Ruis will be succeeded by Paula Nickolds, buying director for homewares. Andy Street, managing director of John Lewis, said of Mr Ruis’s departure that he was “sad to see him go”....
...It really is on a different scale,” says Ruaraidh Montgomery of energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie....
...Wired magazine’s Spencer Ackerman was quick off the mark with his piece over the weekend, describing how he had been sucked into the “cult” of Petraeus....
...Here there are some staggering mistakes – a room devoted to dreary Rose Wylie but not a single work by pioneering Paula Rego; tepid Fiona Rae instead of unsettling Cecily Brown....
...Luisa De Paula, buying and merchandising director at www.my-wardrobe.com, says: “We have seen a 23 per cent increase in sales of sweater dresses against last autumn/winter and predict phenomenal sales this...
...Mecom has been without a chief executive since founder David Montgomery was ousted in January. Mr Toumazis has spent most of his career in media and has held positions at Emap and Walt Disney....
...At Tesco, he was group multichannel development director, reporting to Laura Wade-Gery, who is joining Marks and Spencer to lead its online operation....
...The vibrant atmosphere was infectious, with David Montgomery cheerfully flushed on the day he had announced his departure from the Mecom newspaper group he founded....
...Similarly, Victoria Winstanley, a corporate lawyer based in London, relies solely on UK high-street brand Marks and Spencer (prices from £2.50)....
...Paula Rego, artist. Alison Richard, vice-chancellor, University of Cambridge. Naila Zaffar, headteacher, Copthorne primary school. COMMANDER, CBE Simon Armitage, poet....
...I have brought Singapore chicken noodles from Marks and Spencer. “I love noodles,” she whoops....
...Last year’s highlights included Katy Perry in a sequin-encrusted imitation of a fruit bowl; M.I.A’s blue bed quilt dress; and Paula Abdul’s gladiator/bright yellow Big Bird number, to name but a few....
...Approaching his own debt with a hedge-cutter, Mecom boss David Montgomery joked “I’m off to see Victor Blank” – his old chairman from Trinity Mirror days....
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