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...and Serbia 200th day of the Hamas-Israel conflict after Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7 last year UK: 100th anniversary of both the first radio broadcast by a British monarch, George V...
...In the 1916 election, between Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes, the size of prediction markets reached the equivalent of $280mn in today’s dollars, according to a paper by the economists Paul Rhode...
...According to his notes, most meetings seem to start by someone saying how busy and tired they are: Henry Moore is “harassed”, Zandra Rhodes is “quite drowsy”, Rudolf Nureyev is “exhausted”....
...Sivandandan won all her 24 games at Rhodes, including a must-win final round against a Swiss rival....
...“The previous bear market was such a ‘V’. [Stocks] went down and came roaring back,” he said. “I think this one is going to exhaust people.” Additional reporting by Jennifer Hughes in New York...
...Puzzle 2468 Bela Sandor v Zoltan Herendi, Budapest 1948. Black (to move) resigned here. Can you do better? Click here for solution...
...Although Richard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, offered to write an updated forecast for the fiscal statement, Kwarteng reportedly brushed it aside....
...Hughes and Doran have talked in depth about Hughes’ experience of being a young man with a disability, including the anger he has felt when he has been overlooked or underestimated....
...One noted he was appearing on Monday evening at the Tory winter party at the V&A, as well as doing a speech in the City of London and attending a crucial House of Commons vote on the government’s social...
...As ever, send your thoughts, queries and philosophical riddles to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com). Happy reading!...
...Puzzle 2423 Wei Yi v Tigran L Petrosian, China v Armenia, Pro Chess League 2020. Find White’s surprise winning move. Click here for solution...
...Gormley recently suggested that a statue of Cecil Rhodes that has long been at the centre of controversy at Oriel College, Oxford, should be turned to face the wall; the college’s decision to keep the colonialist...
...It kept emperors (Charles V, then Philip II) at suspicious arm’s length but wilted when their stewardship stiffened into close-up domination....
...Andrews Avner OfferUniversity of Oxford Andrew SayerLancaster University Jo MichellUWE Bristol Nina EichackerUniversity of Rhode Island Roberto VenezianiQueen Mary University of London Jens van ‘t...
...From Julian Fellowes to Nicholas Coleridge, chair of the V&A museum, they are full of interest....
...Mr Hammond added: “I’m afraid that I think those who are forecasting a V-shaped recovery are probably erring on the side of optimism....
...stair with curved banister, lit by a stained-glass lantern light, and the rounded sweep of the dining-room walls, repainted in the Regency hue of “fawn” following analysis by the paint historian Helen Hughes...
...Presented by Sebastian Payne, with Jim Pickard, Laura Hughes, Miranda Green and special guest Jill Rutter....
...“I don’t think he directly wants that but he is running a purposeful strategy of people v parliament. This is the result....
...Joy Buolamwini A Ghanaian-American computer scientist who has held both Fulbright and Rhodes scholarships, Joy Buolamwini, 29, founded the Algorithmic Justice League in 2016 to draw attention to the bias...
...Where to seeMary Quant at the V&A (vam.ac.uk); till Feb 16. Zandra Rhodes: Fifty Years of Fabulous at the Fashion & Textile Museum (ftmlondon.org); Sept 27 2019-Jan 26 2020....
...Meanwhile, Rhode Island expects coastal properties worth $3.6bn to be under threat by the end of the century....
...World team championships for over-50s and over-65s, in progress this week on the island of Rhodes, provide an opportunity for older players to evoke the 1970s boom....
...“Sometimes I feel like Dunkin’ Donuts, there’s such a long line,” says Jay Finelli, a Catholic priest in Rhode Island....
...It was a special occasion due to the presence of Hou Yifan, the all-time No2 woman who is currently a Rhodes scholar at St Hilda’s. No fireworks, though....
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