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...“Richard was never a fan of the leisurely, lifestyley thing: if it’s Friday, it must be cooking; if it’s Tuesday, it’s health,” says Ferrari....
...Their reading is faithful, Brett Anderson’s glam accent a fair approximation of Wyatt’s reedy treble, a guitar solo by Richard Oakes taking the place of Baker’s trumpet....
...Mitchell and Hamer were inspired by the English folkies who came to prominence in the 1970s, performers such as Martin Carthy, Nic Jones and the Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior and June Tabor)....
...by him and Tabor....
...The unflinching and resonant voice of June Tabor, singing unaccompanied, all but bookended the show with her “Green Bushes” and “Shallow Brown”, chillingly conveying the latter’s desolating distance....
...Richard Tarlton (1530-1588) was, perhaps, the most famous clown of his era and a favourite of Elizabeth I....
...Richard Beard’s latest book is the walking tour and biography ‘Becoming Drusilla’ (Harvill Secker 2008, £12.99)...
...Ms Hazlitt, the chairman Richard Eyre and the board rejected that sum, saying that it undervalued the company even though it was a 57 per cent premium to the then share price....
...Richard Menzies-Gow, analyst with Dresdner Kleinwort, says: “[The industry] needed to get down to two or three players to extract synergies and be able to take on the BBC.”...
...The privately held company that bought Chrysalis Radio’s stations, including Heart and Galaxy, last July for £170m is run by Ashley Tabor, the 30-year-old son of Michael Tabor, one of the principal investors...
...Global is backed by several wealthy individuals, principally Michael Tabor, and advised by KC Capital and UBS....
...But Richard Eyre, the chairman, said he was encouraged by conversations he had with investors....
...The sale of the radio business to Ashley Tabor’s Global Radio raised £170m and shareholders will shortly receive 57½p per share from the proceeds....
...But, with the additional presence in the new company of Richard Park, a former head of Capital Radio, as executive director, and the chief executive, Ashley Tabor, whose father Michael led the consortium...
...Richard Park, executive director, Global Radio The former pirate radio DJ is getting ready to board rival radio stations....
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