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...The V and M Houses, so called because their footprints resemble the letters, have glass facades, allowing you to peer, voyeur-like, into the apartments, replete with their spiky balconies....
...to Zürich from FT Globetrotter “It was like stepping into the future, a living exhibition of avant-garde design, a kaleidoscope of Constructivist billboards and modernist fonts,” recalled the designer Richard...
...Until August 25; further information and tickets here From Maria Callas to Elton John via Grace Jones and Cher, Diva celebrates “the power and creativity of iconic performers” across art, fashion, film,...
...The best book I’ve read in the past year is Richard Batterham: Studio Potter, which was published alongside a new exhibition of his work at the V&A....
...Write to the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...Department-store mogul Edgar J Kaufmann ordered a sublime piece of high-modernist real estate from the Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra as early as 1946....
...This is not just a recent phenomenon: Adam quotes Mark Jones, former director of London’s V&A, on Richard Wallace (1818-90), founder of the Wallace Collection, who “was an outsider, because of being illegitimate...
...At this point, Jones goes into a note-perfect impression of Little Richard. “‘Oh my soul!’ he said, ‘They’ve locked Tom Jones up!’ He was shouting at everyone in the studio, ‘They locked him up!’...
...On Sunday, the Czech Republic meanwhile, said it intended to approve use of Sputnik V. And Hungary has begun rolling out both Russian and Chinese jabs....
...“We are pleased to see this level of buybacks — it was frustrating to see them hoard, and grow, the cash pile,” said Jim Shanahan, an analyst with Edward Jones....
...Actor Greg Hicks played Richard III at the Arcola; Barney Norris’s immensely moving Visitors had its first outing there....
...From Richard Barwell of BNP Paribas Asset Management: If you understand how the PMI is constructed then the data imply an L shaped recovery, if you just look at the numbers they imply a V shape and the...
...“It is a top-heavy market,” said Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices, which runs the S&P 500....
...And the best gift I’ve received recently is a pair of rose-gold Cartier earrings, from my partner Todd Eckert....
...In a courtroom in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Judge Richard Haaz grilled Mr Goldstein about 592 ballots he wanted to disqualify....
...When Carney spoke six weeks ago, many policymakers were still confident of a sharp v-shaped recovery....
...Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey, Swindon Crossword 16,099: Suzanne P Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc Sellier, California Polymath 1,010: Robert Jelly, Warwickshire Crossword 16,093: V...
...Among novelists drawn to the subject is Richard Flanagan, whose The Living Sea of Waking Dreams (Chatto & Windus, January) explores the climate emergency through a familial crisis....
...“There are investors that are frustrated,” said Jim Shanahan, an analyst with investment company Edward Jones....
...In US v Nixon and Clinton v Jones, appointees of the presidents involved in those cases ruled against them as the court presented a united front....
...Haynes emphasised this in a Q&A in which he spoke about his “body of work” and referred fondly to parts of that body in the third-person (“a Todd Haynes film”)....
...Mr Trump’s efforts to keep his tax returns private have another unanimous precedent weighing against them: the 1997 decision in Clinton v Jones that sitting presidents are not immune from civil lawsuits...
...“Dan is the future of American capitalism,” declared Paul Tudor Jones, the hedge fund manager who founded Just Capital, which ranks companies on how they treat stakeholders....
...Ms Skeates, who will be based in London, previously worked in a similar role at S&P Dow Jones Indices....
...“His designs are rooted in global experiences,” says Daniel Todd, senior buyer at Mr Porter....
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