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...“His legitimacy was a bit dodgy because he had deposed Richard II,” she said. “This was him saying: look I have been anointed, I am now your legitimate king, and this is a sign of God’s approval.”...
...The breakfast eggs are overdone, Princess Margaret hasn’t shown up and Her Majesty, despondent, dreams of sneaking off to a greasy spoon café. “I know just the place,” says Billy. “Fry up....
...Mary McDougall, bonds and currencies reporter This is quite random but I loved this — heartwarming and lovely amid all the doom and gloom: Richard E Grant: My lifelong infatuation with Barbra Streisand...
...Richard Burkhard, Frances Gregory and Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks complete a strong cast and Andrew Gourlay conducts the versatile players of the London Sinfonietta. How does it end?...
...Swooping across an ornamental lake, the 50ft-long spoon bears a glowing red cherry perched at an impossible angle....
...Out comes the long-handled bar spoon and the Japanese mixing glass; the olives and twists are speared on silver cocktail picks....
...He spoons out a lentil dish from one pan and mushrooms cooked with onions from another, and pops each plate in the microwave. There is also a big leaf salad and olive oil and vinegar dressing....
...Our goodness is motivated by a large wooden spoon that hangs on the kitchen wall. “Spare the rod. Spoil the child” is written on the bowl of the spoon in permanent marker....
...Kellogg’s spoons out a three-way split The maker of US supermarket staples such as Froot Loops and Rice Krispies has lost its appetite for sugary cereals....
...The UK will do well to avoid the wooden spoon in the G7 growth league....
...fish wallpaper by Sian Zeng from £189 Taken from original artwork and printed on to a non-woven material, this playful design is great for children’s bedrooms. sianzeng.com Silver plated clam shell with spoon...
...I once said to [the director Sir] Richard Eyre, does it remind you of the theatre? And he said, I’ve been watching and . . . it reminds me more of the ballet.”...
...Forget Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson launching themselves into the upper atmosphere, the signal moment came on September 15 when online payments billionaire Jared Isaacman took three guests on a 72-hour...
...The withdrawal of estimates is encouraging analysts to think for themselves, “rather than being spoon fed by these companies”, said Jim Tierney, chief investment officer for AllianceBernstein’s concentrated...
...Architect, designer, artist and writer: Gio Ponti was a polymathic powerhouse whose mind-blowing output spanned everything from spoons to skyscrapers....
...Additional reporting by Richard Milne in Oslo and Joe Miller in Frankfurt...
...Vietnamese farmers dug these tunnels by hand with spoons. They built hospitals and schools down there. And that’s how they defeated the Americans, with this network of tunnels....
...“Did he also pretend the spoon was an aeroplane coming in for landing?” added another....
...It’s long; maddening; fun in bits; fantastic in parts; and so desperate to stir itself into legend that we urge it on, like parents screaming at their tots in an egg-and-spoon race....
...Glass’s music for four players similarly employs everyday objects, such as a kettle and wooden spoons. It is hard to say what kind of future Tao of Glass has, if any....
...“[In the UK] if you didn’t go to a private school, you weren’t born with a silver spoon in your mouth, your parents couldn’t afford the fees, you’re destined to a life of servitude.”...
...If you are buying a mixing glass, you will need a long-handled bar spoon for stirring and a Hawthorn strainer to hold back the ice when you pour....
...Farrow’s soup is beige and forbidding, thick enough to stand a spoon in. My ravioli, meanwhile, is impressively unyielding — an al dente for the purists....
...“There’s something else,” he said, holding up the jug and the spatula he was using as a spoon, “we’ve run out of washing-up liquid.”...
...“Tim has stayed exceptionally grounded in what customers are saying and thinking,” says Richard Pennycook, finance director in the mid-1990s....
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