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Letter
Letter: When industrial espionage was like the Grand Tour
...The young Russian, travelling incognito, was, of course, the Tsar of Russia, Peter the Great (Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K Massie). Ira Sohn New York, NY, US...
June 16, 2023
Inside Politics
Unionists sense the end of ‘peak Sturgeon’
...Good morning, Robert Shrimsley here. Today I’ll take a look at why Unionists think that Scotland might have passed “peak Sturgeon” and assess one of the unfortunate side-effects of Rishi’s reshuffle....
February 10, 2023
FT Live
Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?
Exclusively for FT subscribers
Wednesday, 8 MayDigital Conference
FT Swamp Notes
For the love of our children — end social media’s immunity! Premium content
...Recommended reading My column this week reminds readers that “America is still a dangerous nation” — to cite Robert Kagan’s eponymous book....
December 10, 2021
Letter
Letter: Pompeo’s sycophancy has echoes of the Kaiser
...“Bülow’s sycophancy was remarkable even in the Kaiser’s entourage,” according to biographer Robert Massie....
May 26, 2020
Britain after Brexit
Britons give Boris Johnson benefit of the doubt in virus emergency
...In The Spectator, the rightwing magazine of which Mr Johnson was once the editor, the commentator Alex Massie wrote last week that “there has been too much blather about handling the crisis well, too much...
May 12, 2020
Due Diligence
Legacy tech gets a break, while new tech comes under pressure Premium content
...Mayer Brown has hired Kirsti Massie and Meredith Campanale as partners in the law firm’s global banking and finance practice in London. They were both previously at White & Case....
February 12, 2020
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival
Where the FT Weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 7 September London, UK
Europe Express
EU plays for time on Trump tariffs
...Alex Massie thinks the Tory trio will only muddy the ranks of the rebels — rather than make them a force to be reckoned with....
February 21, 2019
News in-depthfastFT
Eccentric Elon: A look at some of Musk’s colourful commentary
...For instance, he once tweeted about Russian Empress Catherine the Great after reading a book by Robert Massie. One time he explained why he originally wanted to call the Model 3, Model E....
May 3, 2018
Miranda Green
Opinion today: Fuelling populism
...— Robert J....
May 8, 2018
Miranda Green
Opinion today: The spirit of sixty-eight
...in The Spectator Smearing Robert Mueller — Nancy Gertner in the New York Times The best guarantee of socially responsible business is competition — Jean-Marc Daniel in Le Monde What you’ve been saying...
April 20, 2018
Opinion
Opinion today: From Brexit to John McDonnell
...Best of the rest Democracy may not be dying, but it is sick — Alex Massie in The Times Will Saudi Arabia Free Its Women?...
March 9, 2018
Letter
Meals were a random affair at Peter the Great’s table
...Robert Massie, in his masterful biography Peter the Great: His Life and World (1980), writes that Peter often had ministers, generals and ambassadors at his table, which was set for a maximum of 16 places...
July 28, 2017
Sebastian Payne
UK Election Countdown: a little local difficulty
...The Spectator’s Alex Massie on the rebirth of the Scottish Conservatives: The prospect of a new independence referendum has focused minds in Scotland....
May 4, 2017
Business education
Back to the Future: Answer the goddamn question
...Massie’s Peter The Great.* But reading the book was just the beginning. I then had to enter the classroom of the larger-than-life Robert J....
October 30, 2015
Life & Arts
Is Merseyside a property market with powerhouse potential?
...a large garden ● £1m A five-bedroom, period, detached home with substantial grounds in Sefton ● £2m A six-bedroom, Georgian-style house close to the coast and golf links Main photograph: Yadid Levy/Robert...
February 20, 2015
FT Live
Business of Art
Market shifts and future growth
Monday, 7 October180 Studios, London, UK
Property sector
Mark Preston looks after the grand stuccoed squares of Mayfair and Belgravia
...Massie Favourite building: The Olympic Park Velodrome (Hopkins Architects) Professional role models: Rod Kent for his brilliant business mind; and Robin Broadhurst for his supreme property professionalism...
October 5, 2014
ReviewLife & Arts
‘Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman’
...Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K Massie, Head of Zeus, RRP£25/Random House, RRP$35, 656 pages Shortly after her accession to the throne in 1762, Catherine II of Russia found herself...
June 29, 2012
ReviewLife & Arts
The Royal Stuarts
...Robert Crawford is the author of ‘The Bard: Robert Burns, A Biography’ (Cape)...
May 17, 2010

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