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...London’s top diplomat in Caracas, Colin Dick, is officially described as a chargé d’affaires ad interim, rather than a full ambassador....
...No “Taskrabbit” is going to splurge on one of Fendi’s denim or leather utility aprons for spring, but if they did, they’d find them fit for purpose....
...He describes the aesthetic of his first collection — shown on supermodel friends he’d called in through favours — as conjuring up “a grandiose, decadent, very English kind of lady, with bespoke and interesting...
...I’d want to be around to enjoy the glory!” Follow FTWeekend on Instagram and X, and subscribe to our podcast Life and Art wherever you listen...
...It did not have the rigid structure you’d see from European industrial producers working with large joineries. He arrived in Brazil as an immigrant war refugee; he had to pivot....
...Blau, a Midwesterner from Indiana, knew they’d got lucky....
...(c) 1 LOB (“Services”) = almost all of Citi’s market cap....
...“F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E” and “Sorted for E’s & Wizz” were ticked off like rites of passage from someone moving from Sheffield outsider to Britpop in-crowd....
...Not quite, but you’d be forgiven for thinking so, given the return of models from that era. The nostalgic references didn’t stop there....
...But otherwise, give me a V-sweet C-suite job any time. As if anyone would....
...Another composer inspired by ragas was Terry Riley, and Brooklyn Raga Massive performed their In D, a homage to Riley’s In C, at a past festival....
...The latest collection from Engineered Garments – a brand synonymous with navy twill – includes the D Sum jacket that is inspired by the Japanese double-breasted samue workwear jacket....
...But G goes on leave at this point, handing the file over to H, who drafts a minute, which is signed by D and returned to C, who revises his draft accordingly and lays the new version before A.”...
...I’d work with the elephants because I’d enjoy giving them a hug from time to time. I’ve recently rediscovered my collection of vinyl....
...When it’s appropriate, I’d like you to let the team know that I’m moving on so that they have time to prepare, too.’”...
...While there, I read a buzzy new novel, Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan. The FT review was a bit negative: I would give it a rave....
...In 2017, a 37m-high rocket inscribed with Chanel’s double-C logo almost did, rising up like a NASA simulator at the end of its AW17 presentation....
...Sarah O’Connor: When economists talk about ageing, they often talk about it in quite gloomy terms....
...According to MMO Population tracker, it has c 18.7m subscribers and 353k daily active players which ranks number 14 of 140 tracked MMOs....
...“It’s not imminent,” O’ Shea said. “We made mistakes on this — very public mistakes — I’d rather take the time to get it right than rush back into it.”...
...Ben McKenzie, best known for playing Ryan Atwood on the teen drama The O.C., swaps the screen for the keyboard in something of a personal crusade to reveal the true nature of crypto....
...And then you’d expect the 10-year part of the curve to be somewhere around 3.5 per cent, maybe a little bit lower....
...They were a nuisance but they were part of the neighbourhood, as was Bond Street Kitchen on the second floor, where I’d regularly meet friends to flirt with our favourite waiter....
...Sarah O’Connor: It has been a couple of years now since the UK changed its immigration policy quite dramatically, and effectively stopped most lower-paid migrants from coming in....
...And we’d like to think that Paris Saint-Germain is part of that.”...
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