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...Ann Patchett once told an interviewer that she has been writing the same book all her life....
...But this back-story — starring in a production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, she conducted a blazing romance with a young actor destined for stardom — is shot through with intimations of mortality....
...She uses three kinds of crab — blue, snow and river — tied together with one of her favourite ingredients from the Philippines, aligue, an umami-rich paste made from crab tomalley (or crab “roe”) gathered...
...Next week we spend the whole episode on the likely repeal of Roe v Wade and the right to abortion in America....
...Fierce and ebullient, she sang of abusive men, name-checked Roe vs Wade and held the multidemographic crowd in the palm of her hand....
...Auditor Grant Thornton also took action, the FT revealed, becoming the first large professional services firm to sever links with FBK, its Russian member firm which audits state oil company Gazprom....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics: Lag behind....
...Dr Dora Thornton London EC1, UK...
...Ann Pettifor: A decade of austerity proved an economically ruinous policy and has left the UK economy in a dire state....
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...Subscribe to FT Life on YouTube for the latest FT Weekend videos Letter in response to this article: The intense comfort of that ‘small familiar pain’ / From Dr Dora Thornton, London EC1, UK...
...In January 1984 a 15-year-old girl, Ann Lovett, had died along with her baby after she gave birth outside, and alone, in County Longford....
...At one stage, I looked into a field of wheat to see a family of four roe deer staring back curiously....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics Oh dear — we are back to Brexit....
...Ann Pettifor, director, policy research in macroeconomics, Prime Economics We think much depends on the Fed[eral Reserve] and ECB....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics Some but not much. See answer to question about consumption....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics The pressure on consumer spending has come from a fall in real wages (as inflation has risen faster than wages)....
...Ann Pettifor, Director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) The end of 2017 witnessed, in our view, the top of the global asset bubble....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics More optimistic than 12 months ago....
...Mr Trump’s tough message on trade and national security is “resonating very well with people here,” says Jamie Roe, a Michigan political consultant....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) 0.5 — 1.0 percentage point increase in annual inflation rate compared to 2016’s 0.7....
...“The market shocks in August really made for a challenging fall,” said Mary Ann Deignan, co-head of equity capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics The direct impacts will be minimal....
...Ann Pettifor, director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) No, there will not be a shift in the Bank’s monetary stance next year....
...Phil Thornton, director, Clarity Economics The Chancellor has given himself an extra 2.5% of GDP that he could inject into the economy without breaking his fiscal rule....
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