Hints and tips:
...The Admiral Duncan, one of London’s oldest gay pubs, is a great place to sample the ambience....
...16; further information and tickets here ‘Dear Octopus’ and ‘Nye’, National Theatre A revival of Dodie Smith’s tale of family, memory and nostalgia on the eve of the second world war, starring Lindsay Duncan...
...The Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander billed his week-long Ronnie Scott’s residency as the “Harlem-Kingston Express”....
...During one analyst meeting in 2011, Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley said: “I told you that I was going to smash Chris Ronnie [the former chief executive of JJB Sports] and I did....
...Ronnie Hanna, AG Barr chairman, said: “The board of AG Barr has every reason to be confident of its position as a standalone company.”...
...Chris Ronnie, the former chief executive of JJB, is already facing criminal charges....
...The four bands featured at Ronnie Scott’s gave focused performances, though the stylistic range was broader....
...Van Gogh and Turner, Ronnie Biggs and the Krays all went there …Margate – the nub of the Isle of Thanet, thrusting like a bent forefinger from the crazed knuckle of England....
...The Centre for Social Justice, founded by former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, exerts a strong right-wing influence on family and welfare policy....
...JJB is negotiating to sell its chain of 50 health clubs to Mr Whelan, who bowed out of the retailer last year when he sold his 29 per cent stake to Chris Ronnie, now chief executive....
...Mr Whelan, 70, who is also chairman of Wigan Athletic football club, was left without an obvious successor following the death in 2002 of his son-in-law Duncan Sharpe....
...Duncan Ferguson headed the 55th-minute winner to maintain a grip on the fourth Champions League slot....
...Ronnie Mothersole A. Getting that first sale is the most difficult of all challenges, particularly in a niche market as capricious as this one....
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