SAMANTHA J WILLETTE

Publishers call for support to boost UK’s £11bn book industry

...Genres from fantasy novels — such as those written by Sarah J Maas and Samantha Shannon — to “cosy crime” that spans authors from Agatha Christie to Richard Osman, have underpinned booming sales....

March 11, 2024

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Bloomsbury banks strong revenues amid popularity of fantasy novels

...Maas and Samantha Shannon growing 79 per cent and 169 per cent in the period, and demand for Harry Potter, 26 years after publication, remaining strong....

October 26, 2023

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury chief warns of AI threat to publishing

...Newton pointed to the “huge” growth in fantasy novels, with sales of books by Sarah J Maas and Samantha Shannon growing 79 per cent and 169 per cent respectively in the period and demand for Harry Potter...

October 26, 2023

ReviewMusic

English National Opera’s Iolanthe combines pantomime, satire and knockabout comedy

...Trevor Eliot Bowes is suitably grave as the philosopher tutor Seneca, and Amy J Payne walks away with her scene-stealing opportunity as nurse Arnalta....

October 6, 2023

FT Magazine

It’s only a matter of time before disinformation leads to disaster

...In his 2023 book A History of Fake Things on The Internet, Walter J Scheirer points out that many manipulated photographs are supposed to look manipulated....

January 25, 2024

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury raises profit forecasts as readers escape ‘too much reality’

...The group, which publishes JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, said there was increased demand for books by fantasy fiction authors such as Sarah J Maas, prompting it to upgrade its forecasts....

March 15, 2023

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ReviewFilm

The Harvey Weinstein investigation is acutely dramatised in She Said

...Crucially, the movie has the feel of being at once of Hollywood and also not: a mea culpa that can sting like a j’accuse....

November 24, 2022

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury boosted by surging orders as booksellers try to avoid shortages

...Initiatives included switching some urgent US print runs to the UK, such as printing works by the best-selling American fantasy novelist Sarah J Maas in Kent....

October 27, 2021

Legal services

Forward-looking legal practitioners

...Samantha Hutchinson, partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Samantha Hutchinson is a pioneer of fund finance, which enables private markets managers to access liquidity at fund level....

October 15, 2021

News in-depthBrexit

Brexit one month on: what has changed?

...J Sainsbury was at one point stocking Spar meat products and Marks and Spencer suspended some products lines after food suppliers encountered delays in shipping goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland...

January 31, 2021

Fashion

Melania Trump’s enigmatic fashion legacy

...That was her interpretation of it,” says Isabel Spearman, a style expert and former special adviser to Samantha Cameron....

December 27, 2020

Social Media

Can anyone tame QAnon?

...Letter in response to this article: Distorted ideas should be exposed to public scrutiny / From Allen J Scott, Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA, CA, US...

July 25, 2020

HTSI

Ten design feeds to follow on Instagram

...Margherita Missoni’s basin and Samantha Todhunter’s walk-in shower box in black-and-white zigzag stone are standouts....

April 19, 2020

News in-depthThe Big Read

US election: Democrats divided on how to take on Trump

...J Ann Selzer, the Des Moines Register/CNN pollster, says 58 per cent think it is “extremely important” to pick someone who can beat Mr Trump, which Ms Heitkamp says is common....

February 3, 2020

ReviewLife & Arts

Broken River by J Robert Lennon — what lies beneath

...Broken River, by J Robert Lennon, Serpent’s Tail, RRP£12.99/Graywolf Press, RRP$16, 276 pages...

June 9, 2017

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Energy Source

The week in energy: China’s challenging shale gas

...— Iran deal at risk due to John Bolton’s extremism Serguei Netessine and Sam Aflaki — Why taxing carbon may not make the world more green Varun Sivaram — The dark side of solar Daniel Raimi and Alan J....

April 24, 2018

Life & Arts

Indecent exposure? The trials of finding flattering swimwear

...My inner J-Lo wears a white ruched halter-neck swimsuit by Norma Kamali (£295), a tiny Sophie Anderson Rosario Triangle bikini from Heidi Klein (£240) or a Samantha Sage strapless Maldives bikini (£99)....

June 23, 2017

Due Diligence

Creativity is creeping back into the leverage markets and LBOs Premium

...Job Moves Samantha Worth has joined Lazard’s capital structure advisory team as a debt banker and director. Worth was most recently at Rothschild....

September 26, 2017

Westminster blogWorld

The battle of the celebrity endorsements

...Freeman and Tennant will join Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry, The Apprentice boss Alan Sugar, J.K....

March 31, 2015

Letter

UK government must reinforce its commitment to science

...Partners Dr Jeremy Farrar Director, Wellcome Trust Neil Woodford CBE Head of Investment, Woodford Investment Management Matt Regan General Manager, AbbVie Alan Hirzel Chief Executive, Abcam Timothy J...

September 7, 2015

Person in the NewsSamantha Pearson

Joseph Safra, banker seeking a slice of the banana business

...At the time of the donation, this Foundation was led by Joseph’s brother, Edmond J. Safra. The estate of Mr. Edmond J. Safra continues to fund the work of the Jacob Safra Foundation....

August 15, 2014

Restaurants

UK gourmet gastropubs take centre stage

...At the Wild Rabbit, open for just over a year and located a few miles from the Cotswolds village where David and Samantha Cameron have a country house, simple might mean chicken liver and foie gras parfait...

October 31, 2014

InterviewProperty sector

Brazil housing bubble fears as economy teeters

Property bubble may be growing in Latin America’s largest economy

February 14, 2014

beyondbricsSamantha Pearson

Brazil: the next housing bubble?

September 6, 2013

Vanessa FriedmanLife & Arts

Public image versus private finance

...And I wonder about Samantha Cameron, who yes, loves the high street, but also Erdem, Burberry and Peter Pilotto....

April 26, 2013

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