Hints and tips:
...Katherine Watt’s punky, bloodstained wardrobe of doublets, tutus and frayed denim is garnished by a dressing-up box of capes, animal masks, antlers and wings....
...In the past year, the range of mortgages available to non-resident buyers in France has fallen, according to Watts....
...He was at the heart of what became known as the Holland Park Circle of artists, which included Hamo Thornycroft, the brilliant GF Watts and William Burges, architect of the wonderful Tower House nearby....
...David Cobham, professor of economics at Heriot-Watt University: Most people will feel that they have not recouped the losses they have suffered in recent years (indeed, since 2010)....
...makes with the enthusiastic descriptions of Davy’s other volunteers, a motley collection of young scientists and poets, including two who would earn a memorial in Westminster Abbey: Robert Southey and Samuel...
...Samuel Tombs: The MPC probably has done enough already to bring CPI inflation back to the 2 per cent target within the next two years....
...Samuel Tombs: The UK will not close the productivity gap with other advanced economies next year....
...Samuel Tombs: 2022 will be the year of peak fiscal pain....
...David Cobham , professor of economics, Heriot-Watt University No serious bounce until trade agreement or lack of it is finalised....
...Thorn has been with Watt since they met at Hull University (where she got a first, later knocking out a Masters thesis on Samuel Beckett while touring)....
...David Cobham, professor, Heriot-Watt University Very little....
...Samuel Johnson said that those who have tired of London have tired of life, but Gordon-Watson proved him wrong. “Nine years ago, I had basically outlived London....
...David Cobham, professor of economics, Heriot Watt University There is no good reason to expect any serious change in the UK’s poor productivity performance....
...Samuel Brittan They will climb a bit. But not as fast as one would think. Once bitten, twice shy....
...Samuel Brittan One or two percentage points. Bank probably should raise rates but wait for evidence....
...Samuel Brittan Easier than one would think. Shock of Brexit is in the past....
...Samuel Brittan, former FT economic commentator 2.5%. Slower than the US. Slightly slower than continental Europe....
...David Cobham, professor of economics, Heriot-Watt University Feel about the same as 12 months ago....
...Other works in Büchler’s most comprehensive UK exhibition, opened this week, include “Fly”, an exit sign accompanied by the sound of a buzzing fly, and “Inside Watt”, veils of text by Samuel Beckett applied...
...Samuel Tombs, Pantheon Macroeconomics, Chief UK economist a) struggle to impose his planned spending cuts and revenues will fall short of expectations A key risk is that debt interest payments rise much...
...David Cobham, Professor of economics, Heriot-Watt University I do not think the MPC will raise interest rates before end-2016, because the economy will continue to appear weak or even weaker....
...Sir Samuel Brittan, No good def of full employment. I expect the level to settle in between prewar and postwar rates....
...David Cobham, Professor of economics, Heriot-Watt University What we have had so far is a fairly listless rebound from the trough in mid-2009 (much of it associated with immigration so that GDP per head...
...David Cobham, Professor of economics, Heriot-Watt University The lack of rebalancing in terms of output or demand (see above), which is most obviously manifested in the continuing current account deficit...
...Samuel Brittan, who recently retired as the FT’s economic commentator after almost 50 years, warned that much would depend on the timing....
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