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...“We can’t allow PFI expiry to descend into chaos as it will deter future private investment in UK infrastructure,” she added....
...“They’re starting to feel the social mobility story doesn’t work anymore; [they] can’t buy a house.”...
...Once you’ve spotted the link, any you didn’t know the first time around should become easier. Which bird appears on the flag of Dominica?...
...But to look at the data, what is surprising isn’t how many Dick Whittingtons there are, but how few. This is not to say the familiar story is wrong....
...“If you don’t have a successful City, then the rest of the UK will suffer....
...His nan was released from prison to give birth to his mother at Whittington Hospital: “I think she was surrounded by prison staff.”...
...I don’t read cookbooks in bed but I see the appeal. Recipes can be soothing hypnotics. And what better way to drift off to sleep than pondering balsamic grilled pork ribs or raspberry clafoutis?...
...Dick Whittington London’s National Theatre has had to suspend two major productions right on the cusp of opening....
...“We wouldn’t encourage it,” says West End producer Kenny Wax. “We don’t want theatres to become a sort of alarm-bell venue. But if we had to do it, we would.”...
...Long before the pandemic struck, many poorer urbanites were just hanging on, not living even a downscale version of the Dick Whittington dream of coming to the city and making their fortunes....
...Eliot Whittington Director, The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group...
...I asked a nurse who had transferred from the lost-notes hospital to the Whittington what the difference was. The Whittington had made note-transferring a priority, he said....
...The Dick Whittington vision of moving to the capital to move up in the world is largely a myth....
...Old Vic, London oldvictheatre.com Dick Whittington and his Cat One of the best-loved pantomimes in town, the Hackney Empire’s Christmas show is always a blast....
...To be honest, these days that doesn’t even sound terribly far-fetched....
...They, and director Paul Whittington, have opted for a sombre and factual tone, albeit with a disclaimer that “elements of the story remain elusive”....
...What of those who don’t “ask” to be photographed. Is this an infringement of one’s human rights? It’s all very complicated....
...At the annual GLC pantomime, he played the cat to Livingstone’s Dick Whittington. Another year, he played a policeman alongside Paul Boateng dressed as a judge in a basque....
...Mr Whittington points out that being digital does not mean rejecting physical objects....
...The doctor stood at the foot of my bed in London’s Whittington Hospital. “I don’t want to alarm you,” he said. “But the next sting could kill you.”...
...Equally Sir Philip Green made a difference that the pensioners at BHS won’t forget in a hurry either....
...In places it doesn’t quite hit top gear: the messy scene doesn’t build enough, the retiring fairy godmother is underwritten and several running gags could be used much more....
...Dick Whittington and His Cat, Lyric Hammersmith, London A pantomime from a theatre that has cracked the art of divine silliness in recent shows....
...He’s the feline allotted by folklore logic to accompany Dick Whittington on his mayoral quest, but in Tom Wells’s telling of Dick Whittington and His Cat he’s initially a fairly reluctant assistant (well...
...‘My Judy Garland Life’ by Susie Boyt, adapted by Amanda Whittington, is at Nottingham Playhouse from January 31 susie.boyt@ft.com, @SusieBoyt More columns at ft.com/boyt...
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