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...On Roger II’s death, his treasurer, Thomas Brown, returned to England as Chancellor of the Exchequer to Henry II, where he tried to introduce these numerals but without success....
...It felt a continent away from Palermo and a completely different country to Tuscany....
...Kisawa is the work of Nina Flohr, former creative director at the Swiss private-aviation company VistaJet, which was founded by her father, Thomas....
...Bruegel: The Complete Works, by Jürgen Müller and Thomas Schauerte, Taschen, RRP£150/$200 An outsize Old Master monograph that really can claim space on the coffee table as not only a beautiful tactile...
...Painted in 1475-76, and usually held in Palermo, this rare variation on the commonplace Annunciation scene shows the Virgin at her lectern, one hand raised, the other clasping her blue mantle — no dove,...
...Trade was the issue and they adopted the weakest language in ten years,” said Thomas Bernes, a fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation....
...He has lived in New York, Johannesburg and Sicily, where he co-wrote Wim Wenders’ film Palermo Shooting. His new non-fiction book, Blitzed, is being translated into 18 languages....
...Fosun has been expanding its leisure portfolio with its 5 per cent stake in Thomas Cook and its acquisition of Club Med....
...British entrepreneur Thomas Quinlan brought the piece – sung in English, with cuts and a reduced orchestra – Down Under, and Australians adored it....
...Cushway has managed to entice Thomas Carr to Kentisbury....
...Parisian colourist Christophe Robin has recently taken Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, Laetitia Casta and Chiara Mastroianni back to their natural hues....
...Uncollected Poems, by RS Thomas, Bloodaxe RRP£9.95, 176 pages The centenary of Thomas’s birth affords an opportunity to rediscover one of Wales’s greatest poets....
...“This will allow a new audience to witness and enjoy the thrills of international polo,” says Richard Thomas, chief executive of Chester racecourse....
...Lennox Thomas, US managing director of French T-shirt maker Petit Bateau, says, “It reminds French people of their vacation....
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...“But the very rich aren’t affected much by the crisis,” observes Thomas Hume, manager of La Aguada, one of Argentina’s best teams. The news is welcome in Argentina....
...In Tess, Thomas Hardy created, and TV adapter David Nicholls has preserved, a figure of beauty, sexual potency and innocence on which – as on a Puccini heroine – every evil and humiliation is heaped, down...
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