Hints and tips:
...My festive decoration approach is using Princess Pine plants for the thinnest possible garlands. I love the pretty, naïve lines, and that they add just a little whimsy....
...“I’m really very grateful,” says Casimir....
...I’m Lilah Raptopoulos, and this is our Friday chat show. Today we are talking about Civil War, the new film from director Alex Garland. When it starts, it’s the near future....
...That’s a big part of why both Theresa May and Boris Johnson survived confidence votes....
...Biden pushed back directly on that characterisation: “I’m well-meaning, and I’m an elderly man and I know what the hell I’m doing. I’ve been president, and I’ve put this country back on its feet....
...Hunter Biden is also facing a probe by special counsel David Weiss, who was appointed by attorney-general Merrick Garland....
...He claimed his party was poised to win over swaths of “Theresa May Conservatives”....
...Did I mention I’m training for the London marathon? Then came the warning signs....
...I very much enjoyed the film itself — so much so in fact that I’m off to see it again tonight — but I think Joe Hisaishi’s score is if anything, even better than the film it was composed for....
...Theresa May and Boris Johnson’s governments saw the voters they were wooing were socially conservative but economically left-leaning....
...Tonight I’m off to see Beethoven’s second piano concerto and I’m really looking forward to it....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: UK-South Korea relations: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is scheduled to meet South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol....
...“I didn’t want a simple garland. It is about a balance of chaos and order, a balance within asymmetry.”...
...Sir Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s director of communications when she was prime minister, sits on the BBC’s board....
...The event covers more than 27,000sq m with carnival rides, tree-light shows and a simulated blizzard....
...I’m not sure,” says one supporter. Such talk exasperates Starmer’s more hard-headed allies....
...But for now I’m enjoying the show . . . Do want must be done. #WeThePeople,” according to court filings....
...Theresa May has become the latest Conservative MP to announce plans to stand down at the next election....
...Yeah, I’m buying Reeves. Lucy Fisher OK. But I’m watching you. You’re clearly trying to win this. Oh, not what it’s about. Anna? Anna Gross I’m gonna sell Penny Mordaunt....
...But I’m more eagerly looking forward to Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, which stars Marisa Abela....
...And, you know, ditto in some ways Theresa May talking about ending modern slavery; you know, Tony Blair talking about public service reform....
...“I’m not always calm — listen to my wife or children — but I decided at the very beginning to be calm....
...Hannah White Theresa May doing net zero. Stephen Bush Theresa May, yeah....
...“I’m concerned that it happened, but there’s nothing contemporaneous that I’m aware of that is of great consequence right now,” he said....
...I’m Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator of the Financial Times. This week’s edition comes from Washington, DC....
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