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...The public inquiry into Horizon, chaired by retired judge Sir Wyn Williams, is taking evidence from victims and Post Office representatives....
...In 1738, the statue of Handel as Orpheus, now in the V&A, was unveiled at Vauxhall’s Spring Gardens in London....
...People are responding positively: he recently met Robbie Williams on a weekend in Gstaad, and the singer instantly ordered some pieces, which he wore for his 50th birthday....
...Acts announced so far include Andrea Bocelli and Robbie Williams — with plenty more to come. 2023’s line-up included Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Guns N’ Roses....
...In this version of London, Soho House members club has turned Richard Rogers’ former Lloyds Insurance building into a multistorey, 24-hour nightclub....
...The highest is a late-17th century portrait plate of William III in English Delft (£1,400-£1,800); among the lowest is an 1831 jug featuring a portrait of William IV (£30-£50)....
...The MSCI ACWI returned 8.48 per cent annualised in the 10 years to the end of 2023, while the MSCI USA index returned 11.98 per cent....
...“There was a lot of talk about the demise of tailoring but that has not been the case,” says Sean Dixon, co-founder and managing director of Savile Row’s Richard James....
...“Fun, ridiculous even, idiosyncratic and perfect for the period,” says co-curator Richard Chamberlain....
...The right of passengers to sue carriers was also included in legislation reintroduced this week by Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Edward Markey....
...“I don’t consciously model myself on Henry V,” he laughs, adding that the answer lies in the pluralism of the plays and the fact that they demand true ensemble playing (Doran begins the rehearsal process...
...A natural to play Hamlet on stage, he did, in 1979, and among his 1980s movies, he also appeared in three off-Broadway Shakespeare productions, Henry V, Richard II and A Midsummer Night’s Dream....
...David Bell: It will stagnate, probably doing as badly as other advanced countries (USA excepted)....
...A slice of modernism, completed in 1983, it houses one of Scotland’s finest art collections: some 9,000 artefacts amassed over a lifetime by Sir William Burrell and Constance, Lady Burrell....
...Once successful for his industrial and railway work, only a few small buildings survive, including his green shelters for cab drivers — there is one rather battered version outside the V&A....
...The King continues to dispute claims that he ordered the killing of the rightful monarch Edward V and his younger brother Richard, then imprisoned in the Tower of London....
...Tech tools — VanMoof V e-bike Dutch e-bike brand VanMoof today unveiled its entry into the high-speed bike category....
...The three-way wiring between media, crown and public that reshaped the modern monarchy did not, in fact, begin with Elizabeth II, but with her grandfather George V....
...Opinion: Investors are right to kick the tyres on the long tech rally, says West Coast editor Richard Waters. 2....
...CaringChairman, Caprice Holdings Jean-Francois CasanovaCEO Dream International B.V....
...Trevor Williams: No — it may have gone too far in raising taxes....
...Antoine GodinUniversité Sorbonne Paris Nord, France Michael JacobsProfessor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield Ronan PalmerDirector Clean Economy, E3G Dirk EhntsPufendorf-Gesellschaft Berlin e.V....
...Richard CurtisUN SDG Advocate and co-founder of Comic Relief and Project Everyone Mark CutifaniChief executive, Anglo American Polly DunfordPresident and chief executive, IntraHealth International Mark...
...An Ipsos/USA Today poll released last month found that 18 per cent of Americans support defunding the police, and only 11 per cent support abolition....
...Tristram Hunt is director of the V&A and a former MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central....
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