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...Labour’s James Callaghan went further than most when he disclosed that she offered holders of that office her “friendliness but not friendship”....
...The reign of Queen Elizabeth II spans Britain's journey from empire to Brexit, from the wireless to the smartphone. She was seen by many as a figurehead able to hold together her people....
...Black met Jeffrey Epstein in the mid-1990s, around the time Epstein was buying Little St James, the private island where he later held dozens of girls in sexual servitude....
...At the request of King George V, it mounted the 520-carat Cullinan I diamond, which is also known as the Great Star of Africa, in the royal sceptre....
...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....
...Tristram Hunt is director of the V&A and a former MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central....
...A V-shaped recovery is clearly emerging, notwithstanding subsequent waves. Elsewhere, it’s still too early to tell and is dependent on western demand....
...Foppish Charles II, frightened James II and the more politically restricted courts of William III and Anne could not attract such foreign talents, and there was as yet no native school....
...You can read the story from the FT’s Anna Nicolaou and DD’s James Fontanella-Khan here....
...DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...Here he is on Queen Alexandra, George V’s mother, at George V’s coronation: “Motherdear . . . is wearing so many jewels upon what the present Queen [Elizabeth II] would call her buzzum that one is quite...
...(ii) such a property wealth tax would lead to inefficiency in investment behaviour....
...Only three pieces made by the internees — two chairs and a lamp stand — remain at the Grade II*-listed 78 Derngate, which displays replicas of other items....
...The Grade II*-listed building on Whitechapel High Street is a historical gem....
...In this case, however, the idea is to spend the cash to do up Tew Park, Johnston’s long-derelict Grade II-listed manor house....
...James Politi looks at their chances....
...issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (12)(a) of the second paragraph of ‘‘—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock,’’ (ii...
...Launched in 1969, the Queen Elizabeth II reflected the fashions of swinging London....
...Another highlight from the Louvre is Titian’s “Supper at Emmaus” (c. 1530), while the Prado will send “Charles V with a Dog” (1533) by the same artist....
...The scheme includes the redevelopment of a royal palace and stables first built for King Charles II and a yard for the retraining of retired racehorses....
...This year the RSC toured Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong with the English-language originals of Henry IV Parts I & II and Henry V, directed by Gregord Doran with Horsley as assistant director....
...James Dawnay, who set up Mercury Asset Management, is stepping down as chairman at the year-end to be replaced by fund management veteran Richard Horlick....
...For more than 20 years, until 1908, it was run as the personal fiefdom of King Leopold II of Belgium....
...The British Museum, Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum will get £150m to replace outdated museum storage facilities at Blythe House, a Grade II listed building in West Kensington....
...James Knightley, senior economist, ING We think the 2017 growth rate of the economy will be half the rate of 2016 (1.1% versus 2.1%)....
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