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...The construction company is one of the leading businesses contracted to build the mega-projects that have been a hallmark of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime....
...The events of the murder trial were later dramatised in a 2016 FX television series, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story....
...They followed the Pinault family of Ch Latour et al, who, in 2013, bought what is now called The Eisele Vineyard from the Araujos, and were so confident of their savoir-faire that they didn’t even impose...
...Winning the tournament “is not at all an obsession”, according to Al-Khelaïfi....
...lack of takers for many of its wines and the revitalising influence of a new generation of producers, as catalogued, for example, in the American wine writer Jon Bonné’s recent two-volume tome, The New French...
...In 2022, McKillen was awarded L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for his contribution to the country’s culture....
...Hermès, L’Oréal, Dior et al sell an idea of French high-end craftsmanship that derives almost whole cloth from the 17th-century court of Versailles....
...A day later, the auction for the domestic rights to Ligue 1 collapsed, with no bidder hitting the reserve price set by the French football league operator....
...Thereafter it’s a whistle-stop tour through Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, Agatha Christie, Judy Garland et al, interspersed with touches of memoir, such as Baker’s Nanna Betty with her crocheted-doll toilet-roll...
...So, we say we can’t lose Monaco, we can’t lose Monza, we can’t lose Silverstone, and then he [F1 chief Stefano Domenicali] says, “How about Las Vegas?” “All right, we’ll go to Vegas.”...
...Sicilia et al....
...Saudi football club Al Hilal has approached Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain with a €300mn bid to sign Kylian Mbappé, a record-breaking offer for the French forward....
...Aesthetically and intellectually it fits into a no-nonsense box with St John, Labour and Wait, Ercol, Jasper Morrison et al....
...As an example, French labour productivity is much higher than in the UK. But high French labour costs make investing in capital (ie, machinery) more sensible....
...Eurostar narrowly dodged bankruptcy in 2021 after being bailed out by shareholders including French state railway SNCF, Canadian institutional fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Hermes...
...In an analysis of results from the European Working Conditions Surveys for 15 countries, Mariann Rigó of Düsseldorf University et al found “that work stress generally increased from 1995 to 2015, and that...
...The point is to be a convening place that can contribute by offering “le gîte et le couvert” — “a place to eat and a place to sleep” — she added....
...Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi et al (Seven Stories Press) The much-feted author of the graphic novel Persepolis leads a collection of vivid, “visually stunning” accounts of the current unrest gripping...
...Elysian also offers a small selection of baked goods — muffins, scones, cookies et al — that are all made in house using butter or olive oil (rather than the mass-produced seed oils often found in commercial...
...I have about 80, including Joy Division, Dead Kennedys and Alan Vega. I especially love my New Order T-shirts, for the Peter Saville graphics. I like what these bands represent in English culture....
...The second is an article on Anglo-Greek wrangling over the return of Parthenon Marbles hoarded by the British Museum, written by George Parker et al....
...Attendees at Kinahan’s lavish wedding at the Burj al Arab hotel in 2017 included a host of international drug barons, including Dutch-Chilean Ricardo Riquelme Vega, Morocco-born Ridouan Taghi, Raffaele Imperiale...
...“If Bordeaux had a few big brands doing the job Moët & Chandon and Veuve Clicquot et al have done for their region, Bordeaux as a whole would be in a far better state financially than it is today.”...
...Further reading: The Restructuring Process — Buchheit et al. (2019)Government bonds since Waterloo — Meyer et al. (2021)The aftermath of sovereign debt crises: a narrative approach — Esteves et al. (2021...
...The suites vary, but all are 50sq m with courtyard entrances, and furnished with pieces by – or at least inspired by – Arne Jacobsen, Eero Saarinen, Joe Colombo, Isamu Noguchi, Charles and Ray Eames et al...
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