Hints and tips:
...“I’m more concerned with building how Africans build and live rather than how we think they should based on these styles that we think are big moments in our history.”...
...“If I’m honest.” “I would much rather you were honest because you’re sitting in a witness box under oath,” shoots back Rooney’s lawyer with withering hauteur....
...Finally, Victor Mallet’s Big Read about the worrisomely good chance of a victory by Marine Le Pen in next year’s French presidential elections provided excellent analysis of why populism isn’t going away...
...Now I know you are keen to address rumours about the disappearance of Prince Edward V and his brother. I’m glad you asked me that, Emily. I loved those boys like my own....
...It’s a glamorous do at the V&A....
...“I’m a very expensive shoulder to cry on. I’m not trained to be a therapist and I shouldn’t act as one....
...“But I’m actually very shy.” She made sound pieces instead, before realising that she could experiment with objects as musicians do notes. “I changed my mind,” she says simply....
...It’s telling that the debate’s one big laugh-line was when Mrs Clinton offered to let Mr Trump speak first on a topic he said: “No, I’m a gentleman — go ahead.”...
...“I’m only a few miles from the English coast but it’s a different world.”...
...I’m all for femininity in men’s clothing (confession: I have a collection of as yet unworn men’s skirts by Craig Green) but I want it cut for the male form....
...It is the jumping-off point for our four-night cruise aboard the M/V Aria, the newest of a handful of vessels transforming the sweat-soaked hazards of an Amazon expedition into a luxury experience....
...Without Scott, Victor Hugo would never have written Les Misérables (1862); Alessandro Manzoni I Promessi Sposi (1827); Tolstoy War and Peace....
...Victor Mallet is the FT’s Madrid bureau chief and writes a regular column on sailing and yachting in the Weekend FT...
...“I’m not interested in fairness – I’m interested in credibility. Look at fairness now [in early January] – the war on Hamas....
...Last year’s victor, Simon Ambrose, was winningly candid about his motivation....
...V....
...I’m sure that Sir Victor will make a big impact at Lloyds....
...Ortega is striving to make his alliance with Chávez compatible with maintaining IMF support....
...The real victor in Tuesday’s star wars may be Lever House. That the expense-account restaurant deserved one star is up for debate....
...M.R....
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