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...“So unconscious of the abyss of ridicule which they skirt” mocked the painter and critic Roger Fry....
...That version is owned by the collector David Herbert and is, he believes, one of those that Virginia Woolf had mentioned in her 1940 biography of Fry — “a bowl or two of that turquoise blue that the man...
...I notice that he himself is engaging in deterrence: he has pushed away his half-eaten salad and is attacking the fries that came with his sandwich....
...I’m not knocking their career achievements but, in entertainment terms, they’re not exactly Stephen Fry....
...Here, a first edition of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. And another. And another. And another. There are seven....
...The islanders speak in a ripe, invented dialect — an egg becomes a “h’egg” — and with a rolling accent....
...LC Joint highest climber: Maryland: SmithThe Robert H Smith School of Business in the US is one of two equal highest climbers, up 28 places to 57th....
...It was once nicknamed the ex-presidents club, because it had counted George H.W Bush and John Major as advisers....
...Hospitality with a small h not the capital H, the business. I mean the little-h hospitality, that’s good. Lilah RaptopoulosYeah. OK, Tim, let’s see what happens. Please come back....
...We look forward to working with him as our new chair and to his continued contributions,” said Thomas H. Glocer, Merck’s independent lead director....
..., artist Vanessa Bell (sister of Virginia Woolf) and her partner Duncan Grant....
...As Quaker pacifists, the chocolate-makers Cadbury, Rowntree’s and JS Fry & Sons refused payment and were reluctant to brand the bars, but the Queen insisted the men know it was British chocolate....
...Of all the artists in a restaurant kitchen, it’s the fry cook who’s most easily overlooked....
...(Although he loves the diversity of cities, he lives in the Virginia suburbs, partly because of the tax rate.)...
...Led by writers Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey, painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and critic Roger Fry, the early 20th-century innovators rejected the strictures of bourgeois Victorian life and prioritised...
...“I want to be a billionaire,” she says, pointedly diminishing the achievements of host Richard (William H Macy) — a mere impoverished millionaire....
...One good read My colleague Ed Luce on the implications of the election for Virginia governor: “It turns out that in practice, Democrats are bad at fighting culture wars when Trump is not on the ballot.”...
...Reeling from disappointing election results in New Jersey and Virginia, President Joe Biden should heed the proverb himself and reappoint the current Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell for a second term....
...One good read Great interview from Politico with the Jeff Roe and Kristin Davison, who ran the successful Youngkin campaign for Virginia Governor....
...Powell, who was tapped by Donald Trump in early November 2017 to lead the Fed and previously served as a top Treasury official under George H W Bush, has already won the backing of a number of Republican...
...For Bangladesh, cutting and sewing clothes for the likes of Primark, Walmart and H&M has certainly been profitable....
...Reversal will allow the debate to work its way throughout the nation, state by state — H. R. Piet, Lewes, Delaware, US....
.../ From Bernard H Casey, Frankfurt, Germany...
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