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...The “no treating” order of 1915 forbade anyone from buying a drink for another in a pub, after an anti-alcohol campaign spearheaded by David Lloyd George....
...In 2013, they bought a derelict, Grade II-listed building and outhouses at auction in the village of Thorncombe....
...Co-founders “J” and “T” turned out to be Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland, originally pals from a west London public school....
...NON-FICTION JANUARY Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J Bass (Picador/Knopf) A magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s wartime leaders — the largely overlooked...
...Despite the displays, Jastrzebski-Lloyd says the property is a home rather than a museum. “It has a ‘do touch’ policy,” she says....
...Charles II “touched for the king’s evil” 23,000 scrofula sufferers between 1660 and 1664 in a marathon exercise of his purported powers of healing....
...This was not destined to be the case for Elizabeth II....
...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....
...William, the Prince of Wales recently decorated her with the Royal Victorian Order for services to his family....
...But Cooke’s inspired approach is to include Williams (Gareth David-Lloyd) in the action. We meet him at a fashionable party, from which he breaks away to reflect on his past....
...Youngsters who reached far beyond their presale estimates at Phillips included Anna Weyant, recently represented through her partner Larry Gagosian’s gallery; her “Buffet II” (2021), a contemporary take...
...Highlights include a view of the Grand Canal in Venice by Canaletto (c1745, estimate in the region of $6mn), which hung in the entrance hall, and a pair of George II armchairs made by William and John Linnell...
...J Burns, and more....
...CIA director William J Burns said in a statement that Powell “offered as fine a model of leadership as I have ever known”. Additional reporting by Katrina Manson...
...Nicholas Hytner directs.June 23-September 11, bridgetheatre.co.uk CinderellaGillian Lynne Theatre, LondonCinderella finally gets to go to the ball in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-awaited new musical comedy...
...Brands; Chubb; Santander; Dixons Carphone; Fresnillo; Lloyds Banking Group; London Stock Exchange; Metro Bank; Nichols; Persimmon; Reckitt Benckiser; WPP; French Connection; J Sainsbury Thursday Altria...
...Birkett, Brighton Crossword 16,206: Enda Cogan, Dublin Patricia Cairns, Devon; JR Jefferies, Dudley Polymath 1,028: John Clune, Ireland Crossword 16,200: Edward Cooper, Norwich R Winter, Worthing; Kate Lloyd-Williams...
...Lloyd Blankfein has not had far to travel....
...In non-results sellside, Berenberg goes up to “buy” on J Sainsbury, 250p target. Sainsbury’s equity story has been dominated over the past two years by the Asda merger....
...The estate agency is selling a Grade II-listed eight-bedroom house in the area for £2.75m. Local estate agent Lloyd Williams is selling a six-bedroom house on Pembroke Road in Clifton for £1.95m....
...(ii) such a property wealth tax would lead to inefficiency in investment behaviour....
...Calquence is one of AstraZeneca’s big pipeline hopes, going head to head with J&J’s $6bn market leader Imbruvica....
...His gold-coated altar plates are on display in the vestry, including an alms dish made by one of Charles II’s goldsmiths....
...Lloyds Banking Group gained after boosting its share buyback fund and bringing forward a cost-saving target by one year....
...Another surprise is a striking nude by Sir William Orpen, at Master paintings and drawings dealership Jean-Luc Baroni....
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