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...Berlinde de Bruyckere’s City of Refuge III, textural sculptures of fallen angels, tragic yet redemptive, perfectly suits its setting, San Giorgio Maggiore’s chapel and monastery — a refuge of peace....
...Sometimes it can lead to grimly amusing situations, such as the Andrew Bailey-chaired FPC voting to buy long-term gilts to calm last year’s chaos even as the Andrew Bailey-chaired MPC was selling them to...
...He would go underwater in full snorkelling gear with a Nikonos III and a handheld flash, capturing moments of flailing, profound trust between learners and confident swimmers, and flashes of fishlike grace...
...For this edition, email me at alastair.bailey@ft.com or if you received this email in your inbox just hit reply. Jonathan will be back next week....
...The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng (Canongate)Eleven years after The Garden of Evening Mists, Tan Twan Eng is back with a fictionalised account of William Somerset Maugham’s visit to Penang in 1921....
...His doctoral thesis, titled “Political Thought of the Recoinage Crisis”, is a survey of commentary from the late 17th century around the government of William III’s decision to reissue England’s coinage...
...Napoleon III’s portraitist was not Manet, the era’s radical figure painter, but the tame Franz Winterhalter, also lured to Britain by Prince Albert....
...Anyway, here are names and links — we’ll let you make your own mind up: Liquid 2 Venture Fund III L.P . . . . Lake Nona Fund / LN Sports & Health Tech Fund I, LP . . ....
...The Reverend Dr Mary L Milano Rector, Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church,Chicago, IL, US...
...The revolutionaries had not fought against the “monarchical tyranny” of King George III, Mr Barr argued, but instead had the House of Commons in their sights....
...Smith, Switzerland Polymath 1,012: Brenda Joyce, Newcastle upon Tyne Crossword 16,105: David Keith Martin, Teddington J & S Hoare, North Yorkshire; Christina McKittrick, Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey...
...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....
...The composer William Walton was born in Oldham, the son of a jobbing musician....
...L.P. (“KKR”) and GK Investment Holding Group SA (“GKI”) (each a “Potential Offeror”) regarding possible offers for the Company....
...(iii) Such a property wealth tax would cause a large industry of tax avoidance....
...Several funds which didn’t suspend trading have grown in size since 2016, including the Kames Property Income, Royal London Property and L&G UK Property....
...Even before co-founding the world-famous Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum was a masterful businessman — “the Steve Jobs of his day”, says Jackman — and he understood the need for marketing....
...A new restoration of Bryan Forbes’s The L-Shaped Room (1962), playing at the BFI London Film Festival, reminded me of that, with its dingy Notting Hill lodging house and Bafta-winning performance by Leslie...
...He put cameras and film in the hands of leading photographers, among them David Bailey, Sarah Moon and Helmut Newton. These works became the basis for the International Polaroid Collection....
...As it is, this Richard III lacks a raison d’être compelling enough to stay the course....
...On the sunny terrace of l’Hôtel du Palais, I watch a Russian family with two identical and immaculately dressed young boys stroll across the lawn to the curvaceous heated pool....
...In Belgium, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will meet the Belgian royal family at L’Abbaye Saint Laurent and will attend a memorial service in Liège....
...We follow Old India hand, Jeremiah Blake, along with Lieutenant William Avery, on their hunt for Xavier Mountstuart, a poet obsessed with the Thugs....
...So is L& G, which is also expanding its bulk annuity business fast....
...… The Medici Boy, by John L’Heureux, Astor & Blue, RRP£14.99/$24.95 A tremendous historical tale evoking the creative fervour of Renaissance Florence....
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