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...In 1665, Charles II belatedly made his one-time tutor and valued adviser the first Duke of Newcastle....
...EU rules still in place under Solvency II regulations are not working for Britain....
...The centrepiece is the wonderful rhythmic complex that is Horse Guards, started by William Kent and finished by Wright, Robinson and Vardy in the 1750s....
...He also criticised Europe’s wide-ranging Mifid II reform of financial markets, which “has simply increased costs while doing absolutely nothing to give useful information to investors”....
...When the royals, from Charles II to William & Mary to George III to queens Caroline and Charlotte, embraced “botanising” and “landskipping”, the nobility and emerging middle classes were naturally going...
...(ii) such a property wealth tax would lead to inefficiency in investment behaviour....
...A lithograph of a rhino by William Kentridge, hanging in the hall, is the first work you notice....
...Diana Mackay, co-chief executive of Mackay Williams, the asset management research provider, agrees to some extent....
...There are four main options: i) May’s deal, ii) another deal (eg. Norway for now), iii) no deal or iv) remain....
...“This was the architecture of the industrial revolution,” said Owen Hopkins, author and architectural historian....
...So, for instance, in the three history plays I saw, Richard II and most of his court were portrayed by various drinks bottles....
...David Owen, chief European financial economist, Jefferies Feel about the same as 12 months ago....
...Professor Trevor Williams, visiting professor, University of Derby Growth to slow to 1.5% or less....
...“History shows that as recoveries mature, tax receipts at some point surprise on the upside,” Mr Owen said....
...The grounds were designed in the 17th century by Charles II’s courtier, the diarist and gardener John Evelyn; in the 18th century by William Kent and Brown; and now they are being restored....
...(ii) The other risk is external. The slowdown in China is both well telegraphed and well advanced — it’s not clear that a slightly worse outcome there will have much effect on the UK....
...David Owen, Jefferies Barring any unforeseen event, yes....
...David Owen, Jefferies To us, there were no big surprises in the Autumn Statement. Whoever wins the May 2015 election, a long period of further fiscal consolidation lies ahead....
...JAR Paris Vol II , by Pierre Genet and Joel Arthur Rosenthal, JAR Vol II, RRP$800 In 2003, Rosenthal published the limited edition 10lb-plus JAR Paris....
...Trevor Williams, Lloyds Banking Group: Scotland will decide....
...Trevor Williams, Lloyds Banking Group: The housing market is a risk but it is nowhere near a bubble at the moment....
...And in Henry IV Shakespeare makes sure that Bolingbroke’s victory in Richard II has turned out to be pyrrhic....
...Jane Owen FT House & Home editor …………………………………………………………….....
...Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury Czeslaw Milosz was a poet of immense distinction but also a pungent, surprising essayist....
...David Owen is the FT’s sports writer ………………………………………………………....
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