2014年11月28日 星期五

2014-11-29 U.K. Spotlight


Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci: the goth Samaritan   
Financial Times
Riccardo Tisci is sitting at a table in the parquet-floored showrooms of Givenchy in Paris, contemplating his upcoming 10-year anniversary. “It seems like yesterday,” says the designer, a swarthy 40-year-old who is today sporting a slight peppering of stubble ...


   


BBC News
   
The mysterious disappearance of a celebrity preacher   
BBC News
Aimee Semple McPherson was one of the most glamorous women in the US in the 1920s. The evangelical preacher put on theatrical church services and used ground-breaking radio broadcasts to teach the gospel - but one mysterious episode in her life has ...


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Made In Chelsea's Louise Thompson leads the style stakes at charity gala   
Daily Mail
The sequinned and sheer floaty minidress skimmed over her curves before plunging to below her bust. Louise polished off the look with a pair of sparkly sandals and carried a white and black beaded clutch.

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Scots voted to preserve an ever more distant union   
Financial Times
This month, in a plebiscite on Catalan independence, four out of five voters opted to secede from Spain. The vote was symbolic: Madrid does not recognise Catalans' sovereignty or their legal right to leave the Spanish state. Artur Mas, the Catalan president, ...


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Column One: Responding to the slaughter   
Jerusalem Post
The horrible truth is that all of the anti-Jewish slaughters perpetrated by our Arab neighbors have been motivated to greater or lesser degrees by Islamic Jew-hatred. Terror attack scene in Jerusalem . (photo credit:KOBI GIDEON/GPO). Share on Facebook

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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Neil Woodford to launch new fund   
Telegraph.co.uk
Neil Woodford, who is often regarded as Britain's best fund manager, will launch a new fund next year that will buy mainly biotechnology companies that are not listed on the stock exchange. Mr Woodford, who in June launched the Woodford Equity Income ...


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Fear of immigration is no reason for Britain to leave Europe   
Financial Times
Can it make sense for the UK to leave the EU over its principle of free movement of people? The answer is: no. Immigration is indeed a big issue, as is UK membership of the EU. But the former must not drive the latter. Both are too important for that.

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BBC News
   
Rangers manager Ally McCoist retains title belief, despite loss   
BBC News
"We are not halfway into the season, there's a long long way to go. I am still as firmly focused, determined and full of belief as I ever have been." Asked about any added pressure on him following Rangers' third league defeat of the season, McCoist replied: "I ...


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Telegraph.co.uk
   
10 incontrovertible truths every Sunday league footballer knows   
Telegraph.co.uk
Like national service or camping in a leaking tent, there is something wonderfully character building about playing Sunday league football. Which is why it is sad to learn that the noble ritual of turning out on a freezing cold January morning to hoof a ball ...


   


The Guardian
   
The £1 houses and thriving potteries that are making Stoke boom again   
The Guardian
An old bottle kiln at Longcroft Wharf, Burslem. Each kiln is unique. There used to be 2,000 in Stoke. Today, only 47 remain. Photograph: Bruce Adams/Daily Mail/Bruce/REX. Rachel Cooke. Sunday 23 November 2014 04.00 EST. Share on Facebook · Share ...


   

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