Jitney review – August Wilson’s subtle dissection of the American dream
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Single-location dramas are all about comings and goings, manoeuvring multiple characters and plot lines in the same space. So what better setting than a taxicab office? August Wilson’s 1970s drama weaves together the ...
Domestic holiday boom helped UK economy bounce back in August
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UK economic growth picked up in August after an unexpected fall in July as bars, restaurants and festivals benefited from the removal of most remaining pandemic restrictions. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) s...
UK inflation in record August jump as food and drink prices rise
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UK inflation made its biggest jump on record in August amid a rise in food and drink prices, reversing a sharp decline a year earlier during the government’s eat out to help out restaurant discount scheme. The Office ...
UK weather: ‘little blast of summer’ forecast after soggy August
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After weeks of soggy weather, temperatures are expected to soar in parts of the UK next week. The south-east is predicted to experience the hottest weather, with the mercury rising to 28C thanks to warm air sweeping i...
UK house prices jump in August despite stamp duty holiday winding down – business live
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Historic Anglo-Egyptian treaty signed in London – archive, 27 August 1936
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Fleet Street, WednesdayOnce again the Locarno Room at the Foreign Office to-day saw history made is the British and Egyptian representatives signed the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, which marks a new stage in the relations o...