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Aldeburgh Festival is staging the composer’s ‘Curlew River’ together with the Noh theatre play that inspired it in 1956

Union hits at warning by bank’s chief economist that retirement wave risks diluting Ireland’s presence

Ditching regular hours means companies must think of new ways for colleagues to collaborate

Prime minister may try to stifle critics and further emulate Hungary’s Viktor Orbán when he recovers

Drop in household energy bills set to push price growth close to Bank of England target

On the campaign trail doubts are raised over whether the prime minister and his BJP are set for another overwhelming win

Unlike Trump’s policies, the Biden trade strategy aims to build domestic industrial capacity and could be good for US allies

Wall Street firms such as Fortress are backing legal showdowns against big companies

New government will need to plug hole in public finances

Industry lobby group criticises Ofwat for ‘slow’ and ‘inflexible’ processes that delay vital infrastructure

Three in four audit reports did not provide alerts that companies risked going bankrupt, think-tank finds

RFR Holding has billions of dollars in debt coming due at a time when valuations are down and financing costs up

Once viewed as a superfuel that could decarbonise large chunks of the economy, the likely uses are shrinking dramatically

Response follows warnings of ‘unintended consequences’ of passive funds shunning EU corporations

Bananas, coffee and cocoa could be collectively bought after watchdog indicated it would not challenge anti-competitive behaviour

Bim Afolami says PSR’s proposal has ‘significant problems’ in latest sign of tension between Treasury and regulators

Tighter air quality standards follow a pause on new licences for terminals and tougher EU emissions rules

The fact that Republicans seek to use the audio for political gain is not sufficient reason to stretch executive privilege to the breaking point

The May Mystery Harbor is Bass Harbor in Tremont, Maine! If there ever was a place to be on Mount Desert Island during even the crowded summer season, this is it. The yellow roof on the right marks Thurston’s Lobster, my favorite place on the island to get a seafoodRead More

Part 3: In the life of every vessel, a figurative day of rain must occasionally fall, and for the O’Day Mariner 19 Blue Skies it came in the form of a wild and destructive capsize, but even this couldn’t dampen her spirit.

June 2024 “The Worst Journey in the Midlands” by Sam Llewellyn. Macmillan Publishers. 1994. 192 pps. $8.36. Reviewed by Randy Randall I recently read “The Worst Journey in the Midlands” by Sam Llewellyn on the recommendation of Nim Marsh, the former editor of Points East and someone I consider aRead More

June 2024 By John Murray Editor’s note: this year’s Downeast Challenge, which takes place on July 26-27, is from Marblehead, Mass., to Portland, Maine. The following is a charming first-person account from one of the 2022 race’s participants, who ended up double-handing with his 12-year-old son. In 2022, I plannedRead More

June 2024 By Bob Muggleston Over the last few years, working for a marine-canvas business, I’ve been in a lot of boatyards and taken photos of more unregistered yard vehicles than I can count. The one I’ve included with this piece is my favorite. My educated guess is that thisRead More

Some basic tips about what you slap on the transom.

The post The thirteen principles of vessel appellation appeared first on Points East Magazine.

Reprinted from Consortium News: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s extremely warm reception of President Vladimir Putin yesterday in Beijing sealed the increasingly formidable Russia-China strategic relationship. It amounts to a tectonic shift in the world balance of power. The Russia-China entente also sounds the death knell for attempts by U.S. foreign policy neophytes to drive a … Continue reading "Russia and China – Two Against One"