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• Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover obituary

  16-01-2022 14:22
  
  Businessman and politician who oversaw the rise of the family firm, J Sainsbury, which became the largest supermarket in BritainJohn Sainsbury, Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, who has died aged 94, was the driving force behind the family supermarket chain for 23 years as its determined chairman. Perhaps more than anyone else he secured its position as one of the country’s leading food shops.“Mr JD”, as he was known within the company, was said to be a retailer to his finger
  
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• Bice Lazzari: Modernist Pioneer review – exquisite, tranquil abstraction that draws you in

  16-01-2022 14:00
  
  Estorick Collection, London
  Forged in the seclusion and poverty of postwar Italy, the exquisite abstract work of this little-known artist casts a spell all its ownWho was Bice Lazzari? At the Estorick Collection in north London, the curator Renato Miracco puts the case for this too little-known Italian modernist with utmost straightforwardness. On display are 40 works, offered with next to nothing by way of commentary; should you want to know something of Lazzari’s family background, for i
  
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