The countdown to Christmas has officially begun. The team at Justerini & Brooks could not think of a better way of observing advent than discovering a very special line up of bottles, carefully selected by their buyers. As an intense year of hard work comes to an end, with intense challenges sourcing, shipping the best […]
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BY MAX PARRY
Eighty years ago last month, the Axis powers invaded the former Yugoslavia during the Second World War. A new Serbian film,
Dara of Jasenovac, depicts the systematic extermination of Serbs which followed under the Nazi-puppet government of the Independent State of Croatia. Despite consultation with reputable historians during production and a screenplay based upon witness testimony, its release has generated controversy among international film critics. An examination of the English-speaking reception to the Serbian entry for the 93rd Academy Awards shows a boilerplate negative response and pseudo-journalistic pile-on that is part of an anti-Serb bias in Western media ever since the NATO war on Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Despite recent attempts at closer relations with the West, Serbophobia remains a fixture in corporate media on account of Belgrade’s strong historical ties with Moscow amid the New Cold War between the U.S. and Russia.
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In this development roundup, Property Investor Today explores the impressive sales success of the Regent’s Crescent scheme in West London, a potential hotel to residential opportunity in Cambridgeshire and a development loan to help breathe new life into a Liverpool landmark that had been threatened with demolition.
Marylebone scheme witnesses very strong sales
Regent’s Crescent – a scheme in Marylebone recently quoted by Savills as being one of their strongest-performing in Prime Central London (PCL) - has announced that over the past 12 months it has sold over £140 million worth of residences.
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Off the back of this success, the scheme is now releasing to market this month a new selection of apartments, including a five-bed penthouse with a large terrace marketed at a whopping £15.45 million – putting it at the very super-prime end of the market.