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...It was Joseph Stalin, phoning to discuss the recent arrest of Pasternak’s friend and fellow poet Osip Mandelstam. The conversation lasted three or four minutes and ended when Stalin abruptly hung up....
...Human jealousy is shot through the story of Abram and Sarai and the Egyptian Hagar who bore Abram children before Sarai could....
...Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth by Keiron Pim, Granta £25, 544 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...Wollstonecraft: Philosophy, Passion, and Politics, by Sylvana Tomaselli, Princeton University Press, RRP£22, 216 pages Rebecca Abrams is the author of ‘Touching Distance’ (Picador) Join our online book...
...Its Crystal Palace, an architectural and engineering marvel designed by Joseph Paxton, ushered in a new world, a bubble of production, consumption and colonialism....
...In 2017 the fan base went steroidal following the television adaptation starring Elisabeth Moss and Joseph Fiennes....
...Writing in 1937, in a new preface to his painfully prescient essay collection, The Wandering Jews, the novelist and journalist Joseph Roth, warned that “Centuries of civilisation are no guarantee that a...
...In terms of an author fitting for unsettling times, try Joseph Roth....
...On Wednesday, the Pentagon confirmed that Mark Esper, acting defence secretary, and General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, would both attend....
...Other military vehicles involved in the celebrations included two M1 Abrams tanks, two Bradley fighting vehicles and an armoured M88 recovery vehicle....
...(FT) Fixing capitalism Economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz has for decades argued that redistribution and regulation are necessary to alleviate inequality....
...Even the wine list surprises with the cult Domaine Joseph Roty Pinot Noir and the hard-to-find Raphaël Sallet Chardonnay. 23-27 Harbour St, Broadstairs CT10 1EU; wyattandjones.co.uk Rocksalt Owned by...
...Summer Before the Dark: Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth, Ostend 1936, by Volker Weidermann, Pushkin Press, RRP£12.99, 176 pages Rebecca Abrams is the author of ‘Touching Distance’ (Picador)...
...The extensive bar menu offers exotic choices from lychee martinis to super strength Joseph Cartron pear brandy. King’s Rd, London SW3 4RY, saatchigallery.com/gallerymess Photograph: Leonardo Tommasin...
...Suck it and see if it sucks may be how Joseph Glanvill, a Frome vicar, predicted in 1661 that, “the time will come . . . when by making use of magnetic waves that permeate the ether which surrounds our world...
...Rebecca Abrams is author of ‘Touching Distance’ (Picador)...
...Joseph LaVorgna, chief US economist at Deutsche Bank, said the rising US currency may be taking its toll on America’s export sector after the trade-weighted dollar rose more than 8 per cent in December from...
...The luxury online retailer has sold out of Joseph’s silver metallic cotton knit sweater (£285) and is down to its last few Saint Laurent silver biker jackets (£3,215) after only one month online....
...Strauss, discussed translation with James Joyce, was a close friend of Rilke and Freud (he gave the sermon at the latter’s funeral in London), knew Bernard Shaw, Romain Rolland, Walter Rathenau, Maxim Gorky, Joseph...
...Joseph Altuzarra , who is in the running for the prize: “Wool hasn’t been considered a sexy fabric, but feminising this traditionally masculine fabric with techniques like corseting and lace appliqués makes...
...Since then, his drawings have been translated into all kinds of media, from Joseph Cornell-inspired dioramas, to ceramic sculptures, to collages and paintings, to scripted films....
...Andrea Panconesi, chief executive officer of luxury online fashion retailer luisaviaroma.com, for example, notes: “[Joseph] Altuzarra used the print on silk this autumn/winter, taking it out of its daywear...
...But Randy Abrams, analyst at Credit Suisse, has suggested the Taiwanese company could supply Apple in 2012. Still, switching chip supplier could have hazards for Apple....
...Spooks: Slither’s Tale, by Joseph Delaney, Bodley Head RRP£9.99 Fans of Delaney’s best-selling Spooks series will lap up this Beast-and-Beauty episode, but it’s also accessible to newcomers....
...In December, as market conditions worsened, Joseph Cassano, who had run the company’s derivatives unit, told investors these positions would need to be marked down only modestly....
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