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...Nevertheless, I much enjoyed Mark C O’Flaherty’s piece about ’80s erotic thrillers as a design trope, and the enduring influence of 9½ Weeks and American Gigolo....
...“The Middle East is looking to diversify and has a war chest,” says Richard Blunt, partner at Baker McKenzie, the law firm that represented Zambia on the IRH deal....
...Kafka’s Coffee 860 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 3B4, and two other locations Good for: Excellent espresso drinks and all-day breakfast Not so good for: Milk alternatives cost an extra C$1.25 FYI...
...edfringe.com Wilderness Festival, Cornbury Park, OxfordshireWilderness is known as much for food as music and this year’s gastronomy roll-call is tasty: from Ben Quinn’s sold-out Long Table Banquet in the Woods...
...The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis Gates, Jr....
...Double, from C$529 JR For the neighbourhood hang-out: Ace Hotel Toronto 51 Camden Street, Toronto, ON M5V 1V2 Rooms and suites: 123 Gym/spa: Small gym (a couple of machines, two treadmills, weights,...
...palace are used for performances too, not least the Hall of Mirrors, where Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas can be heard on April 20, and the Chapelle Royale, where Bach’s B Minor Mass and Mozart’s Great Mass in C...
...Pucci has been representing designers of a certain calibre since Putman steered him into the field at the end of the 1980s, and today his New York space is populated by work by India Mahdavi, Richard Meier...
...On the day I spent shooting with them years ago at their home in a Richard Meier-designed building overlooking the Hudson River on the edge of the West Village, they drew my attention to various elements...
...Pursued Economy: Understanding and Overcoming the Challenging New Realities for Advanced Economies by Richard C Koo (Wiley) Koo has been the most original thinker in macroeconomics of the past two decades...
...“C’mon,” the attendant said to his surprised look. “We both know you’re going to fry them on the top of your hire car.” David and I set off in Richard’s pumped-up Jeep Wrangler....
...C’est la vie. Letter in response to this article: It’s notable Mr A has no graffiti in his apartment / From Eric A Anderson, New York, NY, US...
...He is the founder and chair of talent management agency M&C Saatchi Merlin and chair of the broader M&C Saatchi UK Group....
...Beside Al’Azzalia and other Marrakshi masters — Mohamed Bariz, Mohamed Rguibi and Aaiachi Benjakan — there’s Baba-C, a Griot storyteller from Washington....
...I am reminded of the opening monologue of Dylan Thomas’s “play for voices” Under Milk Wood, in which Richard Burton intones: “Come closer now....
...Built in the 1700s, it’s quintessentially colonial New England with just 15 rooms and a wood-panelled bar. The bar is a draw for locals and it’s a fun scene....
...Richard Portes: We may have an Arctic cold wave then . . ....
...The chef threw a sack of potatoes at me on my first day and shouted: ‘Peel them, c**t!’ By the fourth potato I’d cut my hand so badly the potatoes and water were red with my blood....
...This week’s Facebook and Amazon AGMs were a “parody of boardroom accountability,” writes Richard Waters....
...C’est la vie. Read’s pencil was more complex than it appeared. How much more complex still is a car, or a computer, or even a toaster?...
...Wadsworth, London Crossword 16,212: Caroline Sproule, Moira; L Stone, Dorset; Nancy Cooper, London Polymath 1,029: James Birkett, Brighton Crossword 16,206: Enda Cogan, Dublin Patricia Cairns, Devon; JR...
...Up next: a likely one-of-a-kind lidded Gio Ponti majolica vase, made by Richard Ginori in 1923....
...Some of the furniture was created by Michelle Smith using recycled wood and even the flooring is made from reclaimed wood. “The principle was the same as I have for my stores,” Hearst says....
...Only individuals can create the environment for change through their thoughts, actions, and votes.” — Robert S Hatfield Jr, Portland, Oregon...
...You’ll find the area’s best wood-fired pizzas at The Oak, a very Italian trattoria with a surprisingly chichi cocktail bar hidden upstairs....
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