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...Many of their residents still represent fourth- or fifth-generation New Orleanians, says Dorian Bennett of Sotheby’s International Realty....
...“Prices at auction are rarely determined solely by the gold price – many factors contribute, not least of all provenance,” says David Bennett, Sotheby’s chairman of jewellery for Europe and the Middle East...
..., to the rescue of an institution in distress: Stephen Fry talks of his discovery of Oscar Wilde via the Norfolk mobile library; Julian Barnes imagines a not-too-distant future of library burning; Alan Bennett...
...Late in New York, spot gold was down 0.5 per cent around $890 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity markets, oil prices fell in response to the US retail sales data....
...The film will, say the producers, be faithful to Austen’s book - but the Bennetts will become the Bakshis, Elizabeth Bennett will be renamed Lalita and Mr Darcy’s character will be refashioned into a wealthy...
...Bennett considered the idea preposterous, but researched it and discovered it was indeed based on what we know of ritual....
...Brad Pitt’s turn in Troy, Luna testifies, has done wonders for sales of the OWC translation of The Odyssey....
...“There is an illuminating relationship between the fall of Troy and September 11,” Vinaver told Time magazine. “These two huge events of mythic size seem to form a span of history.”...
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