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...She already has two so‑far unproduced musicals to her name: an adaptation of Bridget Jones’s Diary, and a show based on an episode of Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi series Black Mirror....
...Clair Wills’ ‘Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother’s Secrets’ is published by Allen Lane on January 25 Copyright © 2024, Clair Wills....
...“It’s like filling your house with objects made to look antique,” says Turner Allen, a men’s personal stylist based in New York....
...Or Woody Allen without his eyewear?...
...Now his influence can be seen in a new generation of designers such as Max Allen, Claire Barrow and Matty Bovan (with whom he’s collaborating on a capsule collection later this year) who share his passion...
...On July 1, Vance revealed that he is pressing charges against the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg, its chief financial officer, over issues such as tax evasion....
...Sheena Iyengar, author of The Art of Choosing (shortlist, 2010), also went to history for her choice, Only Yesterday (1931), Frederick Lewis Allen’s informal history of the 1920s: “There is much to enjoy...
...“Labour stands for sharing, kindness, gays, single mothers and Nelson Mandela,” declared Bridget Jones, the fictional “singleton” who embodied the spirit of 1990s London....
...Greater London; Stephen Harvey, Hampshire, England Polymath 1,058: D Marsh, East Sussex, England Crossword 16,377: John Bevan, London; TF & JM Marshall, Scotland; Rae Seelig, London Polymath 1,057: Bridget...
...After the NEC decision was announced, Heidi Allen, acting leader of CUK, said: “If Labour voters were ever in any doubt — they know now . . . we WILL be your voice for remain.”...
...But Paula Rego, Bridget Riley, Auerbach, Hockney (presiding, as I write, over a massive new show in New York) and Allen Jones are with us still and working....
...That same year also saw the first British motoring fatality: the unfortunate Bridget Driscoll, who was knocked down near Crystal Palace....
..., by Rodric Braithwaite, Profile Books £25, 512 pages The Cold War: A New Oral History of Life Between East and West , by Bridget Kendall, BBC Books £25, 560 pages...
...I mean Bridget . . . I mean Joyce. It’s the perfect Stoppardian mix of the intellectually heavy and the soufflé-light. To November 19, menierchocolatefactory.com...
...The early works that made his name — particularly the seductive portraits of the sullen Bridget Bardot and silken Anna Karina — seemed to be about celebrity....
...Stokoe joined the golden class of ’59 — which included David Hockney, Allen Jones, Ron Kitaj — at the Royal College of Art but has been reluctant to exhibit since....
...Most were developed to showcase a new computing technique by tackling only a very narrow set of problems, says Oren Etzioni, head of the AI lab set up by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen....
...Thomas Watson Sr and Lou Gerstner Thomas Watson Sr and Lou Gerstner both came from working-class backgrounds to head a company whose progress has done much to define the first century of the information...
...Because Bush Sr has been so self-deprecating about his public-service achievements, his son decided to jump-start the inevitable upward historical revisionism....
...Bush Sr, much underestimated, assembled a first-rate national security team and managed the peaceful end of the cold war with finesse....
...His tone is flat but his delivery is quick-fire and self-deprecating, a bit like Woody Allen but in a better suit....
...‘Wine Grapes – A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties including their Origins and Flavours’, by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and José Vouillamoz, is published by Allen Lane/Ecco (£120)....
...published in the UK as ‘Barack Obama: The Making of the Man’ (Atlantic, RRP£25) The Obamas, by Jodi Kantor, Little, Brown, RRP$29.99, 368 pages, published in the UK as ‘The Obamas: A Mission, A Marriage’ (Allen...
...The phrase “young Woody Allen” carries, alas, a reminder of its opposite. Older Woody Allen, still re-seeking the elixir of genius....
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