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...Christie’s total, up 17 per cent on last year, was boosted by 25 Surrealist works, which included the week’s top lot, René Magritte’s late “L’ami intime” (1958), hammering to little fanfare for £29mn (£33.7mn...
...Manicure, Ami Streets. Photographer’s assistant, Joe Conway. Production, Noot Coates at Town Production. All roses supplied by Absolute Flowers & Home...
...L’Ami Louis, Paris This place is no secret, and had in fact been on my list of Paris restaurants to try for a long time. Finally, one freezing night at the beginning of December, I got to visit....
...It was here that he met his wife, and in 1975 they set up their own business in a basement next door to the ultra-French Paris bistro L’Ami Louis, recruited a couple of Sicilian tailors and started to sell...
...Hair, Blake Henderson at CLM using L’Oréal. Make-up, Rebecca Wordingham at Bryant using Surratt and Augustinus Bader. Set design, Phoebe Shakespeare. Photographer’s assistant, Dan Douglas....
...The brand’s social-media strategy warranted a feature in the New York Post; it also meant N’Diaye-Mbaye’s work caught the eye of L’Oréal Paris....
...Chez L’Ami Louis is one of the world’s most famous bistros; it is certainly one of the most authentic in Paris....
...And there’s Chez l’Ami Louis, where I’ll order roast chicken – sounds simple, but it’s really good....
...There are so many incredible restaurants: L’Ami Jean, for the rice pudding, and Allard, which was started more than 80 years ago and is now run by Alain Ducasse....
...Two of these moves draw, but l’Ami fell for Carlsen's trap and chose the loser. Can you do better? Click here for solution...
...Most notable among the former was the novelist Kingsley Amis, who was an influential restaurant reviewer when I was a restaurateur running L’Escargot during the 1980s....
...Foy left AMI in 2019 and went on to launch her own business, Cosmic Dealer, an upbeat wellness brand founded in traditional Ayurvedic practices....
...The grooming staple I’m never without is L’Eau d’Ambre Extrême by L’Artisan Parfumeur....
...On “Smile” Niariu and Ami Yerewolo rap about self-respect and dismiss gossiping neighbours. “There was a lot of gossip about me, but I do not care, my motto is work . . ....
...Et si la France et les hôpitaux français ont pu vraiment faire face, tenir et traiter toutes les personnes qui s’y présentaient, c’est aussi parce qu’on avait appris de nos voisins et amis....
...At the Fondation Cartier Pour l’Art Contemporain in Paris, the collection’s raison d’être is to generate conversation – especially about the environment – through commissioning....
...I also like an authentic old-school brasserie called L’Ami Louis near République. It’s fabulous, with pink tablecloths and theatrical staff who sing “Happy Birthday” to the diplomats dining there....
...They hold up Martin Amis, the enfant terrible of English literature, to ram home the point....
...At Ami we use black and white striped paper for the packaging and this florist has similar paper, so whenever I buy flowers here I ask them to use my paper as a special touch....
...Grenache Gris gems • Boulevard Napoléon 2013 Vin de Pays de l’Hérault • Ch Maris, Brama 2012 Vin de France £27 Hic Wines • Jean-Baptiste Senat, Aux Amis de ma Soeur 2015 Aude €14 RRP • Cardoner, Les...
...Chez L’Ami Louis, 32 Rue du Vertbois (+331-4887 7748). The Louvre, +331-4020 5050; www.louvre.fr. Marché Paul Bert Serpette, 96-110 Rue des Rosiers (+331-4011 5414; www.marcheauxpuces-saintouen.com)....
...Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History, by Ben Mezrich, William Heinemann, 2015, RRP£18.99/$28.00 The reviewer is the author of ‘Ferraris for Al’l (Policy...
...He famously fell out with Amis after he ditched Pat as his literary agent....
...perfectly curated, including bottles specially created for the group such as a delicious pétillant naturel from Le Petit Domaine de Gimios. 114 rue Amelot, 11th, +33 1 4355 8735; closed Mon & Tues Aux Deux Amis...
...Chez l’Ami Jean (27 rue Malar, 7th) is more of a rediscovery. Small, homely and rustic, depending on the time it can also be busy and noisy....
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