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...But he at least found a future wife during the war, a petite Swiss acolyte called Annette, whose girlish lightness lifted his spirits....
...Available at Harrods Greece Un Jardin à Cythère (£78 for 50ml), the new addition to Hermès’ line, aims to conjure the tall grasses of a parched garden, while a hint of salt calls to mind the blue waters...
...The same Dsquared2 bum bag that costs $229.24 plus tokens “equivalent to $95.76” in Tatatu’s web store can be ordered from Harrods for £209, for example....
...Highlights among the modern and contemporary art include a small Alberto Giacometti editioned bronze of his wife and model Annette, priced at €1.45mn (c1953-54, Kamel Mennour), Robert Motherwell’s France-appropriate...
...Attractive tax benefits and opportunities to work from home have transformed what was once largely a holiday destination, and the Miami Movement – a phrase coined by mayor Francis Suarez – has had an impact...
...Top lot was Francis Bacon’s “Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus” (1981), which sold for $74m ($84.6m with fees, est $60m-$80m), despite not being protected by a guarantee....
...The building’s terracotta-façade had been originally built by Harrods as a motor car showroom but now housed offices and shops on the ground floor....
...Subsequent roles have included one half of a couple on a painful quest to have an IVF baby in Only You, and as the son of estranged parents (Bill Nighy and Annette Bening) in Hope Gap....
...I then walked and talked with Francis Annette, the garden’s supervisor and designer, and Ed Ikin, Wakehurst’s expert head of landscape and horticulture....
...Annette (Lane) is supposedly an old pal of Claire’s: “We go way back!”...
...Photos of the Danish royal family in fur on a hunting trip; Francis Bacon’s “Painting” and “Figure with Meat”, with their fleshy tones; pagans dressed as their spirit animals, all bones and shaggy fur....
...To the north is Harrods department store. “It’s blue chip,” says Harry Dawes, a partner at Knight Frank Knightsbridge. “If you’re comparing it to a shopping brand, it’s Hermès.”...
...At 11pm you can see the beginnings of people getting tipsy, coming out of bars, people outside Harrods revving up Lamborghinis. It never seems to rain....
...Nipper, the terrier cross immortalised as the symbol of HMV, has a blue plaque at the Cavalry and Guards Club (126 Piccadilly, London), where her owner, Francis Barraud, painted her from memory. 4....
...With their lone figures in cage-like constructions, Giacometti’s paintings inevitably draw parallels with those of his friend Francis Bacon....
...A Francis Francis machine, made by Illy. “Funny name I know but, there you are, very rarely get these.” A large Pavoni, a giant Elektra. An Ascaso Arc, alongside an Ascaso Dream....
...The very first episode began with devious Tory whip Francis Urquhart holding up a picture of Margaret Thatcher and uttering the lines: “Nothing lasts forever....
...Deakin & Francis cufflinks sell in Harrods in London and Bloomingdale’s in New York....
...For someone who remembers the stand-off in the King’s Road between Christian, the pet lion bought from Harrods in 1969 — who was being driven in the back of an open-top Rolls-Royce — and a leopard being...
...Clive Cookson Art Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, edited by Martin Harrison, Heni Publishing, RRP£1,000/The Estate of Francis Bacon, RRP$1,500 Art book of the year, perhaps the decade, this showcases...
...Rouge 540 is available at Harrods (£3,000 for 100ml)...
...The politician’s reputation was destroyed in 2001, however, when he ill-advisedly crossed an old friend, Ted Francis, who disclosed that the original allegations were true, resulting in Lord Archer receiving...
...Managing Director – Transportation (Europe), CH2MHILL Andrew Murphy, Retail Director, John Lewis Partnership David Tonkin, Chief Executive Officer, Atkins Global David Sleath, Chief Executive, SEGRO Francis...
...Finally, taking the scent a step further, Guerlain’s Elixirs Charnels Eau de Lingerie (£60, from Harrods) blends vanilla, pink iris and sandalwood into a subtle aroma, created specially for spritzing over...
...The upmarket cufflinks maker Deakin and Francis, which sells in Harrods, Neiman Marcus and other luxury outlets, exploited the high gold price to launch a silver range....
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