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...Frazier’s narrator, Valentine “Val” Montgomery Welch, is an artist with a commission for his times....
...In the mid-20th century, antiques dealer Peter Coke drew on his love of 19th-century sailor’s valentines — octagonal shell-worked love tokens — to make fantastical sculptures....
...“This crisis has damaged Nicola Sturgeon’s ability to be seen as a unifying figure for the independence movement,” said Anthony Salamone, managing director of European Merchants, a think-tank....
...Yet the complete story ends up a valentine to the transformative power of cinema....
...The best gift I’ve given recently was to my wife on Valentine’s Day. It’s a sculpture – a torso in marble from the first century....
...The single largest haul of nominations — 10, including Best Picture — went to Mank, an inky Hollywood Valentine produced by the streaming giant and directed by David Fincher....
...Anthony Barzilay Freund, editorial director and director of fine art at online vintage marketplace 1stdibs, reports a 30 per cent YoY growth in sales....
...“There’s no reason to think it can’t also be successful at Dollar Tree,” adds Anthony Chukumba, analyst at Loop Capital....
...With Valentine’s Day approaching, what better time to pay homage to Cartland’s lurid sensibility and reflect on the sometimes toe-curling history of recipes and romance?...
...Then on Valentine’s Day Amazon issued the corporate equivalent of a break-up text: “a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence”....
...This Valentine’s Day, the sweet-toothed might be lucky enough to catch sight of a new chocolate among the menagerie of brightly coloured confectionery landing on coffee tables: ChocXo....
...Graduate profile Valentine Bleicher, who is a graduate from the LLM class of 2012, chose NYU because of its reputation....
...The music was just as intense – “My Funny Valentine” was a standout and a fiery Latin twist on “Milestones” featured both pianists at full pelt – but the sense of a special occasion began to fade....
...Aunt Charl has a fondness for old gangster pictures, a predilection that leads her to buy a bloody brick from Al Capone’s 1929 St Valentine’s Day massacre....
...Ukraine for their part fielded the “anti-crisis girl” singing “Be My Valentine”. The subtext of her song was clear, said the FT’s Ed Crooks, “Don’t turn our gas off again , please!”...
...But its undoubted value lies in the way it reflects the period’s vibrant creativity and thrilling crush of ideas – even if King’s use of language can be as hard on the ears as a My Bloody Valentine gig....
...In Shirley Valentine, a Liverpudlian housewife finds self-knowledge in the sensuous haze of congress with Tom Conti’s fisherman-lover, a kind of Zorba-lite....
...He covers everyday experiences (eating a banana or shopping for clothes) and luxuries (sending a Valentine rose or taking a holiday on the other side of the world)....
...Benicio del Toro looks startlingly like Lon Chaney Jr as the scion of a landed family led by Anthony Hopkins....
...As Karolina, the flighty widow, Kate Valentine proved a natural comedienne....
...Stupid cupid Music may be the food of love, but what possessed the BPI to organise the next Brit awards for Valentine’s Day?...
...Chairman Anthony Glossop, meanwhile, found a silver lining in public disorder....
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