Hints and tips:
...Bob Dylan had opened the door for a gravel-throated prophet handy with a guitar and a metaphor, and Cohen eagerly stepped through....
...Dominique Mercy and Nazareth Panadero enjoy a long deadpan double act in which they mime acts of cartoonish violence, twisting off heads or pulling out each other’s intestines....
...The febrile buzz of expectation has largely subsided, even if some goodies are still to come, and the mood on the street provides a handy barometer of how 2011’s offerings so far, have gone down....
...The key at the back of the book is a handy reference for colour, growing zone, flowering time, size etc and there are thumbnail descriptions with every photograph....
...The IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is due to arrive in Spain for talks on Friday, but the government has denied that a bailout is on the agenda....
...So here’s a handy round-up of the best commentary on events over the weekend, to get you up to Greek speed. _________________ The €110bn gamble First, the bailout — sorry, staff-level agreement....
...This is particularly handy at a time when, in case you hadn’t noticed, we in the French government are privatising along with the best of them....
...These are the priorities of Dominique de Villepin, the prime minister....
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