Hints and tips:
...2023 has seen the launch of many dozens of celebrity drinks, from Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Irish whiskey to Cameron Diaz’s Pinot Noir and Lenny Kravitz’s sotol....
...I have two on rotation — starting with the Gary from Sweaty Betty, which are slim but not tight and last for years (£90, sweatybetty.com)....
...Mezzo-soprano Jean Holmes, my first singing teacher, taught me how to work hard and listen for quality. My teacher when I was about 18 was Veronica Dunne, the legendary Irish soprano....
...Don’t miss the minced pork with pickled string beans and noodles (refreshing and spicy, so bright red that it stained my jeans), or the fish in green peppercorn (sea bass swimming in a chilli oil soup):...
...Think The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie meets The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and you’ll have a sense of where things are heading....
...Jean-Bertrand Aristide was arguably the first freely-elected president of Haiti in 1991....
...But in a more relaxed music industry offsite I might wear a stylish hoodie, casual blazer and jeans.”...
...In Venice, Chris [Duffy] and I spent what seemed like a king’s ransom on Faenza-Garofano handpainted ceramics from a small shop near the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari....
...I use it for most purchases – a Jean Paul Gaultier corset, foxglove plants, olive oil! There’s almost nothing I wouldn’t try to find on eBay first. I love it....
...On view in London at a presale exhibition from 22 February before March 2 auction; sothebys.com Treasures from François and Betty Catroux’s French Riviera residence François Catroux and his wife Betty...
...PD Ports says the lawsuit is designed “to extract a ransom discount” so it can buy the company on the cheap, an allegation the STDC has denied....
...The screenplay was written as New Wave project for François Truffaut, who handed it over to Jean-Luc Godard....
...Where better to showcase what we have achieved, acquired or inherited than in our houses – be it a pair of candlesticks passed down from a grandmother that have a family story attached, a long-desired Jean...
...But the person contacting him was not Jean-Yves Le Drian, now France’s foreign minister....
...The “Betty” boot (above) with its square toe, chunky heel and ankle zip, could easily be mistaken for a leather ankle boot — making it suitable rain or shine....
...First up is “Betty”, named after Betty Davis, the unbiddable funk auteur who preferred to retire from music in 1979 than conform to industry expectations of how she should sound....
...Street paintings of late politician and Auschwitz survivor Simone Veil were defaced with swastikas and a tree planted in memory of Ilan Halimi, who was kidnapped for ransom, tortured and killed by an anti-Semitic...
...Trichet to Ireland and one that Mr Draghi himself signed to Italy as “ransom notes” and “diktats” to governments....
...Workplaces have become more casual and consumers want more comfortable alternatives to jeans and suits....
...For AW19 it went neon: on heads as balaclavas, over denim jeans and on to stretchy booties, too. Her brand is so all-consuming you can wear it head to toe....
...In June, he was overruled on the nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president....
...trade fight after President Donald Trump gave allies only a one-month reprieve from his steel and aluminium tariffs, with Washington demanding concessions from the EU as Brussels vowed not to be held to ransom...
...He was convinced, he says, that his friend Betty Autier’s blog — with 400,000 views a month when Mr Billon started his business — “could be of great interest for brands”....
...But when pressed about the man who is holding the resource-rich but impoverished country to ransom by refusing to leave office despite his mandate ending in December 2016, Mr Matuaka had no answer....
...If Mr Mustier can overcome UniCredit’s multiple challenges , he will doubtless walk away with a king’s ransom. But the bank’s shareholders will be similarly enriched....
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