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...Apart from playing with some of London’s prominent jazz musicians, including saxophonist Nubya Garcia, pianist Al MacSween and drummer Moses Boyd, he has so far relied on what he calls his “mum’s test”....
...They not only evoke the “cool detachment” of an age of Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity), but, in their sharp frames and rapid cuts, embody it....
...Throughout, Woolley’s translation has an impressively sharp ear and light touch....
...Much, including the shaving scene of Doctor Bartolo, is razor-sharp and everything is light on its feet....
...Letter in response to this article: Adaptation policies on global warming flash red / From Emma Howard Boyd, Kathryn Brown, Ingrid Holmes and Nicola Ranger...
...In Double or Nothing (HarperCollins, £20), Kim Sherwood is the latest in a series of authors including Jeffrey Deaver, William Boyd and Sebastian Faulks to revive 007....
...Kawakami’s novel, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd, acutely explores the nature of workplace relationships and intimate connections while challenging society’s expectations of what it means to be a...
...Mostly he sidesteps them thanks to his sharp, laconic, camera’s-eye observation, akin to the Neue Sachlichkeit (“New Objectivity”) of Weimar-era prose....
...Veronesi is as sharp as a glass of grappa on the Italian obsession with appearance....
...Emma Howard Boyd, chair of the Environment Agency, said the findings showed that preparations for climate shocks were “not high enough on the agenda”....
...But that is why I love gardening: it is a pastime that brings into sharp relief the cycle of life and death, prompting us to both observe and relish every passing season....
...And the cast are uniformly sharp....
...This month, their collaborative process will see the launch of a new collection of furniture for the home in conjunction with the London/New York architectural practice Michaelis Boyd....
...I drive the sharp point of the pick into the earth and pull out stones. The locals on the dig have built a new wall, called a palimpsest, with these stones....
...Eggers tells all this straightforwardly in the third person, in short chapters with sharp titles that slice Mokhtar’s life up into symbolic episodes....
...Nicholson quotes the model Pattie Boyd, saying: “All the class structures of our parents were breaking down. No one cared where you came from or what school you’d gone to.”...
...Its roots lie in spiritual modal jazz and the sharp grooves of 1970s jazz funk....
...The tart, sharp berries infused the alcohol with a complex range of flavour compounds from citrus to wood, pine to spice....
...That linguistic legacy helps fuel the riotous energy of Irish comic writing, and talk: “In a country formed by so much bloody tragedy, you become quite witty and sharp.”...
...This waspishly witty story of family squabbles and romances from the perspective of a sharp-eyed but innocent girl seldom lets hindsight intrude on the fun....
...Sharp extensions in longevity are straining social safety nets that were created to allow the old and frail to live their last days in dignity....
...Golding’s guttural pentatonics, revamped blues and tightly articulated lines were an exact fit for Boyd’s razor-sharp time, and the duo impressively focused the audience with their curtain-raising set....
...“As they get into these potentially very volatile risk investments, they may get lucky, but it may just get a lot worse,” says Mr Boyd....
...One example is the additional focus the SEC is devoting to the oil and gas sector, which has been buffeted by a sharp decline in oil prices....
...“The biggest headwind we have had is oil and mining being down,” says George Boyd Jr, Goldens’ vice-president, while the strong dollar has “taken some of the wind out of the reshoring initiatives we have...
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