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...On a small, enclosed site in the upscale Colombo 7 district, Bawa first rented one property in an alley off 33rd Lane in 1959, then another....
...“Somebody was raped, by a stranger, in an alley. She had no alcohol in her system. She reported it immediately. She’s perfect,” he says....
...I lost no time in striding the three blocks between here and the calle Barbara de Braganza 2, where there was one spare table for lunch and the spectacle was just beginning....
...“He was always trying to indoctrinate us, telling us that we lived in a lie, that our lives were empty,” Barbara says....
...The last decades of his life, dominated by fading powers and his fourth wife Barbara (an echo of his domineering mother, Dolly), are dispatched in a brisk 100 pages....
...One of the best books written about North Korea is Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick....
...After the dukedom was created in 1675 by Charles II for Henry FitzRoy, his illegitimate son with Barbara Villiers, the pleasure grounds were never expected to do anything other than provide pleasure....
...As you gaze at the sinister, moss-slicked interiors and desolate flatlands, the ghostly squeaks mingle with more sonorous cries from Hambling’s installation on the other side of the alley, as if the younger...
...We hit the coast again further south and by the time we reach Santa Barbara, fog has given way to heat, and by Malibu we’re in deepest SoCal, a mythical place of tanned blondes and muscled surfers, although...
...They were rescued by Barbara Castle, who in 1968 redefined British Waterways as a public corporation with a remit to develop their leisure potential....
...Criss-crossed with narrow canals and alleys and surrounded by tiny fishing harbours, Burano is a charming place with a modest population of 30,000....
...Wander down another alley toward drab high-rises and you’ll hear Beethoven or Mozart flowing from a violin, or perhaps a cello, accordion or flute....
...Barbara Hulanicki, 71, was born in Poland and grew up in England. In 1964 she founded Biba, the famous London boutique, with her late husband, Stephen Fitz-Simon....
...Barbara Ehrenreich celebrates the underground tradition of carnival public dance and its revival in the 1960s as rock celebration....
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