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...Think of the Hotel George V in Paris — all those glossy black vessels and tight bouquets. Not my thing. I like blooms wild and free, not perched on a plastic pedestal....
...Wooden galleons are replaced by plastic; Long John Silver gets the Marvel treatment; and Robert Newton’s West Country burr gives way to the Keith Richards-inspired drawl of Johnny Depp....
...Curious about the spiky burrs that stuck to him and his dog, he brought them home and put them under a microscope....
...Mrs Clinton has called for Mr Garland to be confirmed, and vowed to appoint justices who would uphold Roe v Wade, the 1973 decision that legalised abortion....
...extremely fine, misty rain was immortalised by the Caledonian poet George Campbell Hay in “The Smoky Smirr o Rain” (1948) and can still be heard from Scotland to Suffolk, where it is spelled (minus the Scots burr...
...Prices for the art deco bellwether Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann were steady rather than exceptional (a burr-veneered 1920s bookcase, selling at €39,150, just nudged the low estimate)....
...Perhaps its only downside as a Christmas present is the attendant implication that the lucky recipient would be expected to write all the “thank you” letters this year. £140. www.andersonandgarland.com v...
...apparent in the carcass which, under a leather-lined top, features five drawers on either side and four dummies at each end – all with original, hand-chased gilt metal drop handles. £125,000 www.johnbly.com v...
...has been the way in which the audience for contemporary silver has expanded, thanks in no small part to the support of the Goldsmiths’ Company and its annual fairs, the Crafts Council galleries at the V&...
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