Hints and tips:
...“I can write my own narrative as I’m playing.”...
...Her “Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante” was mesmerising, each line somehow more moving than the last, and earned the longest ovation of the performance....
...“And I’m going to tell you that 99.9 per cent of Spanish business people do not agree with it either.”...
...Additional reporting by Carmen Muela in Madrid...
...Now try this I saw Carmen at the Royal Opera House last night. Almost every decision the production makes is the wrong one — bar its brilliant casting....
...At a glance: Rooms: 151 rooms and 23 suites (which include a 222 sq m penthouse suite spread over two floors) Good for: A stylish and luxurious abode in the heart of central Madrid....
...Who Abama Hotel Resort Villa, Mácher, Lanzarote, €1.25mn Where In the village of Mácher, towards the south of Lanzarote near Puerto del Carmen....
...Her thinking about what Carven could be began with a study of its founder, Madame Carven, born Carmen de Tommaso, who launched her house in a time when “young women had nothing to wear and even less to eat...
...“I think there’s more of an awareness and an appreciation, and I’m pleased with that,” she responds. “But there’s still a lot more to be done.”...
...“People are going to try to figure out how to use you,” warns his father (Mike Epps); his mother (Carmen Ejogo) meanwhile keeps a scrapbook of human cruelty....
...I’m at tony.barber@ft.com. First, the result of last week’s poll....
...and €26,700 per sq m respectively, compared with €8,100 per sq m in Furano)....
...I’m thinking of Amy Winehouse, Neneh Cherry and Lily Allen, for instance, or Adele without the megastar trappings. Raye is a current example. This is the tradition to which Olivia Dean belongs....
...Nicolás Petro’s ex-wife Daysuris del Carmen Vásquez was arrested on Saturday, too....
...Cervantes would be followed by more Spaniards, exquisite translations ranging from Luis de Góngora’s The Solitudes to Carmen Laforet’s Nada....
...Until March 3; further information here Performance ‘Carmen’ and ‘Madama Butterfly’, Metropolitan Opera British theatre director Carrie Cracknell’s dazzling modern interpretation of Bizet’s Carmen stars...
...And troubled chefs, battling their demons as well as stress and exhaustion, are captivating to the public, from Anthony Bourdain to Carmen in The Bear....
...At the end of the month, I’m looking forward to a weekend in Pembrokeshire....
...She’s saying, “I’m a critic, I’m a writer. Make this a great painting.” I’m really in awe of Alice Neel’s ability to hold all of that in play. ‘JOHN PERREAULT’ (1972) I’m a shy painter....
...“I’m not here so that Panama has to choose between the US and China,” says the American ambassador, Mari Carmen Aponte. But that is how it can often feel to Panamanians. michael.stott@ft.com...
...“If someone screws up the meat, I’m not going to do anything about it. Just explain,” shrugged Damian, head chef at Kipferl. (He admitted this hadn’t always been his approach.)...
...“I’m not a royalist,” said Ed, a civil servant from north London who had been in Hyde Park for about seven hours to pay his final respects to the late monarch....
...If I wear this, I’m not going to die. I’m going to survive this. And, actually, I feel good.’”...
...Speaking of which, chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) desperately needs to find some way of coping with the demands of running his own restaurant....
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