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...Seems Caravaggio was on the run and came under the protection of the Mattei family, princes and former owners of the castle....
...For the medieval baron, whose castle was both home and fortification, mastery of all he surveyed was critical to survival....
...Whether the defendant thought to invoke Gordon Matta-Clark’s severed house or Ai Weiwei’s smashed Han Dynasty urn remains unknown....
...“The public is left wondering if subsequent loans were the spoils of promises or impartiality that might be paid at some point down the road....
...The country’s physical infrastructure — roads, high-speed trains and airports — are facilitating as big a boost to consumption as President Eisenhower’s roll out of the Interstate Highway System in the US...
...Residents of Chandler say they have already become accustomed to the sight of driverless cars on their roads....
...Two huge water turbines on the Thames supply electricity for Windsor Castle as well as surrounding homes. 19....
...At their meeting in a Bavarian castle on Monday, the G7 leaders specifically said they wanted greenhouse gas emissions cut by 40 to 70 per cent by 2050, from 2010 levels, in line with the “decarbonisation...
...First Great Western said passengers trying to get from Paddington to Devon and Cornwall via Newbury would only get as far as Castle Cary in Somerset....
...… Our next stop was San Simeon campground, not far from William Randolph Hearst’s Xanadu-esque Hearst Castle....
...Clark’s version was regarded as seminal high culture for the masses, and was seminally skewed....
...“Many of the properties feel quite isolated but that’s part of their appeal”, says Clark....
...Picasso and Truth: From Cubism to Guernica, by TJ Clark, Princeton, RRP£29.95/$45 Marxism and cubism are a difficult mix, but Clark pulls off a brilliant art-historical analysis, arguing that to question...
...s a necessity,” says Bader al-Lamki, head of clean energy at Masdar, the state-controlled company that built this solar plant to power Masdar City, a cluster of futuristic low-carbon buildings down the road...
...Crown Castle, the wireless infrastructure group, has agreed to pay $1bn in cash for NextG Networks, a provider of outdoor antenna systems, from a group of investors led by Madison Dearborn, which bought...
...Highlights of the region include the castle of Grimaud, the charming village markets and the view from St Clément in La Garde-Freinet across the wooded hillsides to the sea....
...Walkers’ pit stop: The Falcon Inn, St MawganPost-walk tipple: Don Clark, landlord, recommends Tribute, £2.80 per pintGreat for kids: ★★☆Level of experience: ★★☆Wildlife: ★★★ 4 Mam Tor, Derbyshire Start...
...Andrew Clark is the FT’s chief music critic …………....
...Contact and location: Near Elephant and Castle tube, 103 Gaunt Street, London SE1. T: 020 7740 8729....
...“The town of Recas, in the west, is dominated by Scottish-style castles with lions on the gateposts, turrets on the roofs and white marble dwarfs in the gardens....
...According to Andrew Clark, “XXXX’s greatness depended not so much on his popularity as on the power of a well-produced voice to touch the heart....
...The adage “a man’s fractional ownership is his castle” may never catch on....
...And while we got a nice view of the fine castle of Stirling, perhaps we didn’t need to circle right round it to make the point....
...High road In other car news, travellers are looking for upscale wheels to go with their five-star hotels....
...What Milan needs is a casino - right in the middle of the Castello Sforzesco, a magnificent Renaissance castle that these days houses a variety of museums and art collections....
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