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...A few wine glasses, a bottle of red wine and a clay vessel of Maotai liquor stand among the plates and bowls. At first glance, it all looks rather appetising....
...Materials span from wood and clay to textiles, metal and glass....
...With a handful of tools, she puts pitch in the holes of the boat she steals from the priest and even builds a hut, using clay as mortar....
...But if, as seems possible, he blows it, we will be shown — and not before time — that autocrats have feet of clay....
...Caramelise the sugar until golden brown. Blitz the strawberries into a smooth purée, then carefully tip into the caramel, swirl and combine....
...And after that, the evening elided into a soft golden blur. Follow Tim @TimHayward and email him at tim.hayward@ft.com Follow @FTMag to find out about our latest stories first...
...Often a detail added to the enchantment, such as learning about the clay figurines found in El Greco’s inventory and how he used them to compose his paintings and choreograph the light....
...I was face to face with a 90-year-old man, intense eyes staring back at me through a dazzling bandit stripe of white clay....
...“At the centre of the building, you will confront two giant funnels dispensing oil down a long tube that disappears into a clay-clad tank.”...
...Her surprisingly readable story takes in the clay shapes used to represent stored grain in 7,500BC, butter vouchers in 1980s Ireland and the virtual loot from World of Warcraft....
...By the third act, as the bereaved young mother grapples with her fate, the stage is packed with oversized Catholic iconography, from an ecstatic golden Saint Teresa to a mutilated Virgin Mary....
...Its quivering golden wires stretch from floor to ceiling in geometric patterns, shifting according to the fall of light and the position of the viewer; ethereal and diaphanous, it fills the double-height...
...It was wonderful too to see Nigerian Demas Nwoko win the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, thoroughly deserved for a rich career in architecture and art....
...Watching potter Paul Mossman at work inspired him to invest in his own wheel and kiln, despite having no experience handling clay....
...Leigh also won the Biennale’s prestigious Golden Lion for the 16ft sculpture “Brick House”, her first bronze....
...One lady gifted me a delicately painted, handmade clay pot and took us to see her orchard of mangoes....
...It was here that James was struck by the earthy warmth emanating from the clay walls....
...Golden Lane Sport & Fitness Fann Street, Fann Lane, golden lane estate, London EC1 0SH Good for: Modernist architecture buffs Not so good for: The wallet, at a costly £22 an hour....
...This fantasy lasted until the moment Golden and Saperia came up against Federal Twist’s weed-infested, sodden clay....
...When Gertrude Bell left the ruins of Ukhaidir for Karbala, she described riding through a sandstorm: ‘Then out of the mist loomed the golden dome of the spring of Hussein, upon whom be peace.’...
...Although Bayreuth had experienced a brief golden age in the 18th century, it was a backwater when Richard Wagner started his opera festival there in 1876....
...The next day the chickpeas are soft golden orbs, meltingly tender, suspended in a deeply flavourful broth so tasty and comforting it will make a philhellene of you too....
...They once named a flavour for me – Golden Chai – and I’m hoping they’ll bring it back. I have a collection of limited-edition functional objects by a range of artists....
...A friend had laid down the challenge on Instagram with a golden view of a Tuscan cornfield. Here was one that trumped hers....
...In another part of the gallery stand four large dark bronze vessels, like life-size canoes, chunky and rough-hewn, cast from clay originals....
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