Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...marble Pink Drill 33 vase, £1,670, ssense.com Kelly Wearstler Studio marble Nudo chair, $9,900 Tiffany & Co gold and jade Elsa Peretti Bean pendant necklace, £1,250 Lee Sisan stainless-steel and natural stone...
...The accessibility of its crystals allows for a greater degree of “self-indulgence” and plays a role in helping to “democratise the stiff world of stones”, she says....
...Our species has named historic periods after bronze, stone and iron. Modern society runs on innovative materials, such as lithium-ion batteries and solar cells....
...The stones were made of naturally magnetic iron ore....
...There’s something miraculous about a fistful of hard stones that expand into an abundance of yielding, luscious nuggets. But canned or jarred versions are perhaps the greatest of all convenience foods....
...The mint-green Louis Vuitton look worn by Emma Stone, who won Best Actress for her star turn in Poor Things, featured a perimeter-forming peplum on top of a column skirt....
...A lot more have been used for industrial functions . . . such as lab-grown sapphire crystal smartphone screens,” he said, predicting diamonds would go the same way....
...matchesfashion.com Johanna Ortiz beaded wood Marimba salt and pepper shakers, £285 for set, matchesfashion.com L’Eskizzo wool Utah waistcoat, €109 Louis Vuitton gold and diamond Cuban Chain earrings, POA A.W.A.K.E....
...Many are hosted in the two dining cars, where superstar Taiwanese chef André Chiang and his team lay out sublime meals on starched damask, amid a small forest of chinking, winking crystal....
...Attempts to find a different register for The Stones stutter on “Driving Me Too Hard”, which resembles an E-Street knock-off....
...No such crystal ball is needed....
...collection Lucea which celebrates its 10th anniversary with – yes, you guessed it – a touch of green; in this instance the introduction of a malachite mosaic dial, made from the shards of the decorative stone...
...bucket and tongs set, £295 Mervyn Gers Ceramics stoneware-clay dinner plates, £160 for set of six, abask.com Cambridge Audio Alva St belt-drive turntable with Bluetooth, £849 Reflections Copenhagen crystal...
...Take hexagons, the ultra-strong “building blocks of life”, forming cell structures, crystals and geological wonders – a theme very present in the work of award-winning English goldsmith Jo Hayes Ward....
...The stone was fashioned from a 293-carat rough crystal recovered in 2019 from the Puerto Arturo shaft of the Muzo mine, source of the best material....
...Those in need of pure swank are catered for by the pop-up Krug and meze bar, gold-leafed and crystal-decked main restaurant and private spa suites....
...Buffett highlighted as examples of wildfire liabilities both PG&E and Hawaiian Electric, which has been sued in connection with last year’s devastating Maui inferno....
...“They’re a bit like crystal. You can produce as much of it as you want”. Natural diamonds are rare....
...In the year to the end of July, £1.3bn worth of disposable e-cigarettes were sold in Britain, according to NielsenIQ data....
...For decades now, books have also been found as electronic texts on e-readers and in multiple forms online....
...Mineralize SkinFinish Natural powder is wonderful and has vitamin E in it. I also love Biologique Recherche. For nutritional advice, I consult Dr Sara Farnetti....
...The imagery from the album’s title runs throughout, from crystal armour and magical mirrors to the reflective pools of CS Lewis’s Wood Between the Worlds and sound effects of shattering windows....
...The bottom of the book has been encrusted with sugar crystals and it appears, through the use of reflection, as if it is being eaten by the sweet substance from both ends....
...This year’s line-up includes James Blake, Cat Power, Simple Minds, Queens of the Stone Age, Air, Take That and The National....
...Figueroa says one box has a carbon footprint of 0.44kg of CO₂e, compared with about 4kg of CO₂e for the heavier old box made from materials covered in leather....
International Edition