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...Resnais’s film opens with shots of skin-on-skin that suggest tenderness and disgust at the same time; in Kashimada’s novel, this paradox is also present, but de-eroticised by her emphasis on spirituality...
...Chaumet gold and diamond L’Épi de Blé de Chaumet ring, £10,200. Saskia Diez sterling-silver Long Star earring, €105 for a pair Paul Smith silk shirt, £425, and matching silk tie, £110....
...But Nolan was the one more likely to walk away whistling a tune....
...Blanchet is the founder of Mon Vintage, which deals in vintage couture from the 1930s through to the 2010s....
...If there is an EU democratic deficit, it lies with the “intergovernmental” European Council, which has seized a de facto decision-making power that does not belong to it, deciding unanimously even...
...Algiers-born singer-songwriter Souad Massi, whose elegantly poignant tones have been likened to the Lebanese diva Fairuz, sings the opening track “Loin de ma terre” (“Far From My Land”), which relates a...
...Desserts run from rhubarb and custard tart to Mons cheese with quince jelly. Baya Simons Los Mochis London City is open from 11 April....
...Not only Nolan, but also Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino still use film....
...Informal meeting of EU ministers responsible for cohesion policy in Mons....
...In today’s newsletter, we look at critics seeking to de-throne carbon emissions as the ultimate measure of corporate readiness for the energy transition....
...Mon Dieu, I’m not a monster!” “Well, he says he didn’t do it,” Percy offered. “Uh, what else could possibly have happened? This is literally the thing that he does! Do something about him!...
...Near the superb transverse canal, de Vogüé pointed me to the Mons bridge, an area of wilded greenery which leads to arches older than the château....
...the formally correct “un truc de fou”....
...Mon–Weds, 7pm–midnight; Thurs, 12.30pm–2am; Fri–Sat, 12.30pm–3am; Sun, 12.30pm–midnight Bendito Vinos y Vinilos Mercado de San Fernando, Calle de Embajadores 41, 28012 Madrid Good for: Soaking up the...
...Nolan was not the first big name to butt heads with Warners publicly. In 1943 actress Olivia de Havilland took the studio to court to prevent her contract being unfairly extended....
...Some would probably argue that more information is not the same as better information . . . but c’mon....
...packing those trunks to revisit The Strand (just up the road at 180), bringing treasures from its Florence archives for an exhibition celebrating the journey so far – just as new creative director Sabato De...
...In Basel, the gallery is showing a painting by Elaine de Kooning from her Bacchus series along with new works by UK artist Hew Locke (prices on the booth range from $80,000 to $3mn)....
...Blanchet’s showroom in Paris’s Saint-Germain-des-Prés is an Aladdin’s cave of fashion treasures....
...Tatatu minted new shares in January to give to Anivad Consulting Ltd, a company owned by Teodorani-Fabbri and his wife Davina de Forest (née Cornish)....
...I imagined big, tall buildings like in Rio de Janeiro. And then they showed me Hollywood, and that was a huge disappointment!”...
...Charles de Gaulle and leading members of the Free French Forces were regulars during their second world war exile in London....
...In ciphered letter F130 from 1583, she wrote: Monsieur de Mauvissière, . . ....
...The Lasry and Rampling relationship was not exactly a coup de foudre; it gestated over time....
...The decision was deeply unpopular with Hollywood’s creative community, with star director Christopher Nolan splitting with Warner after nearly 20 years as a result....
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