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...So . . . what’s not to like(n)? Yann Maidment Edinburgh, UK...
...For his 12th trick, he led dummy’s fourth diamond. If West holds the master trump, declarer must hope that he also holds a fourth diamond....
...BiddingDealer: East N/S Game North’s 3H showed a game-going raise in spades; South’s 4H was a cue-bid....
...By the time the hand was through, with North taking three trump tricks and scoring his fourth diamond right at the end, East had managed only five tricks, and N/S revelled in +800....
...Forced to have their own ecosystems, neighbourhoods there harbour all manner of curiosities: galleries in strip malls, vinyl-playing bars above unpromising chain pizzerias, a restaurant as fine as n/naka...
...BiddingDealer: East N/S Game Some North players responded 1NT, but 4S was always reached. The only safe lead is a trump....
...; the Ball n Chain necklace (from £9,000), a loop of orbs, designed to be worn with detachable pendants; and the Forget Me Knot bangle (from £15,000), a claw set with a 0.8ct diamond....
...Inès Cross Okashi is at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, from 13 April until 30 June SHOP A diamond-studded Breakfast at Tiffany’s Bound in black goatskin, studded with over 1,000 white-platinum-set diamonds...
...We re-encounter well-known episodes — the pair’s meeting on Jackson Island, close calls on the Mississippi — but the reversal of perspective is powerfully revealing....
...Burtynsky’s disturbingly beautiful photography brings a giant’s eye view to our ravaged planet, rendering mining sites as glimmering jewel boxes, desertscapes as geometric puzzles and dumping grounds as Jackson...
...It is rumoured Gaga was paid almost £7mn to don the diamond, a figure not unheard of in the industry....
...Jackson’s starting base note for I, his first fragrance, is Haitian vetiver root....
...The UK’s flexible constitution has had its day Making UK governance fit for the future The UK’s constitution is not working British politics will stay sleazy until the Lords is reformed Devolution N...
...We went from a very smooth kind of R&B to a very cool way of inflecting our rock’n’roll approach.”...
...And Bob Dylan, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson and, once you factor in who they inspired in turn, well, yes, “everything” is pretty much the size of it....
...Even Messika, one of the most high-octane red-carpet diamond dealers, has a Mystical suite....
...The Stones filed out of their marquee-dressing room to walk towards a Portakabin for a “meet ’n’ greet” with some local VIPs....
...She loves the Rose one, and I like the Black Diamond one....
...“Polyhalite is a niche product, it doesn’t really make money,” said Joel Jackson, analyst at BMO capital markets....
...You get “Christmas in Hollis” by Run-DMC, you get Salt-N-Pepa singing “Santa Baby”, you get “Merry Christmas Baby” by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band....
...Plus I love the rustic texture and diamond-shaped patterns you end up with as a result of the weaving. Even better?...
...Four weeks ago, Philip Dybvig, Douglas Diamond et al won the Riksbank Prize....
...REINO LEHTONEN-RILEYGo-to designer for rock royalty Skull-and-crossbone rings, dagger pendants, bleeding-heart studs — for half a century the rock’n’roll sterling silver and gold jewellery by The Great...
...Meanwhile, Boucheron’s collection was inspired by modern maharajas and featured a standout rock crystal ring topped with a cushion-cut diamond — its traditional, floral motif instantly turning rock ‘n’ roll...
...Since setting up her brand in 2016, Patcharavipa has seen her textured gold jewellery on A-listers such as Gigi Hadid, Janet Jackson, and the award-winning actor Kodi Smit-McPhee....
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