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...Before that, smileys had cropped up in various guises – Czech monk Bernard Hennet used them in his signature in the 1740s, while a crudely drawn face was discovered on a pot from 1700BC....
...“One was a Mr E Forbes Smiley.” Alarmed British Library staff checked the other volumes Smiley had examined. “Sure enough, maps were missing from those too.”...
...These include Banksy’s spray-paint on canvas “Bomb Love” (2003, £240,000) and acrylic and spray paint “Smiley Copper” (2003, £680,000). Works start from £15,000 and are on view until July 3....
...He never trademarked the smiley....
...Like Mr Carcelle, he is a famously smiley and personable manager....
...A blinded smiley would look just like that. It acts as a graphic shorthand of the whole picture: a visual title....
...he and his son Benjamin created for clients that range from Sofia Coppola to French luxury-goods mogul Bernard Arnault....
...It was during a holiday at Reid’s Palace Hotel in Madeira in 1924 that George Bernard Shaw learnt to tango....
...be tough – axing 30,000 jobs in the aftermath of September 11 2001 – yet he was also quirky, often signing his name on letters, even on contracts, with “Alan” next to a caricature of an aircraft with a smiley...
...I take off my shoes and am offered a black pair with big, yellow smiley faces on them....
...But Grosvenor House has also decided to remain resolutely British, finding space this year for just seven foreign dealers and ensuring that they are major players, such as Paris furniture specialist Bernard...
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