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...An avuncular, grey-bearded presence behind a pair of decks, Bovell introduced Nigerian saxophonist Bukky Leo, then a protégée, L Dot, an attitudinal teenage rapper....
...‘Making History: The Ceramic Work of Simon Pettet’ at Dennis Severs’ House, London It had been years since I’d visited Dennis Severs’ House in Spitalfields; I returned this autumn for a show of Simon Pettet...
...Ogulu made his musical debut in 2010 with a string of single releases, eventually releasing his debut album, L.I.F.E – Leaving an Impact For Eternity in 2013....
...L’Oréal purchased Aesop from Brazilian conglomerate Natura for $2.5bn last year, in a record deal that makes it the French beauty company’s highest-value acquisition to date....
...To take part, simply send White’s first move to Nigel Dennis, Boundary House, 230 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 1QY or by email to winton@theproblemist.org....
...This year’s big crowd-pleaser, in the airy Palais de l’Archevêché, is a retrospective of the great American colourist Saul Leiter....
...According to L’Equipe, PSG ditched plans for a US tour after being offered €20mn to divert to Japan instead....
...The downstairs “Den” room, which I peeked into, has a terrace and a gorgeous trompe-l’oeil autumn-leaf design on the floor that made me briefly wonder if housekeeping had slacked off that day....
...It is also the anniversary of IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeating Garry Kasparov at chess in 1996....
...Sturm Hydrating Face Mist, €85 Givenchy L’Intemporel Blossom Cream-in-Mist, £48 Drunk Elephant Sweet Biome Sake Spray, £35 Chanel Hydra Beauty Essence Mist, £48...
...There’s also a textile translation of one of Garry Fabian Miller’s “camera-less” photographs created directly on photographic paper, As the White Light Fuses the Green Air, Midwinter (POA) – a tapestry that...
...He stole them in New York: sitting in economics classes at Columbia University, obsessing over Barack Obama’s re-election victory and hanging out with Woody Allen and the chess player Garry Kasparov....
...On a chessboard, the knight moves in a curious but very precise L-shape: travelling two squares in one direction, and then shifting at a right angle to travel one more square....
...SAFE — whose leadership council comprises executives from several large US companies, including Royal Caribbean Cruises, FedEx and L-3 Communications — wants the US to revive and expand federal incentives...
...London Polymath 1,006: Dr Colin C Mackay, Delaware, USA Crossword 16,069: Steve Abel, York; Alan Cruse, Stockport; M McQuillan, Edinburgh Polymath 1,005: Mrs SM Fraser, Middlesbrough Crossword 16,057: G Dennis...
...Other highlights include three anonymous works: a 17th-century Dutch school painting of a King Charles spaniel (£1,500-£2,000), a 19th-century French school trompe l’oeil of a nun peeking through a shutter...
...Smart reads The golden ticket Apollo Global Management’s Garry Parr has a hobby that keeps his boss, Leon Black, sweet....
...He sold Pierre Soulages’ “Composition” (c.1952) for €450,000, and André Masson’s “L’homme ivre (l’homme libre)” (1962) for €220,000. Both works were acquired by European collectors....
...All staff will join the new company with founder Garry Moroney reporting directly to Mr Painter....
...Dennis Berman will join Lazard as a managing director. Berman is a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter and editor....
...In Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, humans are empowered to follow their passions and bend the gods’ will to their own designs....
...Couperin L’Apothéose de Lully Arcangelo (Hyperion) The delightful scenario of L’Apothéose de Lully imagines the composer Lully, one of François Couperin’s forebears at the court of Louis XIV, being wafted...
...In 2007 McLaren was stripped of all its constructors’ championship points and fined $100m by the sport’s governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), after being found to have collaborated...
...Botanist Mark Spencer introduced me to the elusive Sisymbrium irio L., commonly named “London rocket”, as it was abundant in the capital after the Great Fire of 1666....
...The biggest parlour game in French M&A circles relates to guessing how Macron will deal with the holdings of the French state, with particular focus on the Agence des Participations de l’Etat (APE)....
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