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...shearling and suede combo is super-seductive – the sort of thing Marcel Proust would have worn had he held an HGV licence. cifonelli.com Vintage Tiffany & CO owl ring, $2,000 auction estimateTiffany’s Gene...
...She may never have assumed the crown if the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, had not caused her uncle, King Edward VIII, to abdicate in 1936 in order to marry her....
...Meanwhile, a smooth voiceover talks us through the plot so far: “Previously on Edward II . . . ” For this is a serialisation of Christopher Marlowe’s 16th-century tragedy, mischievously packaged to resemble...
...The risk for Biden is that he is over-interpreting the times, says Edward Luce....
...‘Scarlet Street’ (1945), Fritz Lang Edward G....
...For anyone who came away from Colum McCann’s 2020 Booker-longlisted novel Apeirogon astonished at the tales of migratory birds, Scott Weidensaul’s A World on a Wing (Picador, March) offers a deeper dive....
...In Antwerp, a 150-year-old statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II was removed....
...As in his recent Ronnie Scott’s residency, Elling reworked “Little Drummer Boy” into a transcendent celebration of rhythm....
...Stravinsky’s Ragtime II, written in 1918, and Milhaud’s 1923 La Creation de Monde showed that though jazz-inspired composition has moved on, it has not strayed that far....
...English dealer Anthony Woodburn is selling for £65,000 a modestly sized walnut veneered long-case clock, inlaid with panels of floral marquetry from the period of Charles II (c1685)....
...history of genetics that takes us from the pioneering work of Gregor Mendel through early 20th century eugenics, the Watson-Crick discovery of DNA and on to the current “gene editing” revolution....
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...Plectrum-style guitarist Bruce Edwards fuses harmonic adventure with George Benson licks; drummer Gene Jackson is a percussion virtuoso who has mastered the idiom....
...Proms first night The BBC’s 120th Henry Wood Proms season of 92 concerts opens at London’s Royal Albert Hall with Edward Elgar’s oratorio “The Kingdom” (to September 13)....
...The kids were divided up, with two-thirds being allocated to Edward II of England, which actually understates his numerical advantage, and a third to Robert the Bruce....
...It was built in 1313 for the Earl of Lancaster, cousin of Edward II....
...One of the most likeable pieces is a bravura time-lapse film called “Étang de Pezières II” by Jeffrey Blondes....
...It incorporates art, design, antique furniture, precious jewels and vintage cars, and the food (Le Caprice, Scott’s Seafood & Champagne Bar, the Mount Street Deli, Urban Caprice) is top notch....
...JAR Paris Vol II , by Pierre Genet and Joel Arthur Rosenthal, JAR Vol II, RRP$800 In 2003, Rosenthal published the limited edition 10lb-plus JAR Paris....
...Peter Scott, chief executive, Dorset Chamber of Commerce. Keith Shackleton, artist and author. Ann McGregor-Sistern, chief executive, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce....
...Pagel describes how genes and culture evolved hand in hand to create collaborative human society. Particularly interesting are the chapters on linguistic evolution....
...The Rage , by Gene Kerrigan, Vintage, RRP£7.99 Naylor is a professional thief barely out of jail when he plots his next heist....
...Only last year at PAD, Jermyn St dealer Simon Dickinson sold a 1965 oil, entitled “E.O.W. on her Blue Eiderdown II”, by School of London painter Frank Auerbach for over £2m....
...It is asserted that the pound remained the dominant international currency until after World War II, long after the United States had overtaken Britain as the leading economy, reflecting those self-same...
...The set of three large, limited-edition, hand-blown vases is produced by Venetian manufacturer Venini and designed by London-based duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby....
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