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...Marilyn Monroe’s hourglass figure gave way to Twiggy; bulbous Buns of Steel in the 1980s were followed by Kate Moss’s “heroin chic” of the 1990s....
...Pratchett thus combines the social commentary of Boz, the machinations of Machiavelli, the political theory of Mill and the philosophy of Arendt, and all that with wizards, jokes and a grim reaper who could...
...The park was named after Daniel D Tompkins, who served as US vice-president under James Monroe and as governor of New York from 1807 until 1817....
...Human pickers stood in aisles with sets of goods around them, while order baskets moved past, suspended from steel beams....
...At times, this has been driven by necessity — lockdowns often meant that fabric mills were closed and studios were running on skeleton staffs, which caused delays....
...Hoicking myself up into the steel beast is like disappearing into America’s pounding industrial arteries....
...Perhaps, but it takes more than looks to make Marilyn Monroe seem dowdy (watch them together in How to Marry a Millionaire)....
...a couple of weeks, but proper, open-ended living — Oscar Wilde (“dying beyond my means” at the Hotel d’Alsace in Paris), Coco Chanel (The Ritz, Paris), Bob Dylan (The Washington Square Hotel), Marilyn Monroe...
...It was part of a three-day auction of Monroe memorabilia in November, the largest sale of its type ever held....
...The Oedipal fight is glorious in the grotesque, grinning “Woman” series, comic distortions achieved by whiplash line and raucous colour: descendants of “Les Demoiselles” in the age of Marilyn Monroe, the...
...Think of it: Caesar, Napoleon, Einstein, Hitler, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Elvis, Andy Warhol, David Bowie (several times) . . . and sometimes it takes centuries for someone to make the final cut....
...Portman captures the slightly stiff gait and the mid-Atlantic drawl, though the breathy, soporific delivery she adopts at times brings to mind — of all people — Marilyn Monroe....
...The mystery remains, but the art world is a rumour mill and no doubt the victor will, sooner or later, be outed....
...At first, visitors mill around, waiting for something to happen, but the only activity consists of those up-and-down screens, flashing lights, and, well, other visitors milling around....
...Miguel Angel Rojas, Espaivisor Gallery Shady figures mill around the corridors of a rundown movie theatre, eyeing each other up....
...Why The property has an original mill in the garden that is now a protected building....
...By the time Ferragamo returned to Italy in 1927 he had become so famous for his supple, stylish shoes that later stars such as Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren came for personal fittings....
...Gerdau, Latin America’s largest steelmaker....
...s acquisition of young British designer Nicholas Kirkwood during Milan Fashion Week, and Kering’s investment in new American designer Joseph Altuzarra during the New York shows, sent the fashion rumour mill...
...Why: The property has been transformed from a traditional Tuscan water mill....
...He describes his 12 glass-and- steel houses at Pinnacle in Andreas Hills as “elegant yet quiet”....
...The area was once a popular retreat for movie stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Bing Crosby, who came in search of sun and seclusion....
...Privatisation began with National Freight and was extended to include steel, gas, telecoms and water. State support for private industry was phased out....
...Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden, by Rachel Lichtenstein, Hamish Hamilton, RRP£20, 368 pages The universal fascination was perhaps best captured by Marilyn Monroe’s husky yelp – “Tiffany...
...Gerasimos Vlachos, a student at the centre of the early crush at one corner of the steel mesh barriers that still surround Ground Zero, said: “We really wanted to celebrate tonight....
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