Hints and tips:
...On holiday last week, I went to view a retrospective of the British artists Gilbert & George in an industrial shed next to a shiny tower designed by a globally celebrated architect....
...It’s surprising a working group that includes such reformist City folk as Nigel Wilson, Helena Morrissey and Edi Truell have written such a bland document....
...If you pick an artist to open a restaurant it has to reflect what’s going on in their head — Pharmacy 2 is not bland....
...The sea bream is perfectly decent, if a little bland. In a rare lull in the conversation, I eavesdrop on the neighbouring table. They have moved on to an animated discussion of Top Gear....
...And is Singapore overcoming its reputation for being bland, controlled and . . . well, just boring?...
...These were designed by the Art Deco architects Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, who built the Hoover Building in Perivale and the Firestone Factory in Brentford....
...Argentina: “There may be a spiral of devaluation” Of the many scarce commodities on the streets of Buenos Aires these days, none is rarer than faith, writes Jonathan Gilbert....
...Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960), it has a pierced crown that dates it to 1924 …a great example of that era’s elegant street furniture. Anthemion motifs....
...There are a few undisputed monuments, protected by listing and legislation, but we are in critical danger of losing other extremely fine buildings to bland commercial development, often far more aesthetically...
...A classic 1950s Broadway musical, it represents the peak of achievement in a popular genre that began with Jacques Offenbach and Johann Strauss in the mid-19th century and has come through Gilbert and Sullivan...
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