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...Ruscha’s translation of “Ceci n’est pas . . . ” is his 1964 negation “Won’t”, which quivers with wry ambiguity. The terse word appears cut out of blue card stock....
...Nearly 40 years after they first got together in Oklahoma City, The Flaming Lips continue to juxtapose innocence and experience on this, their 16th studio album (not counting their 2015 collaboration with...
...Within seconds of The Flaming Lips appearing on stage, Brixton Academy looked like a soft play centre for adults....
...The Red-Haired Woman , by Orhan Pamuk, Faber, RRP£16.99/Knopf, RRP$26.95, 272 pages Bettany Hughes is author of ‘Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities’ (W&N)....
...Jarrod Lawson’s early set was a standout of bouncy bass lines and slinky nu-soul grooves....
...Listening to Lonnie Donegan and Elvis Presley introduced him to the sounds of skiffle and rock ’n’ roll, escape routes from humdrum Epsom....
...Fashion doesn’t get much more Scottish than model Stella Tennant, prowling through the ruins of Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian, lit by flaming braziers, wearing head-to-toe tartan....
...It was cold, but autumn was still flaming away in the trees in Waterlow Park next door....
...Afterwards, Van Dongen retired to Monaco and played out his own credo: “Vivre c’est le plus beau tableau; le reste n’est que peindre.” Only painting – but at its best, what great painting!...
...With his wild grey hair and smiling countenance, Zanes resembled a cross between the comedian Steve Martin and Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips....
...“At 1am there was a fire show, with someone being lowered into a flaming pit for about 40 minutes. It was a Ukrainian ritual, apparently.”...
...The Janjaweed come at dawn usually, hurling flaming torches into the huts. They smash the tall clay jars with their clubs, spilling millet and sorghum on to the ground and setting fire to it....
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