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...Its colourful enamel is now almost impossible to decipher, it’s so obscured by the patina of use – and, let’s be honest, kitchen grime....
...Yeoh, 60, began her career performing in Hong Kong martial arts films with Jackie Chan before moving on to wider-release features including the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and Crouching Tiger, Hidden...
...Jackie Wullschlager WORLD MUSIC Lula Pena This Portuguese singer’s admirers are always trying to convert unbelievers....
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...William Morris was pivotal here but so was his friend Burne-Jones, born and raised in Birmingham and sensitised since childhood to art’s role as a weapon against industrial grime and Victorian utilitarianism...
...He dislikes Peter Grimes, dismisses Verdi’s Requiem as kitsch and vents other private hatreds. He may throw little light on his own work but his lack of tact provides its own illumination....
...Christopher Grimes is an FT correspondent based in New York...
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