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...Poor decisions abound, but the show’s amusing awkwardness stems less from engineered moments of cringe than the consequences of the characters’ immaturity and self-doubt....
...At points during our meeting, it’s hard to tell whether I’m interviewing Jessie Ware or she’s interviewing me....
...One of its performing groups is Sphinx Virtuosi, a self-conducted, 18-strong string ensemble, which makes its UK debut at Snape Maltings this weekend....
...An open letter from 50 writers, including the novelists Zadie Smith and Jessie Burton, has called on the festival to seek another sponsor....
...Her mother was a self-taught seamstress and made the one-year-old Wakeman a navy coat with lace trim (crocheted by her grandmother). “Mum and I always made my clothes....
...— but its appeal is down to the brio of an energised cast led by Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman....
...“Gimme” is a sex-focused dancehall number with Jamaican singer Koffee and Canadian singer Jessie Reyez, whose irritating vocal hook hammers like a drill....
...This year features the likes of cult songstress Self Esteem, a semi-staged performance of Berlioz’s immense The Trojans, a focus on Rachmaninov to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth...
...Buckley plays Colman’s younger self, her story told in flashback. A twist at the heart of the film involves a wrenching emotional decision. Buckley rises to the challenge....
...In recent years, there have been memorable novels on the question of whether to have children, such as Sheila Heti’s Motherhood and Jessie Greengrass’s Sight, but the story of those who wanted children but...
...In flashbacks, Jessie Buckley is her younger self, before the kids grew up and left. But to start there is only Colman....
...Skinner makes an amiable and painfully trusting Roger; Simon Lipkin (stepping in for Peacock for medical reasons) is agreeably loathsome as the slippery, self-absorbed Brian....
...So did pop acts such as Jessie J and Emeli Sande. Edwards filmed Ed Sheeran performing his song “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You” in 2010, a year before the singer-songwriter’s first chart hit....
...So I went home and rented a Disney film, and did that the entire week – just watching them as a way of self-soothing.” He sighs happily....
...Exhibitions have included those by painters Joana Galego and Amy Beager, self-taught ceramicist Alma Berrow, and abstract painter Jessie Stevenson, whose work explores our relationship with nature – and...
...Another thing is that when it comes to that early-stage funding, most black entrepreneurs are self-funded, but a lot of entrepreneurs are self-funded, particularly at those early stages....
...Coming after Blanchard’s first opera — Champion, also premiered at St Louis, with its themes of homophobia and self-recrimination — it is clear Blanchard likes to tackle strong, contemporary themes....
...Lullo Pampoulides gallery is showing a self-portrait by a French painter called Ernestine Darbour, which was painted in 1894 (“Self-portrait, aged 22, holding a palette and a lily”, £38,000)....
...What A five-bedroom modern house with extensive entertainment areas, an art studio, wine cellar and a separate self-contained apartment with two bedrooms, perfect for visitors....
...Table Manners: The Cookbook by Jessie and Lennie Ware (Penguin, £15.99)....
...The property has 10 bedrooms, a saltwater swimming pool, and a tennis court, plus outbuildings and two self-contained cottages....
...A painting by Frida Kahlo — one of her self-portraits. Her gaze, her power… What’s your biggest extravagance? Clothes....
...When The Crown wraps in the spring, O’Connor will be working on a series of new projects, and August will see him take to the stage as Romeo opposite Jessie Buckley’s Juliet at the National Theatre....
...Using brand power for campaigning also drew Jessie Macneil-Brown to the private sector....
...For a young person not used to dealing with money, even a few hundred thousand pounds can cause them to lose motivation and self-discipline if they are not mentally ready to handle it....
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