Hints and tips:
...“Big Biz & their political lackeys are crying that the South’s economic model is under attack,” said UAW strategist Chris Brooks on X. “They’re right....
...Copley depicts Brook Watson, a 14-year-old sailor who, when his ship docked in Havana harbour, impulsively took a dip and met a shark....
...Also, she’s very much got that Trump Girl look: jewel toned sheath dress, Kardashian hair, and a former South Dakota snow queen to boot. I could see them on stage together quite easily....
...But in recent years Murdoch broke up his empire, splitting 21st Century Fox and selling many of its crown jewels to Disney for $71bn....
...While the form of crystals in particular has long fascinated master goldsmiths such as Sean Gilson and art-jewel giants Otto Jakob, Etsuko Sonobe and Ara Vartanian (whose home in São Paulo is adorned with...
...Gherardo Felloni, creative director of Roger Vivier, has made an antique brooch and a collared Brooks Brothers shirt his signature....
...Then, in 1977, it became the first to have two, and in 1982, after it moved to a Victorian townhouse on Upper Brook Street, where it has remained ever since, the first to clock up three....
...I like to hang baubles in my garlands, which end up looking like jewels half-hidden by dark green leaves....
...My husband recently gave it to me – it’s this gorgeous little jewel box of a desk that I’ve been using to draw. A recent “find” is Call My Agent on Netflix....
...Stop for a little coffee at HR Higgins, coffee supplier to the Queen, before walking down Brook Street for a dose of Art Deco....
...Their image covered everything from fabrics to ceramics, and they were as prized as jewels. In 1772, George III even hired a dedicated plant hunter to bring back special specimens....
...It is worth checking out the festive offering at Cutter Brooks, too....
...The brand’s jewel-toned cashmere sweaters, cheap-but-chic statement necklaces and slim chinos were just the thing for young and mid-career office workers who were adapting to an increasingly casual workplace...
...With help of funding from the local community she opened this jewel of a bakery, named after her neighbourhood in LA, just before the first lockdown....
...arrow piercing the silver skin of the brook”....
...An unexpected pleasure was discovering beautiful painted paper flowers at The Green Vase pop-up at Cutter Brooks, just before the shops all closed....
...They hang opposite the Rijksmuseum’s jewel-like small canvas “The Holy Family at Night”, where intense concentrated light falls on everyday domestic objects — spinning wheel, cradle — to suggest divine peace...
...Yet many investors seem to be positioned for this trend to continue indefinitely — viewing their quality defensive holdings — names such as Nestlé and Unilever — as the jewels in their portfolio crown....
...Here is where I hit my first roadblock: many of these are guarded more fiercely than the crown jewels....
...Recruitment of judges for the pan-European system is going well, says Daniel Brook, a partner in the London IP group of Hogan Lovells, the international law firm....
...Stephen Brook’s The Complete Bordeaux states that the vineyard total had risen to 13.5ha by 2013....
...The jewel in the crown of Salomon Estate, the Australian wine venture, is Alttus, based on the highest part of the vineyard they have planted with what they call Shiraz, even though the wine has more than...
...That’s the sort of thing you do if you are Hew Blair of Justerini & Brooks and Simon Berry of Berry Bros & Rudd....
...Alessi, 22 Brook Street, London W1 (020-7518 9091; alessi.com) and branches/stockists. Aram, 110 Drury Lane, London WC2 (020-7557 7557; aram.co.uk)....
...Mr Selden’s Map of China is a picaresque journey, laced with asides, yet each digression contains a jewel of insight. We discover what a special place maps held for the Chinese, then as now....
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