Hints and tips:
...There is something a little spooky about the timing of Xochitl Gonzalez’s second novel Anita de Monte Laughs Last....
...In 1960, she signed a lease on a loft in Chambers Street, and with La Monte Young organised events that attracted the alternative elite....
...Riviera, Monte Carlo and the ski slopes of Courchevel....
...CMB Monaco, which is owned by Italy’s Mediobanca, caters to the ultra-wealthy from its headquarters in Monte Carlo....
...Cage and La Monte Young....
...Frankie Rossi, at Marlborough for nearly 20 years, has set up Frankie Rossi Art Projects and been joined by Geoffrey Parton and John Erle-Drax, at Marlborough for more than 50 years each....
...One advert for Del Monte tomato sauce that read “Hang on, little tomato” inspired her to make her own silkscreen which described Mary as “the juiciest tomato of all”....
...Lloyd’s of London chief executive John Neal told the Financial Times that the industry “needs characters and voices that stand up for the best we have to offer and Denis will be forever missed”....
...Not as reductive as La Monte Young’s earliest conceptual pieces, but more than the busy motoric minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass....
...It was the 1971, which was delivered to John Avery of Averys of Bristol. Since then, Draper has been the most faithful California wine exporter to Europe by quite a margin....
...And the best souvenir I’ve brought home was a Rolex Daytona watch that I was given when I won the Monte Carlo Grand Prix in 1971. That was a big deal for me. I still have it....
...Job moves Goldman Sachs’ chief of staff John Rogers, one of the bank’s most influential executives, is stepping back from his role....
...I need to apologise to John Hempton....
...No doubt more will queue for the new Monte Carlo branch due to open in September....
...Blame John Steinbeck, that midcentury Baedeker who arrived in Positano on an assignment for Harper’s Bazaar in 1953 and was quickly captivated by the “old family house converted into a first-class hotel”...
...Former Deutsche Bank chief John Cryan is retiring as Man Group chair. General Atlantic has named HSBC veteran Samir Assaf as chair of the Middle East and north Africa....
...Special thanks goes out to Roula Khalaf, Rob Armstrong, Peter Spiegel, Alastair Mackie, Jess Truglia and Sam Giovinco at the FT, and to Jacob Weisberg, Gretta Cohn and John Schnaars at Pushkin....
...He could smell bullshit,” recalls John Mack, who was then head of Morgan Stanley’s fixed-income division....
...Gucci’s venue, the 13th-century fortress Castel del Monte, is a national landmark featured on the back of the Italian cent....
...Manhattan’s Upper Fifth Avenue is now the world’s most expensive street for luxury shopping, according to a new survey, with Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district in Kowloon in second place and Milan’s Via Monte...
...John Hackett The Hispanic Society Museum & Library, New York New York’s Hispanic Society Museum & Library holds the finest collection of Spanish literature and manuscripts outside of the country, including...
...“La Monte Young and Terry Riley would stage all-night concerts in New York loft apartments where people would lie down and listen to the music,” says pianist Christina McMaster, who has tried to recreate...
...Former military John Abizaid, the former head of US Central Command, and William McRaven, the head of US special operations when Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden, will be her new coworkers....
...The last meal that truly impressed me was at the Hôtel Hermitage in Monte Carlo, where star chef Yannick Alléno took over the restaurant this year....
...A week ago, Tiger told limited partners that John Curtius, a prolific software investor who oversaw over 100 investments since 2019, would be leaving....
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