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...The muscular vocals of Hamid Al-Saadi, singing fragments of Iraqi poetry, were at the centre of the music....
...Tangled Paths: A Life of Aby Warburg by Hans C Hönes (Reaktion/ University of Chicago Press)The story of one of the most influential historians of art and culture of the 20th century reveals a man of many...
...’s Great Mass in C Minor will be performed on April 5-6 and May 26 respectively....
...The suites vary, but all are 50sq m with courtyard entrances, and furnished with pieces by – or at least inspired by – Arne Jacobsen, Eero Saarinen, Joe Colombo, Isamu Noguchi, Charles and Ray Eames et al...
...really do want to be part of Russia, et cetera....
...“I saw the kimono exhibition at London’s V&A before things closed down – I often go there for inspiration,” she says....
...In this year’s final, it’s Manchester City versus London’s Chelsea, Pep Guardiola against rival top manager Thomas Tuchel; Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Abu Dhabi royal, against Russian-Israeli...
...The great French novelist Gustave Flaubert followed his own advice, and for the 200th anniversary of his birth, his native city of Rouen showcases the extremes. It is an intriguing prospect....
...MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman , by Ben Hubbard, William Collins, RRP£20, 384 pages Malise Ruthven is the author of ‘L’Arabie des Saoud: Wahhabisme, violence et corruption’ (La fabrique)...
...Here’s Investec (sell) to summarise: [L]ockdowns are impacting consumption in North America (c. 30% of sales), Europe (c. 20% of sales), India (c. 10% of sales), Africa (12% of sales) and many countries...
...Et voilà, we have our dream society....
...Along with the powerhouses of LVMH, Kering et al, niche indie designers are also carving out an aesthetic mixing west and east in a way that is both credible and commercially viable....
...Lodge for two from €190; berberlodge.net Dar al Hossoun, Taroudant Just outside the small walled city of Taroudant in the Souss valley, this 16-room retreat is renowned for its gardens....
...L’archipel français: Naissance d’une nation multiple et divisée, a book by Ifop pollster Jerôme Fourquet, explains the splintering of society behind these numbers....
...Claire Bushey in Chicago 53....
...And if Zuckerberg et al believe in community as much as they profess, why are their own headquarters and philanthropic efforts not more community focused?...
...In the summers Simpson took courses at the Art Institute of Chicago while visiting her grandmother....
...If I didn’t live in London, the city I would live in is Florence....
...the city’s art establishment....
...sympathetic lens of pioneering Latif Al Ani....
...Edwin Heathcote is the FT’s architecture and design critic Photographs: Richard Davis/De Havilland Aircraft Museum; V&A; Estate of Bertrand Goldberg; Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace’; HB-13583-H, Chicago...
...Chicago, America’s second city, needs little introduction....
...Privately owned examples here — “Balcon, Boulevard Haussmann” (1880), where two unconnected men stare down at the new city; “Boulevard vu d’en haut” (also 1880) with young tree, bench and tilting pavement...
...Inspired by the hip city-centre hotel brands Ace, Mama Shelter and Generator, they devised what the group calls “une nouvelle vision de l’hôtellerie”....
...Top of this table are Boston (riding the backs of the Red Sox and football Patriots), Dallas, Denver, Chicago and New York....
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