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...“Venus”, painted for Count Maffei, was subsequently owned by Louis XIV — it prefigures French rococo taste....
...Forthcoming highlights include, on May 16, Cimarosa’s rarely heard L’Olimpiade (not strictly an opera about the Olympics, though Paris 2024 is clearly its peg and the games are alluded to in its libretto...
...When I ask Mount Anvil, co-developers with L&Q, how they alighted on the name, they do not offer comment....
...de St Ouen in the north of the city....
...Royals, including the Sun King Louis XIV, believed drinking tea was medicinal and helped their gout....
...When in residence, her friends – Laurence Leenaert of LRNCE or designer Louis Barthélemy – might pop by, which makes one feel immediately part of the city’s vibrant scene....
...France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian Jackson (Allen Lane) Marshal Pétain’s trial in 1945 — in which he was convicted for treason — becomes a lens through which to consider 20th-century French...
...But which US city’s Reserve Bank maintains it? A: St Louis Which two monetary authorities sold Czech gold on behalf of the Nazis?...
...“All food is fusion in a city like London,” says the co-founder of Angelina, a Japanese-Italian eatery in Dalston....
...gunthergelatoitaliano.com Maria Shollenbarger Berthillon, Paris Opened in 1954 by glacier Raymond Berthillon, whose black and white portrait hangs over the kitchen entrance, this ice-cream parlour on Île St-Louis...
...Café de l’Esplanade , 7th arr. La Rotonde, 6th arr. Le Stresa , 8th arr. Foreigners often mock the French working lunch....
...Laurent was a hunting lodge under Louis XIV, a tavern during the French Revolution, and has been a restaurant since 1840....
...Given our view of a lower rate of u/l FCF, we think the release of LT deposits has been required to replenish lower 1H inventories in 2H and service ST debt....
...Centene Sector: financials / HQ: St Louis, US Key stat: 41 per cent — year-on-year revenue jump. US health insurer Centene has experienced a surge in profits because of the coronavirus emergency....
...Despite a holiday-shortened week in the US, the calendar next week is as crowded as the New York City subway’s L train during rush hour. Here’s what to watch in the coming days....
...But perhaps the most surprising thing about L’Arlatan is its prices....
...The Mark, 25 East 77th St, New York, NY 10075 (themarkhotel.com)....
...Situated in the bowl of the copper-rich Mule mountains, Bisbee was once the largest city between St Louis and San Francisco. Then, in 1974, the mine closed....
...John Pillinger, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England A Manual for Cleaning Women , by Lucia Berlin, Picador, RRP£9.99/$17 I read this book on a recent beach trip (a midwinter getaway to St Martin...
...The Oranjezicht City Farm, Upper Orange St, Oranjezicht, 8001 (ozcf.co.za). The best book I’ve read in the past year is Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind by Dr Yuval Noah Harari....
...While many US cities have higher murder rates — last year, Chicago’s was 30 per 100,000, less than half the 59 in St Louis, for example — Chicago’s grew by 59 per cent in 2016, reaching its highest level...
...The coffee-shop explosion, from St Louis to Seoul, is part of a greater public consciousness about the connections between better-tasting coffee and more environmentally and financially sustainable practices...
...Les Mauvais Garçons, 34 Rue Saint-Louis en l’Ile, Paris 75004 (+331-4805 7358; lesmauvaisgarcons.fr) My favourite room in my house is my office....
...Moderne Occidental; Musée d’Etat de l’Ermitage...
...Chez L’Ami Louis, 32 Rue du Vertbois (+331-4887 7748). The Louvre, +331-4020 5050; www.louvre.fr. Marché Paul Bert Serpette, 96-110 Rue des Rosiers (+331-4011 5414; www.marcheauxpuces-saintouen.com)....
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