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...A sword based on Charlemagne’s “Joyeuse” hangs from his left hip, while his brow is crowned with the gilded laurels of the Caesars....
...Designs (by Antony McDonald) and virtuoso lighting (by Warner’s regular collaborator Jean Kalman) create a scantily furnished but ever-changing space....
...Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Emile, inaugurating romanticism’s halo around infancy, appeared in 1762; Wordsworth’s “the child is father of the man” followed....
...I am learning to appreciate one of the widely marketed substitutes, Euonymus japonicus Jean Hugues. It will stop at a height of about 3ft if clipped and is totally hardy....
...Jeff Mills, pioneer of Detroit techno in the 1980s, does not rest on his laurels....
....” £96 for 75ml EDP; johnlewis.com Jean Nouvel, architect “I wear Eau des Baux by L’Occitane....
...immediately apparent because its facade is packed with delightfully theatrical detail: Flemish bond brickwork, two Corinthian pilasters supporting a compact pediment, an oeil-de-boeuf window framed by a carved laurel...
...The Greeks and Romans were the first enthusiasts, decorating wreaths and laurels with colourful jewels, gold and silver....
...Seeing a golden laurel leaf cut from the coronation crown of Napoleon go to another buyer at auction last year clearly rattled him. “Regrets, I have a few....
...After more than 45 years of dancemaking you could forgive Forsythe a little laurel-resting....
...Jean-Nicolas Méo of Méo-Camuzet in Vosne-Romanée told me he would like to produce a Bourgogne Côte de Beaune and a Bourgogne Côte de Nuits, wines representing the different characters of these two halves...
...But the laurels, for the moment, have to be handed to southern France....
...Every time I discovered something else to love, there was a whiff of further loss: the municipal car park planted not with London’s favourite repugnant Portuguese spotted laurel but with banks of raspberries...
...Her sister Ismene is played by a dancer (Laurel Jenkins)....
...I spend a lot of time gardening and have all kinds of plants with a Mediterranean feel, such as wisteria and laurels. I love that it’s green even in the winter months....
...That was evident when Mr Erdogan met Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission president, last week....
...The scabrous story of two hapless Dublin junkies, its tone is somewhere between Beckett and Laurel and Hardy....
...However, he cannot afford to rest on his laurels as competition in the market is heating up (see sidebar)....
...So laurels first of all for Derek Deane, whose eminently traditional version has returned to English National Ballet’s present season....
...There is one more recital to come, featuring song cycles by Schubert and Rautavaara (a major premiere), so no resting on his laurels for Finley. wigmore-hall.org.uk...
...In new roles such as Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Juliette, Boal had seen a depth of emotion from Nakamura that astounded him....
...Tonight Erik fitted right in with his suede oxfords and tailored jeans and he bantered easily with the hedge fund manager sitting next to him....
...Guerlain has not rested on its bronzed laurels. “Shades have developed enormously,” says spokesperson Richard Hawkins....
...Asia is minting its own laurels. Samuel Yin, a Taiwanese billionaire property developer, positioned his $100m Tang Prize Foundation to focus on areas neglected by the Nobels....
...There can never be any resting on laurels. LK And are you less inclined to rest on laurels because of your background? Because you weren’t born into theatreland . . ....
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