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...I’m struck by one bordered in a deep-button silk that is also pleated with burgundy velvet at the back. He points to another, in brassy gilt festooned with cherubs....
...There was The Lillie Langtry, the last inn on Abbey Road, which closed in 2022 and is due to be pulled down along with the neighbouring estate....
...More than 30 years later, I’m back, staying two doors up the road at Beaverbrook Town House, a lavish new landmark on one of London’s most storied avenues....
...“So I’m responsible for a multigenerational trauma,” says Dan. “Exactly,” Rebecca agrees....
...I’m telling you, you can take all those things, but if you get coronavirus, it’s too late.”...
...Returning to the details of the GDP report, construction leapt 23.5%m/m after its slump in April while industrial production and services showed gains of 9.3%m/m and 7.7% respectively....
...“Any time I’m not in the process of producing a show, I leave New York.”...
...It is where Edward VII and his mistress, actress Lillie Langtry, dined together in private....
..., I’m Her Willie....
...When I’m away I like to buy the local version of something I’m already fascinated with, to see how it’s made. thealvertongallery.co.uk The one artist whose work I would collect if I could is Cundo Bermúdez...
...Some say that Thomas was, in fact, Lillie Mae Scott, who stabbed her husband to death in Houston in 1931. Perhaps she was on the run....
...“The next horse I ride on, I’m going to be tied on,” sang the sublime comedian Beatrice Lillie....
...Halstock’s biggest project to date has been a 70 sq m wine room for 8,000 bottles complete with tasting and decanting areas, wine conditioning cabinets and a gated zone for the rarest crus, says Halstock...
...Then came immense versions of the White Stripes’ “I’m Slowly Turning into You” and “Ball and Biscuit”, White soloing with the ferocity of a man possessed....
...One day shy of achieving my biblical allotment of years, and hearing the sad news of the death of my younger namesake, Iain M Banks, this seemed the right morning for a cemetery outing....
...Look, I’m sure they are super guys – I’m just glad we didn’t have to rely on them during the civil rights era. But listen, will come the retort. The Garrick doesn’t hate women. It loves women....
...I’m standing at the foot of a gorgeous art deco staircase, looking up at the giant figure of Califia – California personified....
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