Hints and tips:
...Even from the monitor mix, with none of the patina that Nick Gold as producer would bring to the recording, the performance of the four-chord song “Chan Chan” makes it clear that something special was happening...
...Julia Chan and Jake Wood offer crackling support as the increasingly raddled guests. It’s a good ghost story, a rather less good play — the structure is too clunky and the characters too one-note....
...Christian Dior’s childhood home in Granville, France, and its garden inspired many of his creations: from rose and lily-of-the-valley perfumes to his New Look ensembles of 1947....
...Coco Chan, head of womenswear, says: “It is a great day-to-evening option, and can even add a nice touch of drama to your work attire....
...The sense of overcrowding is repeated on a snorkelling trip I take to the Hol Chan Marine Reserve....
...And then you come to number 11, a gleaming, geometrical puzzle of a house that resembles a futuristic butterfly perched on a tower of lily pads....
...Next month, Chinachem will begin leasing the Lily, a 24-storey luxury residential tower built on land it bought for HK$5.55bn in 1997....
...Is Park Chan-wook a man or a theme park? I sometimes suspect him of being the latter: a giant Korean amusement ground that spills its exotic imaginings, via cinema, across the world....
...This is where red lechwe antelope, saddle-billed stork and herds of buffalo come, thirsty for the sweet water that gives rise year round to water lilies, malachite kingfisher and lush wetlands....
...Then relax with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker....
...Akki-chan, as Japanese weekly magazines have christened her (the diminutive “chan” is also used for pets and Hello Kitty), has outshone her husband since he became prime minister last September....
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