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...Such was the case at Max Mara, where creative director Ian Griffiths stuck to a predominantly muted colour scheme....
...Among them, “Nook” by Mara Bragagnolo, in the Porta Venezia Library, offers innovative furnishings to ensure that neurodiverse children are able to freely express themselves with multifunctional, adaptable...
...“It’s definitely more contemporary, in a sort of bleached-out veneer,” says Julia Ransom of the Arc Burl floor mirror (£2,695) and Livon chair (£1,895) in Ransom & Dunn’s Foundations collection....
...God knows a langoustine is worth, if not a whole king’s ransom, then at least a minor duke’s. And by happy coincidence, the best langos in the world are widely accepted to come from Scotland....
...On the second floor of Selfridges in London, between concessions for Gabriella Cole Garments and Max Mara, you will find the new restaurant called Adesse....
...Queen Christina (1933) Ian Griffiths, Max Mara Hollywood greats always inspire me — the poise and polish of black-and-white-era divas is so Max Mara....
...It feels an age ago when our Venice-bound Orient Express sauntered like a countess out of Gare de l’Est. “I hear the right is still rampant,” he shivers....
...A king’s ransom, indeed....
...What does your L’Interdit represent? CWK L’Interdit is such a magical name....
...Max Mara was inspired by the “politics of glamour” and more specifically the model, and regular Max Mara muse, Linda Evangelista....
...Mr O’Mara said there was no way to reach net-zero emissions without the technology, which is opposed by some as enabling the continued combustion of fossil fuels....
...Criminals might find ways to hack the databases of banks, diverting vast amounts of money towards themselves or even holding financial institutions to ransom....
...Naturally, there is an existential threat to be foiled, in the form of a mob of deplorables led by a shock-haired Samuel L Jackson....
...We were living almost “off the grid” — no phone reception or TV — even as we were surrounded by L’Occitane toiletries and very fine wine....
...After being ousted from the bank in 2012, he set up Atlas Mara, an Africa-focused investment vehicle....
...Cate Blanchett plays the rich New Jersey housewife struck by love, and Rooney Mara took the Best Actress prize at Cannes for her shy shop assistant....
...The trio are City grandees with solid reputations, including Peter Chambers, former boss of L&G Investment Management....
...Bhaja is usually described as a cave temple but it is really more like sculpture on an epic scale: an entire range of monastic buildings hewn out of the rock and elaborately decorated with sculpted trompe l’...
...(Financial Times) “Thousands more victims of Bernard L....
...Pantene’s arch rival L’Oréal has encouraged a generation of women to buy its beauty projects teaching them to say: “Because I’m worth it.”...
...A homage to The Wizard of Oz, Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful tells how the endearing charlatan who ruled Emerald City in the 1939 film from Frank L....
...“This is what they tend to look like,” he says, holding up a piece of paper that resembles an extensive ransom note. He picks up a magnifying glass on his desk to demonstrate how he reads....
...This year fashion brands have been poised to fight over new hopefuls Jessica Chastain, Michelle Williams, Rooney Mara, Emma Stone and Bérénice Bejo, along with the usual slew of A-list talents....
...Now the president, who has recently been increasingly distancing herself from Moyano (repeatedly warning unions publicly not to hold the country to ransom with strikes, for example) has dealt him a slap...
...The bad news is that Indian Ocean piracy is becoming an ordinary part of the shipping business; The International Maritime Bureau counts 350 attacks so far this year and ransoms now run about $4m an incident...
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