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...(€24) – a quote from actor Adèle Haenel’s attack on Roman Polanski at the Césars – expresses solidarity with the #MeToo movement....
...bars on the Left Bank in Paris and those dotting Capri, to classic American diners and celebrity haunts (see: Marilyn Monroe at the Waldorf Astoria)....
...The Assyrian, Roman, Persian, Byzantine, Ottoman, British, Soviet, and American empires are gone from the region,” he writes....
...Like Caesar’s Gaul, Mount’s lively book is divided into three parts. The first, on the idea of a Caesar, pours scorn on a rather strange mixture of actual and would-be tyrants....
...The entrance lounge feels like a gallery for emerging artists, bustling and brazenly colourful; the murals of fantastical Roman gardens that adorn the walls behind the polished-mirror reception desks are...
...Civilisations as early as the Phoenicians and the Romans left an imprint on the Spanish diet. When Madrid was named capital by King Felipe II in the 16th century, it became a melting pot of cultures....
...It also represents a good opportunity to look inside one of those Milanese entryways; the one here is restrained, almost a little Roman with its mixed marbles, vaguely in the Italian colours of red, white...
...As Matthew Dallek’s lively history demonstrates, the movement helped to reshape American conservatism in ways that resonate to this day....
...Romans would be outraged, and many Italians would dub these sorts of pared-back dishes “hospital food”....
...Breakfasts of champions Our note on the decline of breakfast cereals prompted lively discussion among readers on the best way to start the day....
...Gazing sternly into the middle distance, the 52-year-old Louis does not look an inviting prospect for the lively 18-year-old princess, who was already enamoured of Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk....
...Ursus turns fish scraps into a Roman-style garum and leftover bread into their signature umami sauce....
...Sweden Nordic Cedar (£95 for 50ml) from Maya Njie is a woody escape too: a mix of cedar with cardamom, patchouli, musk and ambergris that’s as bright, spicy and lively as a Swedish Midsommar....
...But his finest work lies in the romans durs, the non-Maigret standalones; in these, Simenon created a writing legacy quite as substantial as many a more “serious” writer....
...Celeb Barbies such as Twiggy and Marilyn Monroe. It’s unexpectedly enjoyable and informative....
...In this lively, learned guide to nine British territories that rose and fell between around 400 and 700, Williams carefully sidesteps the pitfalls of a racialised history....
...For the then 19-year-old Eilish, the Marilyn Monroe-inspired ball gown marked a departure from her usual style of baggy T-shirts and tracksuits and cemented her shift from neo-goth teen pop sensation to...
...The Roman College is a sprawling complex of villas. Cypress and pine trees rise above tiled terracotta roofs....
...When I visit, the local wine of the evening is from near the Roman town of Segovia....
...Known as “the family”, this was a mixed group of young men, both Ukrainians and Russians, who had spent the previous 10 years growing up in a lively atmosphere of gangster capitalism....
...Modelled as a blend of Burning Man and the World Economic Forum, the event weaves together talks and debates with healing sessions, music, dancing and lively candlelit dinners for more than 200 guests....
...The rooftop pool is, according to the hotel, the largest in Madrid, and the adjacent bar on the terrace has a fun, lively vibe at night....
...Perching on a slab of ancient masonry, we peered into the restored grandeur of the Roman amphitheatre, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus....
...It provides a bit of a spectacle and gets people moving; it also gives a really different kind of atmosphere to a party, much more charged and, naturally, lively....
...In what might have been the night’s biggest fashion flex, a newly platinum-haired Kim Kardashian turned up in a white stole and the form-fitting crystal-embellished dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing...
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