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...In the Christian calendar, January 6 marks the Feast of Epiphany, which commemorates the journey of the Three Kings — or, as medieval theologians termed them, the “Magi”....
...The dominance of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art in the 1950s-60s — biennale prizes to Alexander Calder, Mark Tobey, Robert Rauschenberg — must be seen in cold war context....
...“Posthuman” research has lately attracted several writers, from non-fiction investigators such as Yuval Noah Harari and Mark O’Connell to Russell T Davies, in his TV drama Years and Years....
...Back in 2011, English National Opera’s production, courtesy of Terry Gilliam, was nearer the mark....
...However, the cultural scene was at least as open to women as in most other western countries and French women made their mark as composers from the beginning of the 20th century, led by two sisters, Nadia...
...Mark Coombs of Ashmore Group saw his pay shrink by two-thirds while remuneration for Luke Ellis of the Man Group, the London-listed hedge fund manager, fell by more than half....
...In her old age, it appears, her existentialist question mark hovered less over human identity than contour, shape and colour. As if in the end, for Bratescu, all that was left was the line....
...Mark Hanafin, a top executive and board member at Centrica, will retire at the end of March next year....
...A disc devoted to Russian showpieces is razor-sharp, as is an electric account of Liszt’s A Faust Symphony from the BBC Proms. Only a slightly soggy Brahms German Requiem from the choir disappoints....
...By comparison, when Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, swapped Ottawa for London in 2013, he racked up $184,000 of relocation costs....
...In the Violin Concerto Isabelle Faust’s pure, pencil-thin tone soared exquisitely....
...“There are just huge question marks for the future of the Fed right now — we don’t have a good sense of where Trump is headed,” said Ms Binder....
...Opening a new fund also requires “a harder conversation now”, Mr Faust said....
...The season will be launched on September 14 with a “10-day celebration” to mark Sir Simon’s debut season as conductor, including performances of Berlioz’s Damnation of Faust, a “silent symphony” broadcast...
...Armitage made his mark with Zoom!, his first collection, published in 1989 when he was 26 and already winning comparisons with WH Auden....
...Straight after Shopping and Fucking, Ravenhill wrote postmodern riffs on Goethe and Faust. He penned operas and pantos — yet still the term sticks....
...“China is a question mark,” he said. “China is slowing down, over the last calendar year people realised this....
...The rest of Ms Faust’s points ring true as well, but only in the straw man context of wholesale divestment....
...Invesco’s Martin Flanagan and Eaton Vance’s Thomas Faust pay rose by more than 10 per cent to $16m and $11.2m respectively....
...Only once, only briefly – that’s as carnal as it gets – but it’s enough to mark Winter Journey as a rare event in Russian cinema....
...Lord Turner was speaking before Thursday’s appearance of Mark Carney in front of MPs to be questioned on his plans for taking over as governor of the BoE in early July....
...Something like Germany should read Goethe’s Faust Part Two. And, I think what Harold points out is simply, that this is all a matter of degree....
...So when Terry Gilliam tackled The Damnation of Faust, I was nervous – but found myself agreeing with the critic who described it as “a damned fine glimpse of the abyss”....
...Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus doesn’t so much arrive at the Young Vic as crash on to the stage like a ball blasted through a window....
...Though this CD marks her official international debut, she’s long been building a reputation, as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation artist and as the prize protégée of top international pianist Martha Argerich...
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