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...Music always plays a big part during the day “from traditional carols to Mariah Carey’s Christmas concert” but Christmas never really begins until The King’s Speech. “I never miss it,” says Machin....
...In 2003, Arnaud’s owners, Archie and Jane Casbarian, created the French 75 Bar as well as a new version of the cocktail....
...The choice of shoe sets your smartness-ometer; loafers or Mary Janes dial it up, while Adidas Gazelles and chunky socks tone it down....
...Janes, or with an oversized grey blazer and black T-shirt and loafers....
...Lady Mary Arden, a justice of the Supreme Court, who gave the court’s ruling said this was a “very substantial case for Asda”....
...Kennedy, Dublin Crossword 16,230: Harjit Grewal, London; Lyn Sheeran, Switzerland; Michael Johnson, London Polymath 1,032: DM Macarthur, Bristol, England Crossword 16,224: Sophie Huczynska, Scotland; Carol...
...It’s because the talent is here,” says Mary Ann Tighe, chief executive for the tri-state area at CBRE, the real estate services group....
...What is the most you have ever paid for a bottle of fine wine or champagne? For Jane’s 40th birthday I organised a party for her at home. I bought one of these enormous bottles of champagne for £300....
...“For a recent wedding, I wore it with a scarlet lace wrap and gold Vivienne Westwood Mary Janes. There is so much navy and black, so emerald green is exciting.”...
...Similarly filigreed are Jane Greenwood’s costumes; the lavender coat worn by the daffy Betty Chumley, portrayed by Carol Kane, is stunning....
...The recipe here is adapted from Jane Grigson’s English Food....
...From the hotel chain offering a bottle of champagne to guests who are called Elizabeth, to crown-themed nail art, the Diamond Jubilee is the biggest marketing opportunity to hit Britain since …last year’...
...This Mary is all too believable....
...POETRY Jubilee Lines: 60 Poets for 60 Years, edited by Carol Ann Duffy, Faber, RRP£12.99, 160 pages A poetic curtsy to Her Majesty, this collection curated by (who else?)...
...Wearing jeans, sitting outside with Champagne and friends on a warm evening and letting the conversation ebb and flow. What ambitions do you still have?...
...James’s greatest passions: the detective novel and the work of Jane Austen....
...In keeping with the style at the time, I paired it with black suede clunky-heeled Mary Janes....
...As the foremost biographer of Mary, Queen of Scots – who was executed by Elizabeth in 1587 – she is constantly being admonished by Mary’s picture. “Traitor,” it whispers to her, “turncoat.”...
...For Anne Elliot, Jane Austen’s most intelligent heroine, I would put together a box intended to comfort and console....
...Mary Shelley, the grieving widow, was eventually given the heart after “an unseemly and passionate tussle”....
...Clay responded to a message from Mary Jane about Pat Prendergast: “He was rescued from the roof of his house earlier, but haven’t heard where they bought him.”...
...That said, Mary Still, regional director of Stacks Property Search, says that some buyers will simply tinker with a former owner’s mural, painting out what they don’t like....
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