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...Over 130 years, Maxim’s in Paris has played host to everyone from Proust to Piaf, Cocteau to Callas, Delon, Gainsbourg and Birkin....
...The smell of incense filled St Bartholomew’s church, where Simone Rocha staged her show after a triumphant appearance in Paris last month as the sixth guest designer (but the first from London) for Jean Paul...
...In the mid-20th century, Maria Callas, the Liz Taylor of the opera world, adored her French haute couture and diamonds....
...In a student demonstration, Maria Callas as Medea marches with Gina Lollobrigida as the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio....
...Until August 25; further information and tickets here From Maria Callas to Elton John via Grace Jones and Cher, Diva celebrates “the power and creativity of iconic performers” across art, fashion, film,...
...The last meal that truly impressed me was at Paul Bocuse in Lyon. I had the signature black truffle soup, which mixes foie gras with lots of black truffle....
...Paul Appleby fares equally well in the duskier role of Tom Rakewell, making it easy both to sympathise with and loathe his greedy, lyrical protagonist....
...Calla calls the lynching — which is never depicted in the book — “the death carnival”, a fine and stark description....
...Wrangling within the party over the border-adjusted tax — a key component of House speaker Paul Ryan’s tax plan that Mr Trump has declined to back — has further complicated the process....
...He says there are a lot of signed photographs of Maria Callas on the market, yet because Callas is the most famous soprano the opera stage has ever produced they fetch steep prices — typically from $800...
...It isn’t just that Maria Callas or Captain Beefheart sound better on vinyl....
...This column, although it much enjoyed a recent zip along the south of France’s Grand Corniche en route to the magical spaces of the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul de Vence, does not generally have much...
...The occasion was an exhibition at Browns South Molton Street called My most treasured … And the objects ranged from a purely sentimental piece lent by Paul Smith to earrings from Trudie Styler that required...
...Objective critics sometimes noted that Maria Callas sounded strident and wobbly. Subjective critics felt her magnetic power overrode technical blemishes. T.S....
...This year’s summer concert season, which opens with Alanis Morissette, includes some of the biggest rock names around – Franz Ferdinand, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen – but it is some of the premieres that are...
...As the strangers stranded on Tauris, the tenor Paul Groves as Pylade and the baritone Lucas Meachem as Oreste were well matched....
...Three Delta, which recently paid £1.4bn for healthcare group Four Seasons, is headed by Paul Taylor, former chief executive of Consensus....
...The best thing about Paul Brown’s depressingly realistic sets is the lighting by Mark Henderson....
...A 40-lot session of Robert Mapplethorpe flowers from various collections is highlighted by several coloured “Calla Lily” images, dating from 1987....
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