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...And I spoke to one Israeli reservist, a young woman who’d been a civilian who’d been called up. She told me how upset and tormented, in fact, she was by the civilian death rate in Gaza....
...And I'd had the germ of this book in my head for a very long time....
...This is where Shiva Baby — shoestring cheap and resourceful, albeit American — comes in. “That’s what the BFI is good at — producing tomorrow’s Shiva Baby.”...
...My research has been put on hold, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to let the pandemic sully the feeling of how good that journey felt....
...“Yup, it’s breakfast in Dubai, lunch in Kuwait, dinner in London . . . ” I’m lucky enough to catch the Iranian collector and financier on his twilight leg....
...If Shiva answers her prayers, the offering becomes real.” I must have looked unconvinced, because he continued....
...She said she loved it and I hope that’s true because otherwise I’m not sure what she’d do with such a thing. 46 Rue du Bac, 75007 Paris (+331-4222 3007; www.deyrolle.com)....
...“I’m not going to guess his thinking. People are scared of him, and they should be.”...
...I’d probably work in a bank. It’s so remote that it seems attractive. What are you most proud of having written?...
...A 3ft-high statue of the Indian god Shiva in a corner of the room keeps a wary eye on visitors....
...… On Greenwich Church Street in south-east London, set apart from the neighbouring cafés and boutiques by its bright orange decor, is a shop called Shiva....
...“I’m very concerned about protecting the garden after I’m gone,” she says. “I want to keep it a private garden, but to which children will always have the key.”...
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