Hints and tips:
...The design that changed everything for me was Thomas Jefferson’s home Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia....
...I remember being off school a lot and whatever illness assailed me, the treatment always involved being wrapped up in a blanket in the manner of the patients in Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain....
...“He wants to totally discredit the energy reforms and the education reforms,” said Raymundo Riva Palacio, a leading Mexican political commentator, of the Pemex corruption probe....
...Michelemma, Via Riva di Reno 60 (ristorantemichelemma.it). Parco della Montagnola, Via Irnerio (montagnolabologna.it)....
...Perdomo collaborated with partners Thomas Piras and Simon Press as well as the artists to design the restaurant....
...The seductive Riva speedboats, with their sleek lines and swept stern, are a highly-lacquered snapshot of enduring aesthetic success....
...The EU producers likely to benefit are Spain’s Celsa Group, Italy’s Gruppo Riva and ArcelorMittal, the Luxembourg-based conglomerate....
...He could be genially crude, as in “The Little Wowser”, a poem about the human penis, which opens: There is a little wowser, John Thomas by name, And for every bloomin’, mortal thing That little blighter...
...Mark your Cannes betting card with Riva’s name for Best Actress....
...Shaftesbury has also appointed Hilary Riva, most recently chief executive of the British Fashion Council, as a non-executive director. The shares closed down 2.9p at 376.7p....
...The deal was followed by the acquisition of Thomas Holdings, Beacon’s parent company, for £80m. It is not clear how much of the £110m was debt and how much was Hermes’ money....
...Geraint Thomas, Olympic cyclist. Sophi Tranchell, managing director, Divine Chocolate....
...Equity investments provided the “greatest bang for the buck”, said Fernando Rivas, managing director at JPMorgan Securities....
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