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...LeMay said, if we’d lost the war, we’d all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he’s right....
...This is captivating, disquieting prose, deftly captured in David Boyd’s translation....
...“I’d been watching the prices of these houses rise from A$950,000 to A$1.1mn in 14 months. I missed out on two and I knew if I didn’t get one soon, I’d be priced out of the market,” she says....
...“These maps, they are intended to whet the appetite of both government and companies with adequate resources to be able to start down that R&D pathway,” said Terra Rogers, director of superhot rock energy...
...Apart from playing with some of London’s prominent jazz musicians, including saxophonist Nubya Garcia, pianist Al MacSween and drummer Moses Boyd, he has so far relied on what he calls his “mum’s test”....
...The best bit of advice I ever received was “never judge a book by its cover”, from my darling grandmother, Thelma Rose, who lived until 106....
...I’ve escaped the winter gloom for a weekend on the Côte d’Azur during Menton’s Fête du Citron, a celebration of all things citrus held every February....
...Bright nuggets of autobiography — whether Garton Ash’s father’s memories of the D-Day landings, or his own adventures in insurgent Poland and on the scorched earth of former Yugoslavia — illuminate a broad-brush...
...His delicious jeu d’esprit Nat Tate: An American Artist, published in 1998, purported to be the biography of a lost painter, and came with praise from David Bowie and Gore Vidal, who were in on the joke....
...Lucrezia’s new husband, Alfonso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, has taken her to a chilly fortress where, she believes, “he intends to kill her”....
...Thelma Golden, director of The Studio Museum “A bust of WEB Du Bois by the artist Inge Hardison, who was a friend of my mom’s....
...Until recently, I couldn’t get enough of the garment that Yves Saint Laurent wished he’d invented....
...I’d like any of her paintings; I adore her work. We also share a birthday – 22 September – so I feel a connection to her spirit....
...I’d go so far as to say that it’s central to democracy. But it’s certainly true that the way we use the past says more about ourselves.” Greig shares Higgins’ fascination with deep history....
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...I’d been looking for the perfect cream for years, so this was the first product that I worked on....
...But I’d love a few more shades of grey. Email Jo at jo.ellison@ft.com Follow @ftweekend on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...“I didn’t know if she’d go for it....
...This week it will show in its digital room selections from its roster, such as the Korean artist Haegue Yang and the Indigenous Australian Daniel Boyd....
...Current regulars include Kazuo Ishiguro, William Boyd, Lady Antonia Fraser and Andrew Marr. “Our members publish around 800 books a year,” Marshall reveals....
...When Brad Pitt struts into view in Thelma & Louise, decked out in a loose denim shirt tucked into blue jeans, his attire speaks of irreverence and a free spirit....
...I said I’d be very happy with one of the really small parts, then they offered me Nick and it was a tremendous opportunity....
...Intense, vibrant and impressively controlled, the recording reproduces the pleasures of an “I-wish-I’d-been-there” kind of gig....
...“Some people think it’s outrageous how little tax big corporations pay,” says Boyd Barrett....
...“In a garden that needs to have a lot of winter presence I’d use 25 per cent grasses and I will make sure that there’s a pretty good distribution of grasses through the planting.”...
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