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...It was also behind the Ulysse Nardin UFO....
...This perfectly groomed top lip, styled with a copy of Ulysses (and not much else), is so convincingly at home on its wearer that all debate about the pros and cons ends....
...Others that seem to have achieved overnight fame and prices to match include Domaine des Miroirs in Jura, Edmond Vatan in Sancerre, Ulysse Collin in Champagne and L’Anglore in, of all places, Tavel in the...
...“Onorate l’altissimo poeta!” — “Honour the supreme poet!” In Dante’s Divine Comedy, these words are said of Virgil, Dante’s guide through Hell and Purgatory....
...He was under 30 when he completed the five-metre “Ulysses finds Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes” (1724-25) here: fluently choreographed, massed figures, clear transparent colour, a sense of expanded...
...The industry feared hunkered-down consumers in search of a good read would pull down their yellowing copies of Middlemarch or Ulysses instead of buying new books. Those fears proved overblown....
...The show, which will be rescheduled for later in the year, explains the history of LUC (the initials of founder Louis-Ulysse Chopard), which was established in 1996 by co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele...
...(LUC are the initials of Louis-Ulysse Chopard, the brand’s founder.)...
...Agenhor also conceived Hermès’ Slim d’Hermès L’Heure Impatiente (£28,100) which launched at the Baselworld watch fair in March....
...And unlike James Joyce’s Ulysses, which Jockers claims to know inside out, it won’t take you long to get through. Talking of which, I wonder if the computer got to the end?...
...The one artist whose work I would collect if I could is Giacometti – specifically L’Homme qui Marche, which is so precise but poetic....
...Premier Cru 2008 • Bonnaire, Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2005 (£145.98 per six bottles in bond, Berry Bros & Rudd) • Chartogne-Taillet, Orizeaux Extra Brut 2009 • La Closerie, Les Béguines Extra Brut NV • Ulysse...
...This year’s launch, L’Heure Masquee – or veiled time – appears to show only passing minutes but on the press of a button the hour hand is revealed....
...Ulysse Nardin, meanwhile, has been able to take advantage of Ebel’s withdrawal from high-end men’s watches, buying the company’s chronograph movement – including designs, machinery and technicians – and...
...I have apprehended James Joyce’s Ulysses by having read a lot about it, and dipping in over 20 years....
...Less familiar than L’Orfeo and Poppea, Monteverdi’s drama of frailty and fidelity has fared surprisingly well on CD, not least in this new version from one of Italy’s leading period ensembles....
...Once again, it looks like another complicated legacy of a decade spent resisting holdouts à l’outrance. The government lowered the voting age to 16 years this week....
...Chopard’s L.U.C 8HF has a balance wheel that can oscillate at 57,600vph. and is the first 8hz movement to be awarded COSC certification for accuracy....
...Chopard Looking sober and ready for business, the L.U.C. XP Tonneau in white gold is powered by an ultra-thin or extra-plat (hence the XP) L.U.C. Calibre 3.97....
...Eighty per cent Pinot Noir, 20 per cent Chardonnay, 9g/l dosage. Hardly fizzy, but very obviously Pinot perfumed....
...Among the lots will be the first of a series of Chopard watches called the L.U.C Louis-Ulysse “Tribute” that celebrates this year’s 150th anniversary of Chopard....
...One of these, the L.U.C Louis-Ulysse, is truly brilliant – it is a wristwatch that converts into a pocket watch....
...Back in the age of hickory sticks, there was Ulysses S. Grant: “It does look like a very good exercise, but what is the little white ball for?”...
...£24.99 The Sampler R Renaudin Brut Rosé L’Espiegle NV Champagne Characterful, substantial but not sweet champagne from a grower in the appropriately named village of Moussy....
...For example, it would probably be a surprise to the brand’s founder, Louis-Ulysse Chopard, to discover that the specialist watch (and only watch) brand his descendant Paul-Andre Chopard sold to Karl Scheufele...
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