Hints and tips:
...I’m safe at last. Belatedly, I have started reading Mick Herron’s Slough House spy thrillers, and have been devouring them at a rate of knots, for two reasons....
...As for the most commonly worn hat, I’m with The Libertines: ‘There’s fewer more distressing sights than that / Of an Englishman in a baseball cap.’”...
...Williams....
...“Other notable modern authors to collect are Ursula Le Guin, William Gibson and Dan Simmons.” Unsurprisingly, values are often affected by screen adaptations....
...LVMH’s other Parisian couture house, Givenchy, is taking a breather between creative directors after the departure of Matthew M Williams in December, meaning the design team pulled together the collection...
...But I’m more eagerly looking forward to Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, which stars Marisa Abela....
...“So if it does go to auction, I’m probably going to auction myself off with it.”...
...Unsurprisingly, this group is led by another co-founder, Rolly Van Rappard, who will chair the listed entity when it’s public....
...May 15; further information here June Art ‘Henry Steiner: Graphic Communicator’, M+ M+ calls Henry Steiner “the father of graphic design in Hong Kong”; this exhibition is a celebration of his works and...
...Latham & Watkins has hired Tracey Zaccone and Justin Rosenberg as partners in New York to focus on M&A and private equity. They previously worked for Simpson Thacher....
...Another unfussy but effective range is musician Pharrell Williams’ Humanrace, which comes in refillable containers....
...Small Spaces also features the flow wall desk of Robert Van Embricqs, first shown this year during Milan Design Week, which folds up like a fan when not in use....
...“I’m ready for this!” Although Wannabe fans be warned: it’s just a sandal. doorsofperception-ibiza.com...
...While William Caxton was setting up his printing press in London, Lodewyk van Bercken of Antwerp was cutting the city’s first major diamond, a whopper of 137 carats for the bling-loving Duke of Burgundy,...
...He said his entourage soon noticed similarities between the track and Van Morrison’s songs, rather than Gaye’s....
...Described by Blanchard as “opera in jazz”, this powerful adaptation of Charles M Blow’s painful coming-of-age memoir returns with bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Charles....
...A book Blasi and two colleagues wrote a decade ago, The Citizen’s Share, sheds light on the history of this perk, highlighting William Cooper Procter as one early advocate....
...“I’m conscious people might not trust us as much now . . . if we can’t look after our own,” said Claire....
...“I’m going to eat carrots for a week now,” said another. At home, I unpacked my paintings ceremoniously in front of my family....
...Mark Williams, founder of Galloway Wild Foods, which runs workshops on setting up and expanding foraging-related businesses, has seen a 10-fold rise in demand for his courses....
...Around her neck were three Van Cleef & Arpels bracelets; on her wrist, three gold bangles and a diamond bracelet from the same maison....
...Stephen Millard: I’m not sure it will happen but a marked increase in public investment would be the key policy change that could do most to boost long-run UK growth....
...One common refrain he hears is: “All of a sudden I’m in debt for the first time in my life and I don’t know what to do.”...
...By necessity, one has to camp somewhere that a van can drive to; by definition, that is not somewhere I want to camp....
...“I’m still stuck on mimosa,” he says simply....
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