Between them they focus very effectively on the clarity of the narrative and the verse-speaking

Between them, they focus, very effectively, on the clarity of the narrative and the verse-speaking. In its own way, this production makes as persuasive a case as Sohmer’s remarkable book. Julius Caesar’s perennial appeal (particularly as a school play) lies in its oratory. It would be hard to imagine this working better than in a [...]

Put more simply Cities on the Move is a mess whose point is

Put more simply, “Cities on the Move” is a mess whose point is its messiness: by playing on our expectations of order in art galleries, the Hayward’s show immerses us in the idea of Asian urban disorder. Various separable themes stand out from this curatorial Babel – the poignant absence of people from bedsits and [...]

But the more cautious and wiser champagne producers and traders are wary of a

But the more cautious, and wiser, champagne producers and traders are wary of a 21st-century hangover.
Although every effort has been made to ensure there are plenty of stocks for the last night of the year, and the first morning of a new millennium, the big champagne houses remain anxious about the possible effects of speculation [...]

When they reached an electricity supply station 30 miles from the capital and

When they reached an electricity supply station 30 miles from the capital and cut off its output, the terrified Maharajah fled.The new Indian government, led by Jawaharlal Nehru – himself a Kashmiri Hindu by descent – took swift action to gain control of Kashmir. Having deposited supplies of fuel, weapons and ammunition inside Kashmir’s borders, [...]

They expect to be greeted with a smile and treated like a king and the operative has to produce

“They expect to be greeted with a smile and treated like a king, and the operative has to produce the emotional effect that’s required. And in the office itself, it’s not enough to just do your job well – you have to seem enthusiastic, cheerful, a team player.” Her research suggests that, on average, people [...]

An anti-fashion type pose and a world removed from the poker up the botty shots of the Fifties and supposed to

An “anti-fashion” type pose, (and a world removed from the poker up the botty shots of the Fifties), and supposed to look realistic, although actually highly contrived. Concaves the body, making the stomach and breasts appear flat.The Page 3Supposed to be sexy without showing anything – topless without the tits. By holding the hands in [...]

Guiana is a French depart-ement its currency is the euro and its government is that of Lionel

Guiana is a French depart-ement, its currency is the euro and its government is that of Lionel Jospin. Yesterday, like their Parisian counterparts, the people of the capital, Cayenne, went to the polls to vote for their representatives in Strasbourg. So who would the inhabitants of this corner of South America, ninety per cent of [...]

They show a clear positive relationship with the dollar with the correlation close to 100 per cent suggesting that a 5 per cent

They show a clear positive relationship with the dollar, with the correlation close to 100 per cent, suggesting that a 5 per cent move in the dollar is accompanied by an almost equal move in sterling. The sterling exchange rate index is a weighted average of our exchange rate against a range of other currencies, [...]

THE HEAD of the Iranian judiciary says the 13 Jews under arrest for spying for Israel and the United

THE HEAD of the Iranian judiciary says the 13 Jews under arrest for spying for Israel and the United States may be executed if convicted, while the leader of the Jewish community in Iran has demanded they receive a fair trial. The arrest of the Iranian Jews from Shiraz and Isfahan is becoming the centrepiece [...]

When we tried to leave the old man in the black beret – Nartila’s father -

When we tried to leave, the old man in the black beret – Nartila’s father – tried to pull me back into the house again, tugging desperately at my shirt sleeve. “The gunmen have just gone but they said they would burn us all tomorrow,” she said in hesitant English “They fired at our houses [...]

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