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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Kylie and the fabulous Baker boy

Kylie and the fabulous Baker boy



Stella

28 Jan 2007



n 1989 when Kylie Minogue was a very famous Stock, Aitken & Waterman popette, William Baker – the man who now calls Minogue boss, muse and best friend – was 16 and living in Manchester, the coolest city on earth. Back then Manchester boasted the most... read more...

Monday, January 22, 2007

SNAP, CRACKLE, POP

SNAP, CRACKLE, POP

Claire Sharp LUXURY GOODS EDITOR

The Business

20 Jan 2007



THE Medicis of Florence commissioned works by the greatest painters in history. Prosperous collectors like William Randolph Hearst and the Guggenheim dynasty amassed art treasures from around the world. Today's new rich look to different artefacts to... read more...

Friday, January 19, 2007

Vienna’s contemporary art world

Vienna’s contemporary art world



The Wall Street Journal Europe

19 Jan 2007



in Vienna from its collection of contemporary works, including new media, sculpture and installation. The foundation also commissions new works, most recently a theater piece by German artist John Bock, who restaged events from the harrowing Medusa... read more...

The horror of hen nights

The horror of hen nights



The Guardian

19 Jan 2007



It usually starts with a round-robin email, nearly always from a friend of a friend — ie someone with whom youmayhaveapassingacquaintance, but you don’t really know. But it’s the subject field that strikes terror, fear and dread into the steeliest of... read more...

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Microbe experiment suggests we could all be Martians

Microbe experiment suggests we could all be Martians

Ian Sample Science correspondent

The Guardian

13 Jan 2007



Life on Earth may have announced its arrival billions of years ago with a whistle and a thump, according to planetary scientists. Experiments by an international team of researchers support a controversial theory that life flourished on Earth after... read more...

Friday, January 12, 2007

Cold war Time runs out for Russians in ice chess contest

Cold war Time runs out for Russians in ice chess contest

Stephen Moss

The Guardian

12 Jan 2007



The British team for the first Anglo-Russian Ice Chess Challenge match did not inspire confidence. It included Darius Parvizi-Wayne, UK champion, but at underseven level; Peter Ackroyd, a terrific writer but with only an embryonic knowledge of chess;... read more...

Thursday, January 04, 2007

It’s a jungle out there