A QUEER NIGHT IN PARISMattre Saval, notary at Vernon, was passionately fond of music. Although still young he was already bald; he was always carefully shaven, was somewhat corpulent as was suitable, and wore a gold pince-nez instead of spectacles. He was active, gallant and cheerful and ...
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It attracted non-Chinese patrons, particularly those who considered themselves ‘Bohemians’ as well as businessmen looking for an ‘exotic’ night on the town. And it helped that the Tuxedo was near the elevated train. (Courtesy Flickr/straatis/thelodownny.com) * * * It Grows on You The...
until Sir Pitt’s only boy, always sickly, died of hooping-cough and measles—then Rawdon’s mamma wrote the most affectionate composition to her darling son, who was made heir of Queen’s Crawley by this accident, and drawn more closely than ever to the kind lady, whose tender heart had...
In those days, he cut a bizarre figure in the streets and bars of Soho before the area became fashionable, when it was still the hangout for hoods and bohemians. He would walk around looking more like an out-of-work kitchen-hand than one of the two greatest talents in British painting...
The first time I met with Stephen he said, 'Well obviously Roger's got to play Nicholas." Frears had previously worked with Roger Allam on The Queen: "He's just wonderful – and somehow he's like a sort of baron. He's like the wicked villain in a pantomime! He's just a ...
Boole was the first professor of mathematics at Queen’s College, now University College Cork. He was married to Mary Everest (1832–1916), a niece of geographer and British Surveyor General of India, Sir George Everest (after whom the mountain was named). Mary was a self-taught mathematicia...
Much ado was made ofAl Smith’sappointment as “Honorary Night Superintendent”—in these clips from the Dec. 3New York Times, Smith gave a brief “lecture” about the zoo’s bison, to which he offered a slice of bread… (Excerpts fromThe New York Timesvia theTimesMachine) ...
Male posturing…the subtle roll of the shoulders, the head tilted to one side, all to intimidate this young boy who has stumbled into the Tiger’s Den. The Night and Poldaski’s happy flashlight. No matter how horrible the crime is, the film never shows you the actual killings. It is...
Like Patti Smith’sJust Kids, much of this book doubles as a cultural ethnography of a city that doesn’t exist anymore, as Moore meticulously reconstructs the nightlife, scene politics, and artistic cross-pollination that catapulted local stars like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Madonna Ciccone, Jenny...