•More than 30 portraits painted by British artist David Hockney at his Normandy studio between 2021 and 2022 can be seen for the first time in an exhibition of the artist’s works at the National Portrait Gallery.David Hockney: Drawing from Lifewas open for just 20 days prior to the gal...
BANDAGE n. 1. A strip of material for binding up a wound. (The stick-on things are called plasters) BANGERS n. 1. Sausages. A very common meal is BANGERS and MASH (sausages and mashed potatoes). The sausages are called BANGERS because they will burst if you do not pierce them while...
I suggest “pushchair” is a more accurate UK word for “stroller.” I’m a Brit and had a pram and a pushchair when living in the UK, but in my experience, prams are not that common in the US. Another UK word for “subway” (in addition to “tube”) is “the underground.”...
Kane’s bandage-tight tailoring is his signature, inspired by the feminine silhouettes and evening dresses of Antony Price in the 1980s. His namesake brand was created in 2006 in partnership with his sister, Tammy Kane. Tammy Kane with her daughter Bonnie and her brother Christopher Kane at th...
“I was brought up among men,” which is no understatement. So, although life was serious: daytime lessons for the girls in academics, dance, piano, and language, and, as part of the war effort, bandage-rolling, sock-knitting, and tinfoil collection was obligatory, and Windsor was dark,...
BANDAGE n. 1. A strip of material for binding up a wound. (The stick-on things are called plasters) BANGERS n. 1. Sausages. A very common meal is BANGERS and MASH (sausages and mashed potatoes). The sausages are called BANGERS because they will burst if you do not pierce them while...