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Sir Alex Interview
In a rare and wide ranging post retirement interview, the former Manchester United boss grins as he applauds Van Gaal for making journalists "twitch in their seats".
And he goes fake van cleef and arpels necklace clover on to describe Argentinian Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo as "above everyone" in terms of quality on the football pitch.
Referring to Van Gaal, he says: "Every manager's different anyway; we all have different philosophies, ways of van cleef necklace clover replica doing things the way we pick teams, how we look at the qualities of players we are looking for, we enjoy.
"Louis' got a great background; Bayern Munich, Barcelona he's got the pedigree, no doubt about that."
He continued: "And I love his press conferences, I mean they are brilliant. I can see some of the press guys twitch in their seats when he answers some of the questions. And he's got the confidence to deal with that."
Describing the "consistency" and "courage" of Messi and Ronaldo he goes on: "They are never ever defeated by a tackle.
"They get up, they say 'give me the ball'. The goals they score, the level they are playing at, the medals they won it only points to one thing.
"These two players, and I think most players in the world would agree with me, these two players are above everyone."
Sir Alex also praised David Beckham for his work ethic and went on to describe what he felt most proud of copy van cleef rose gold necklace in his career.
"Five times we were runners up in the Premier League since it started," he said.
"The next year we won it. That tells you about recovery, not allowing defeat to kill you, and doing something about it and I think that's what I'm proud of."
In a rare and wide ranging post retirement interview, the former Manchester United boss grins as he applauds Van Gaal for making journalists "twitch in their seats".
And he goes fake van cleef and arpels necklace clover on to describe Argentinian Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo as "above everyone" in terms of quality on the football pitch.
Referring to Van Gaal, he says: "Every manager's different anyway; we all have different philosophies, ways of van cleef necklace clover replica doing things the way we pick teams, how we look at the qualities of players we are looking for, we enjoy.
"Louis' got a great background; Bayern Munich, Barcelona he's got the pedigree, no doubt about that."
He continued: "And I love his press conferences, I mean they are brilliant. I can see some of the press guys twitch in their seats when he answers some of the questions. And he's got the confidence to deal with that."
Describing the "consistency" and "courage" of Messi and Ronaldo he goes on: "They are never ever defeated by a tackle.
"They get up, they say 'give me the ball'. The goals they score, the level they are playing at, the medals they won it only points to one thing.
"These two players, and I think most players in the world would agree with me, these two players are above everyone."
Sir Alex also praised David Beckham for his work ethic and went on to describe what he felt most proud of copy van cleef rose gold necklace in his career.
"Five times we were runners up in the Premier League since it started," he said.
"The next year we won it. That tells you about recovery, not allowing defeat to kill you, and doing something about it and I think that's what I'm proud of."
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Tatiana Von Furstenberg on Her Film 'Tanner Hall'
DIAMONDS glinted like tiny asteroids on Tatiana Von Furstenberg's fingers, every one of them a talisman of sorts. There was the domelike gem she inherited from her father, the faceted stone that was a gift from her former husband and another that belonged to her maternal grandmother.
Kissing each of them reverently, Ms. Von Furstenberg murmured, "I guess you could say fake clover earrings van cleef I carry my entire family on my hands."
That family, she acknowledged, has left its mark. At the rear of the downtown apartment that she shares with her daughter, Antonia, 11, is a cherished photograph of her late father, Prince Egon Von Furstenberg, flashing an engaging gap toothed smile that is uncannily like Ms. Von Furstenberg's own. That image resides alongside several portraits of Diane Von imitation van cleef and arpel earrings Furstenberg, her famous mom, flaunting her monumental cheekbones and a look of intensity that her daughter shares.
But the legacy is more than physical. For starters, there is Tatiana Von Furstenberg's drive. Held in check for a time while she brought up her daughter, it has resurfaced of late. For years, Ms. Von Furstenberg said, she had felt a bit daunted by the pressure of growing up with a famous mom. Her mother, it may be recalled, arrived in New York City in the 1970s armed with little more than a sample case filled with her now classic van cleef flower earrings fake wrap dresses and a fearsome force of will.
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It is a talent she brought to bear on her latest project, "Tanner Hall," a coming of age drama set in a fictional New England boarding school, which she wrote and directed with her girlhood friend Francesca Gregorini. The movie, her first, opened on Friday and mines some of her boarding school experiences at the Cranborne Chase School in England, part of an advantaged upbringing that she has in common with Ms. Gregorini, the daughter of a former Bond girl, Barbara Bach, and the stepdaughter of Ringo Starr.
Deliberately set in an indeterminate time and place, it has the feel of a fable ("We wanted it to be almost folkloric," Ms. Von Furstenberg said), a gently frayed Old World ambience lent by props and clothes, some of which are her own.
Their movie succeeds in conveying the hermetic feel and shabby gentility of the filmmakers' privileged milieu, and aspires as well to probe the character of a group of malleable young women, friends of long standing about to embark on a turbulent senior year. They include Fernanda (played by Rooney Mara, who will star in the forthcoming "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"), all moody introspection; Victoria (Georgia King) a mean girl in the classic mold; and Kate (Brie Larson), a consummate if good natured tease.
Ms. Von Furstenberg, 40, identified with Fernanda, the sensible but misguided heroine of her ensemble cast, and to a lesser extent with the provocative Kate, who toys with the affections of one of her teachers. During her own school years, "I was a definitely a huge tease," Ms. Von Furstenberg recalled. "But I was all talk. I had not yet acknowledged the consequences of playing like that with someone's heart." If some characters are vacant, or pointedly malicious, so be it, she said.
Reviews of the movie have been less than kind, some even downright dismissive. Variety called it "derivative," veering from "sitcom slapstick to wannabe black comedy." Writing in The New York Times on Friday, Andy Webster said that it "rarely rises above the generic." Others wrote it off as a tepid and predictable example of a genre in serious need of an overhaul.
Ms. Von Furstenberg offered no apologies. "We are very well aware of the imperfections of this film," she said. The movie, made in less than a month for well under $3 million, is a testament to her resourcefulness. In making it, she added rather grandly, "I know we delivered our best efforts and our highest selves."
DIAMONDS glinted like tiny asteroids on Tatiana Von Furstenberg's fingers, every one of them a talisman of sorts. There was the domelike gem she inherited from her father, the faceted stone that was a gift from her former husband and another that belonged to her maternal grandmother.
Kissing each of them reverently, Ms. Von Furstenberg murmured, "I guess you could say fake clover earrings van cleef I carry my entire family on my hands."
That family, she acknowledged, has left its mark. At the rear of the downtown apartment that she shares with her daughter, Antonia, 11, is a cherished photograph of her late father, Prince Egon Von Furstenberg, flashing an engaging gap toothed smile that is uncannily like Ms. Von Furstenberg's own. That image resides alongside several portraits of Diane Von imitation van cleef and arpel earrings Furstenberg, her famous mom, flaunting her monumental cheekbones and a look of intensity that her daughter shares.
But the legacy is more than physical. For starters, there is Tatiana Von Furstenberg's drive. Held in check for a time while she brought up her daughter, it has resurfaced of late. For years, Ms. Von Furstenberg said, she had felt a bit daunted by the pressure of growing up with a famous mom. Her mother, it may be recalled, arrived in New York City in the 1970s armed with little more than a sample case filled with her now classic van cleef flower earrings fake wrap dresses and a fearsome force of will.
Continue reading the main story
It is a talent she brought to bear on her latest project, "Tanner Hall," a coming of age drama set in a fictional New England boarding school, which she wrote and directed with her girlhood friend Francesca Gregorini. The movie, her first, opened on Friday and mines some of her boarding school experiences at the Cranborne Chase School in England, part of an advantaged upbringing that she has in common with Ms. Gregorini, the daughter of a former Bond girl, Barbara Bach, and the stepdaughter of Ringo Starr.
Deliberately set in an indeterminate time and place, it has the feel of a fable ("We wanted it to be almost folkloric," Ms. Von Furstenberg said), a gently frayed Old World ambience lent by props and clothes, some of which are her own.
Their movie succeeds in conveying the hermetic feel and shabby gentility of the filmmakers' privileged milieu, and aspires as well to probe the character of a group of malleable young women, friends of long standing about to embark on a turbulent senior year. They include Fernanda (played by Rooney Mara, who will star in the forthcoming "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"), all moody introspection; Victoria (Georgia King) a mean girl in the classic mold; and Kate (Brie Larson), a consummate if good natured tease.
Ms. Von Furstenberg, 40, identified with Fernanda, the sensible but misguided heroine of her ensemble cast, and to a lesser extent with the provocative Kate, who toys with the affections of one of her teachers. During her own school years, "I was a definitely a huge tease," Ms. Von Furstenberg recalled. "But I was all talk. I had not yet acknowledged the consequences of playing like that with someone's heart." If some characters are vacant, or pointedly malicious, so be it, she said.
Reviews of the movie have been less than kind, some even downright dismissive. Variety called it "derivative," veering from "sitcom slapstick to wannabe black comedy." Writing in The New York Times on Friday, Andy Webster said that it "rarely rises above the generic." Others wrote it off as a tepid and predictable example of a genre in serious need of an overhaul.
Ms. Von Furstenberg offered no apologies. "We are very well aware of the imperfections of this film," she said. The movie, made in less than a month for well under $3 million, is a testament to her resourcefulness. In making it, she added rather grandly, "I know we delivered our best efforts and our highest selves."
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riddled downtown is awash in suffering
I wrote this column more than 10 years ago, not long after I returned to reporting after a stint in newsroom management. I had hoped to capture the desperation of the people I encountered with fresh eyes. In no way do I wish to minimize or exploit their suffering. I am angry that life on the streets of the Downtown Eastside has not changed appreciably in the intervening decade.
HIS HAIR is black and tangled under his ball cap. The moniker stitched into his jacket is Rusty, but I doubt that his name. He picks at the ground with blackened fingernails near a knot of drug dealers, hoping to assemble enough crack cocaine to get a hit.
He looks up at me for a second with watery, desperate eyes. Our meeting is like an electric shock. A raw nerve. He turns back to the ground, scratching the concrete with his fingers.
A few strides away, the alley is teeming with people heating the ends of their crack pipes.
It is midday and the traffic of customers is continuous for the drug dealers. After a quick huddle on the sidewalk, the deal is done. The addicts hurry to the alley to find a doorway or a dumpster to use as cover from the wind mostly, no one cares if the police are watching for a few deep hits from the pipe and a few minutes of relief from a bone gnawing craving.
As I walk up the alley, the faces that emerge from the smoke are ghostly white and emaciated, like skulls. Their stares are as vacant as the storefronts that line Hastings between Main and Carrall.
City workers in orange vests walk the alleys and streets of what the city calls Area A, often under the gaze of police officers. The four blocks bordering the intersection of East Hastings and Columbia Streets form the core of the Downtown Eastside, the epicentre of hell.
In fact, the locals here greet outsiders with a cheerful, to hell. group of street cleaners passes, heading north on Columbia. The street and sidewalks behind them are tidy. Their shovels and bins are full of cigarette wrappers, chip bags and snack cake boxes. The street ahead of them is still strewn with trash. The snow beside the garbage can on the corner is black. The bin itself is empty but there is trash lying all around it.
The doorways of abandoned storefronts are sprayed with blood and littered with discarded syringes. Above the Radio Station Cafe are several storeys of apartments with window boxes mounted up the side of the building. The marigolds are doing their best, but it isn enough. They look very lonely.
The boarded up windows and doors are a magnet for graffiti. There are names and the usual assortment of bad language and even some drawings. I am impressed by the intricate rendering of two syringes crossed like the bones on a pirate flag. The messages, political and personal, are gibberish.
As if to light a candle rather than curse the darkness, the City of Vancouver has posted a letter sized piece of paper in one doorway at 112 East Hastings St. with a bold red stamp reading Notice. The order requires the removal of graffiti, though there is none apparent. Every other building in the area is covered with scrawl, but not this one.
A man with long, nicotine stained grey hair walks out the front door of the Regent Hotel and kicks at the discarded cups and newspapers on the sidewalk, then goes back inside. Outside The Only Sea Foods, a woman wails for a dollar from passersby. Her face is twisted with anguish, her sweatpants bloody from the knee down. In the doorway of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association, a couple lies in a huge pile of cardboard, blankets and suitcases. The two look sick and both have a gravelly cough. The office is closed. A small crowd is gathered, watching them.
The United We Can bottle return depot is the most popular business in the area, with a lineup that reaches down the block. This is where the city binners the people who fill bags and shopping carts with returnable empties come to get paid. A makeshift flea market springs up here in the van cleef flower earrings fake afternoons. People are selling what they have from little squares of fabric. One man offers a snow globe, a video game controller, a hacky sack and a novelty rubber hand. Another has channel changers, four of them, and plastic toys still wrapped in plastic.
The crowd is well behaved, but the police swoop in about every half hour or so. On their third visit, one officer has a lengthy argument with one man and then another is arrested. The man is cuffed while five officers mill around. The crowd takes little notice.
The alley behind United We Can is humming with activity. As I enter the alley, a city worker with a wheeled trash bin passes by a large malodorous pile of garbage. Even though it is near freezing, the stench is powerful. A woman looks up at me as she inserts a needle into her ankle. Two men pass by with plates heaped high with potato salad, bread and lasagna. Pieces of bread are dropped everywhere, as are discarded socks and men underwear.
Midway up the alley, a cube van unloads a dozen kegs of beer behind the Dodson Hotel and just beyond it are about a dozen people smoking crack. A police car pulls into the mouth of the alley, but nobody moves. The police car backs up and moves on. epaper, Digital Access, Subscriber Rewards), please input your Print Newspaper subscription phone number and postal code.
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I wrote this column more than 10 years ago, not long after I returned to reporting after a stint in newsroom management. I had hoped to capture the desperation of the people I encountered with fresh eyes. In no way do I wish to minimize or exploit their suffering. I am angry that life on the streets of the Downtown Eastside has not changed appreciably in the intervening decade.
HIS HAIR is black and tangled under his ball cap. The moniker stitched into his jacket is Rusty, but I doubt that his name. He picks at the ground with blackened fingernails near a knot of drug dealers, hoping to assemble enough crack cocaine to get a hit.
He looks up at me for a second with watery, desperate eyes. Our meeting is like an electric shock. A raw nerve. He turns back to the ground, scratching the concrete with his fingers.
A few strides away, the alley is teeming with people heating the ends of their crack pipes.
It is midday and the traffic of customers is continuous for the drug dealers. After a quick huddle on the sidewalk, the deal is done. The addicts hurry to the alley to find a doorway or a dumpster to use as cover from the wind mostly, no one cares if the police are watching for a few deep hits from the pipe and a few minutes of relief from a bone gnawing craving.
As I walk up the alley, the faces that emerge from the smoke are ghostly white and emaciated, like skulls. Their stares are as vacant as the storefronts that line Hastings between Main and Carrall.
City workers in orange vests walk the alleys and streets of what the city calls Area A, often under the gaze of police officers. The four blocks bordering the intersection of East Hastings and Columbia Streets form the core of the Downtown Eastside, the epicentre of hell.
In fact, the locals here greet outsiders with a cheerful, to hell. group of street cleaners passes, heading north on Columbia. The street and sidewalks behind them are tidy. Their shovels and bins are full of cigarette wrappers, chip bags and snack cake boxes. The street ahead of them is still strewn with trash. The snow beside the garbage can on the corner is black. The bin itself is empty but there is trash lying all around it.
The doorways of abandoned storefronts are sprayed with blood and littered with discarded syringes. Above the Radio Station Cafe are several storeys of apartments with window boxes mounted up the side of the building. The marigolds are doing their best, but it isn enough. They look very lonely.
The boarded up windows and doors are a magnet for graffiti. There are names and the usual assortment of bad language and even some drawings. I am impressed by the intricate rendering of two syringes crossed like the bones on a pirate flag. The messages, political and personal, are gibberish.
As if to light a candle rather than curse the darkness, the City of Vancouver has posted a letter sized piece of paper in one doorway at 112 East Hastings St. with a bold red stamp reading Notice. The order requires the removal of graffiti, though there is none apparent. Every other building in the area is covered with scrawl, but not this one.
A man with long, nicotine stained grey hair walks out the front door of the Regent Hotel and kicks at the discarded cups and newspapers on the sidewalk, then goes back inside. Outside The Only Sea Foods, a woman wails for a dollar from passersby. Her face is twisted with anguish, her sweatpants bloody from the knee down. In the doorway of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association, a couple lies in a huge pile of cardboard, blankets and suitcases. The two look sick and both have a gravelly cough. The office is closed. A small crowd is gathered, watching them.
The United We Can bottle return depot is the most popular business in the area, with a lineup that reaches down the block. This is where the city binners the people who fill bags and shopping carts with returnable empties come to get paid. A makeshift flea market springs up here in the van cleef flower earrings fake afternoons. People are selling what they have from little squares of fabric. One man offers a snow globe, a video game controller, a hacky sack and a novelty rubber hand. Another has channel changers, four of them, and plastic toys still wrapped in plastic.
The crowd is well behaved, but the police swoop in about every half hour or so. On their third visit, one officer has a lengthy argument with one man and then another is arrested. The man is cuffed while five officers mill around. The crowd takes little notice.
The alley behind United We Can is humming with activity. As I enter the alley, a city worker with a wheeled trash bin passes by a large malodorous pile of garbage. Even though it is near freezing, the stench is powerful. A woman looks up at me as she inserts a needle into her ankle. Two men pass by with plates heaped high with potato salad, bread and lasagna. Pieces of bread are dropped everywhere, as are discarded socks and men underwear.
Midway up the alley, a cube van unloads a dozen kegs of beer behind the Dodson Hotel and just beyond it are about a dozen people smoking crack. A police car pulls into the mouth of the alley, but nobody moves. The police car backs up and moves on. epaper, Digital Access, Subscriber Rewards), please input your Print Newspaper subscription phone number and postal code.
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the gateway to eastern Europe
London is an ever popular destination. Whenever I think of travelling to Europe, I yearn to visit the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom.
City abuzz and activities aplenty, there is so much to see and do. No wonder 19 million international visitors flock to this cosmopolitan city, according to The Telegraph. I am one of them.
The recent Islamic State terror attack on Wednesday in the heart of Westminster saw five people dead and 50 injured. This atrocious crime shook Londoners but they will quickly recover from it.
Business will return to normal and this horrendous episode will not deter visitors from all over to world to choose London as their preferred destination.
Good promotional fares continue to be one of the pull factor. During my recent plan to travel to East Europe, London is my chosen stop over.
The need to recuperate after a 14 hour flight and recover from jet lag are added incentives for me to use London as my gateway to eastern Europe.
Despite long queues at Heathrow International Airport, I managed to whiz through the check points and collect my luggage in under an hour and board a black cab to the city centre.
My executive river view room in the Royal Horseguards Hotel has a good view of River Thames, the London Eye and Golden Jubilee Bridges.
The decor, furniture and bathroom fittings are elegant. I entered the room to find wine and tidbits laid out for me.
It is past 8pm but still early for a 400m stroll to Westminster Bridge to revisit the Palace of Westminster where the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben are located.
On the way back, I passed by more iconic sites like Westminster Abbey, 10 Downing Street, the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister and Scotland Yard.
My struggle against jet lag to rise early alhambra pendant knock off the next morning eases upon the thought of a hearty English breakfast in One Twenty One Two Restaurant downstairs. The wide spread of fine food in a cozy setting stimulates my appetite.
There are so many famous tourist attractions within walking distance but I can visit all of them in two days. My plan is simple I will go one direction on each day to cover my favourite places.
Today, I walked north east towards Trafalgar Square. I am interested in the National Gallery nearby which houses more than 2,300 paintings by great painters including Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh and Rembrandt.
The designs of buildings along the way to Covent Garden seem unique to this area. The main attraction here is the Covent Garden Market but the absence of carts selling delicious snacks disappoints me.
A visit to London is not complete without going to Chinatown, Soho. Here I conversed in Cantonese with older local Chinese people who still speak with a heavy Guangdong or Hong Kong accent.
Catching up with long time friends is always a highlight of my trips. I managed to squeeze in a dinner appointment with my childhood friend who has settled down here and operates his own private equity outfit.
We met in Westfield Mall in Shepherd Bush. It is Europe's largest shopping centre built on the 43 acres site of the 1908 Olympics and houses 265 shops.
Being Asians, we opted for Thai food in one of the many large restaurants fringing one side of the mall.
After a long day, I relished my time in the hotel soaking in the hot bath and tucking into the comfortable bed in Royal Horseguards on this cold night. It like home sweet home.
I saw an unexpected sight a large and modern whole foods market that sells all sorts of nutritious food ranging from fruits, vegetables, food supplements, dried foods and freshly cooked lunch and dinner.
Browsing and shopping for food knock off van cleef pendant necklace stuff, soon I was at the lower section of the upmarket Regent Street. I was captivated by the building designs and the goods inside the shops.
On reaching Oxford Circus Station in the middle of Oxford Street, I marvelled at the boldness of a young woman standing on a box sharing her personal testimony of her faith through a loud hailer.
An elderly woman shouted derogatory remarks at her. Amazingly, the girl smiled and greeted her with bless you Certainly, this high level of tolerance and civility makes London a great city.
The meal starts with foie gras and ham that is prepared to perfection and rich mushroom soup. Then I moved on to the highlight of the meal the succulent fillet mignon, charred to perfection on the outside, bursting with juices within, evenly seared inside and cooked to a medium doneness.
The delicious meal is made van cleef and arpels alhambra pendant imitation perfect with lemon tarts with raspberries and candied walnut and honey for dessert.
The sommelier recommended a full bodied French red wine. The soft classical music in a cozy ambiance elevated the experience.
With a full tummy and bursting with London goodness, I sank into my bed as I have to catch an early flight to start my five city holiday in Warsaw, Prague, Vienna, Budapest and Salzburg.
London is an ever popular destination. Whenever I think of travelling to Europe, I yearn to visit the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom.
City abuzz and activities aplenty, there is so much to see and do. No wonder 19 million international visitors flock to this cosmopolitan city, according to The Telegraph. I am one of them.
The recent Islamic State terror attack on Wednesday in the heart of Westminster saw five people dead and 50 injured. This atrocious crime shook Londoners but they will quickly recover from it.
Business will return to normal and this horrendous episode will not deter visitors from all over to world to choose London as their preferred destination.
Good promotional fares continue to be one of the pull factor. During my recent plan to travel to East Europe, London is my chosen stop over.
The need to recuperate after a 14 hour flight and recover from jet lag are added incentives for me to use London as my gateway to eastern Europe.
Despite long queues at Heathrow International Airport, I managed to whiz through the check points and collect my luggage in under an hour and board a black cab to the city centre.
My executive river view room in the Royal Horseguards Hotel has a good view of River Thames, the London Eye and Golden Jubilee Bridges.
The decor, furniture and bathroom fittings are elegant. I entered the room to find wine and tidbits laid out for me.
It is past 8pm but still early for a 400m stroll to Westminster Bridge to revisit the Palace of Westminster where the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben are located.
On the way back, I passed by more iconic sites like Westminster Abbey, 10 Downing Street, the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister and Scotland Yard.
My struggle against jet lag to rise early alhambra pendant knock off the next morning eases upon the thought of a hearty English breakfast in One Twenty One Two Restaurant downstairs. The wide spread of fine food in a cozy setting stimulates my appetite.
There are so many famous tourist attractions within walking distance but I can visit all of them in two days. My plan is simple I will go one direction on each day to cover my favourite places.
Today, I walked north east towards Trafalgar Square. I am interested in the National Gallery nearby which houses more than 2,300 paintings by great painters including Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh and Rembrandt.
The designs of buildings along the way to Covent Garden seem unique to this area. The main attraction here is the Covent Garden Market but the absence of carts selling delicious snacks disappoints me.
A visit to London is not complete without going to Chinatown, Soho. Here I conversed in Cantonese with older local Chinese people who still speak with a heavy Guangdong or Hong Kong accent.
Catching up with long time friends is always a highlight of my trips. I managed to squeeze in a dinner appointment with my childhood friend who has settled down here and operates his own private equity outfit.
We met in Westfield Mall in Shepherd Bush. It is Europe's largest shopping centre built on the 43 acres site of the 1908 Olympics and houses 265 shops.
Being Asians, we opted for Thai food in one of the many large restaurants fringing one side of the mall.
After a long day, I relished my time in the hotel soaking in the hot bath and tucking into the comfortable bed in Royal Horseguards on this cold night. It like home sweet home.
I saw an unexpected sight a large and modern whole foods market that sells all sorts of nutritious food ranging from fruits, vegetables, food supplements, dried foods and freshly cooked lunch and dinner.
Browsing and shopping for food knock off van cleef pendant necklace stuff, soon I was at the lower section of the upmarket Regent Street. I was captivated by the building designs and the goods inside the shops.
On reaching Oxford Circus Station in the middle of Oxford Street, I marvelled at the boldness of a young woman standing on a box sharing her personal testimony of her faith through a loud hailer.
An elderly woman shouted derogatory remarks at her. Amazingly, the girl smiled and greeted her with bless you Certainly, this high level of tolerance and civility makes London a great city.
The meal starts with foie gras and ham that is prepared to perfection and rich mushroom soup. Then I moved on to the highlight of the meal the succulent fillet mignon, charred to perfection on the outside, bursting with juices within, evenly seared inside and cooked to a medium doneness.
The delicious meal is made van cleef and arpels alhambra pendant imitation perfect with lemon tarts with raspberries and candied walnut and honey for dessert.
The sommelier recommended a full bodied French red wine. The soft classical music in a cozy ambiance elevated the experience.
With a full tummy and bursting with London goodness, I sank into my bed as I have to catch an early flight to start my five city holiday in Warsaw, Prague, Vienna, Budapest and Salzburg.
The best books of 2016
The Vanishing Man:In Pursuit of Velazquez by Laura Cumming(Chatto Windus, 304pp)
Mark Hudson: "Velzquez's monumental masterpiece Las Meninashas obsessed Cumming over25 years. And she is not alone in that. At its heart, claims Taylor, are two inquiries: what is literary culture, and what is taste? The looseness of his theme allows him to stray where he wants, at one point meandering into the field of popular lyrics, and discerning the improbable influence of Nancy Mitford's TheSun King behind the Beatles' song Here Comes the Sun."
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Rupert Christiansen: "Composed over a quarter of a century and embracing some of his most boldly exploratory and profoundly felt music, Beethoven's 16 string quartets have come to rank among the greatest achievements of western art. In this brief but beguiling book, Edward Dusinberre, first violinist of the Takcs Quartet, takes us inside the complexity of these masterpieces elucidating the history of their creation and explaining, with the minimum of technicality, the challenges they pose to performers and audience."
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Sinclair McKay: "The novelist Emile Zola gave the rue des Martyrs vintage alhambra pendant price copy a thrilling tang of scandal in Nana, making the street a backdrop to prostitution and lesbianism. In Sciolino's account, the past and the present entwine promiscuously. Here are Debussy and Satie living it up at "a rowdy cabaret"; and, a little further back, Ravel as a small boy in the street. Toulouse Lautrec and Pissarro are to be found picking up supplies of paint from a celebrated fin de sicle art shop. Honor de Balzac is glimpsed visiting his sister who knock off van cleef and arpels alhambra pendant lives at number 47."
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First Bite: How We Learn to Eat by Bee Wilson (Fourth Estate, 415pp)
Kate Chisholm: "Wilson, whose earlier books have explored a history of baking aids and culinary utensils and some dark truths about the food industry, has discovered that it's possible to free ourselves from the complicated food rituals and obsessions that too often lead us to put on weight (or for some of us to lose it), and which are usually based not on what we know intellectually to be good for us but on the emotional baggage we accumulate through life."
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The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes (Jonathan Cape, 192pp)
Duncan White:"With The Noise of Time Barnes has written a novel of deceptive slenderness: a short fictional account of the life of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. In scale, it appears similar to The Sense of an Ending, but is without that book's taut, thriller ish structure; less tidy but more ambitious. Long standing readers will recognise his commitment to reinventing himself: one of the things Barnes most admires in Flaubert is his never having written the same book twice."
The Vanishing Man:In Pursuit of Velazquez by Laura Cumming(Chatto Windus, 304pp)
Mark Hudson: "Velzquez's monumental masterpiece Las Meninashas obsessed Cumming over25 years. And she is not alone in that. At its heart, claims Taylor, are two inquiries: what is literary culture, and what is taste? The looseness of his theme allows him to stray where he wants, at one point meandering into the field of popular lyrics, and discerning the improbable influence of Nancy Mitford's TheSun King behind the Beatles' song Here Comes the Sun."
BuyThe Prose Factory: Literary Life in England since 1918 now on Amazon
Rupert Christiansen: "Composed over a quarter of a century and embracing some of his most boldly exploratory and profoundly felt music, Beethoven's 16 string quartets have come to rank among the greatest achievements of western art. In this brief but beguiling book, Edward Dusinberre, first violinist of the Takcs Quartet, takes us inside the complexity of these masterpieces elucidating the history of their creation and explaining, with the minimum of technicality, the challenges they pose to performers and audience."
BuyBeethoven for a Later Age now on Amazon
Sinclair McKay: "The novelist Emile Zola gave the rue des Martyrs vintage alhambra pendant price copy a thrilling tang of scandal in Nana, making the street a backdrop to prostitution and lesbianism. In Sciolino's account, the past and the present entwine promiscuously. Here are Debussy and Satie living it up at "a rowdy cabaret"; and, a little further back, Ravel as a small boy in the street. Toulouse Lautrec and Pissarro are to be found picking up supplies of paint from a celebrated fin de sicle art shop. Honor de Balzac is glimpsed visiting his sister who knock off van cleef and arpels alhambra pendant lives at number 47."
Buy The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs now on Amazon
First Bite: How We Learn to Eat by Bee Wilson (Fourth Estate, 415pp)
Kate Chisholm: "Wilson, whose earlier books have explored a history of baking aids and culinary utensils and some dark truths about the food industry, has discovered that it's possible to free ourselves from the complicated food rituals and obsessions that too often lead us to put on weight (or for some of us to lose it), and which are usually based not on what we know intellectually to be good for us but on the emotional baggage we accumulate through life."
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The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes (Jonathan Cape, 192pp)
Duncan White:"With The Noise of Time Barnes has written a novel of deceptive slenderness: a short fictional account of the life of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. In scale, it appears similar to The Sense of an Ending, but is without that book's taut, thriller ish structure; less tidy but more ambitious. Long standing readers will recognise his commitment to reinventing himself: one of the things Barnes most admires in Flaubert is his never having written the same book twice."
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La caduta è di dettagli
I redattori della rivista Allure dicono che non importa quale tendenza abbracciare questa caduta, è tutto sui dettagli. Sasha Charnin Morrison, direttore del mercato moda della rivista, si fermerà The Early Show con informazioni sulle tre tendenze più grandi in autunno Accessori.
Morrison dice che le tre tendenze più grandi per la caduta 2003 sono mod, classics e tweeds. Saranno visibili in ogni negozio ad ogni prezzo. Le tendenze, dice Morrison, sono ispirate agli aspetti della pista di Chanel, Louis Vuitton e Marc Jacobs.
Secondo Morrison, quest'anno, l'elegante e sofisticata donna di potenza è tornata. È uscito la frivolezza e l'ingenuo dalla primavera. La donna caduta sta assumendo cariche in modi molto semplici e rispettabili, dice.
Quest'anno, Morrison dice che gli accessori sono la chiave per tirare insieme l'ultima tendenza.
Quello che è grande per gli accessori è che non devi comprare la testa per guardare il piede per catturare la tendenza, dice. Caricamento su accessori vi permetterà di far parte di ciò che le notizie e fanno apparire come un milione di dollari Senza dover spendere.
Morrison dimostrerà le seguenti tre tendenze principali: l'aspetto mod delle '60s' è tornato con i tessuti in pelle verniciata e l'argento dell'età spaziale, secondo Morrison. Dice che puoi abbinare i tuoi neri di base con un mod stivale stampato o bianco per contrasto Le forme semplici, le linee più sleali e il colore grafico coraggioso ispirato a Austin Powers, a Courreges, a Cardin e a Mary Quant, sono l'ispirazione per questo aspetto: Morrison dice che ognuno può indossare e associarsi a questa tendenza senza guardarsi come un ballerino. , Sono tagliati con una torsione moderna: lo sguardo classico fa parte dell'elegante trend che è stato visto l'anno scorso, dice, quest'anno invece è più sofisticato e meno flirty.
Il coccodrillo classico è una grande tendenza, dice Morrison, perché questa stagione definisce veramente l'aspetto 'classico'. Dooney Bourke ha stampato la borsa di coccodrillo, $ 175
I redattori della rivista Allure dicono che non importa quale tendenza abbracciare questa caduta, è tutto sui dettagli. Sasha Charnin Morrison, direttore del mercato moda della rivista, si fermerà The Early Show con informazioni sulle tre tendenze più grandi in autunno Accessori.
Morrison dice che le tre tendenze più grandi per la caduta 2003 sono mod, classics e tweeds. Saranno visibili in ogni negozio ad ogni prezzo. Le tendenze, dice Morrison, sono ispirate agli aspetti della pista di Chanel, Louis Vuitton e Marc Jacobs.
Secondo Morrison, quest'anno, l'elegante e sofisticata donna di potenza è tornata. È uscito la frivolezza e l'ingenuo dalla primavera. La donna caduta sta assumendo cariche in modi molto semplici e rispettabili, dice.
Quest'anno, Morrison dice che gli accessori sono la chiave per tirare insieme l'ultima tendenza.
Quello che è grande per gli accessori è che non devi comprare la testa per guardare il piede per catturare la tendenza, dice. Caricamento su accessori vi permetterà di far parte di ciò che le notizie e fanno apparire come un milione di dollari Senza dover spendere.
Morrison dimostrerà le seguenti tre tendenze principali: l'aspetto mod delle '60s' è tornato con i tessuti in pelle verniciata e l'argento dell'età spaziale, secondo Morrison. Dice che puoi abbinare i tuoi neri di base con un mod stivale stampato o bianco per contrasto Le forme semplici, le linee più sleali e il colore grafico coraggioso ispirato a Austin Powers, a Courreges, a Cardin e a Mary Quant, sono l'ispirazione per questo aspetto: Morrison dice che ognuno può indossare e associarsi a questa tendenza senza guardarsi come un ballerino. , Sono tagliati con una torsione moderna: lo sguardo classico fa parte dell'elegante trend che è stato visto l'anno scorso, dice, quest'anno invece è più sofisticato e meno flirty.
Il coccodrillo classico è una grande tendenza, dice Morrison, perché questa stagione definisce veramente l'aspetto 'classico'. Dooney Bourke ha stampato la borsa di coccodrillo, $ 175
Le sue spese di attrezzatura Cosa
Basta guardare Jessica Alba tutti i blanc ensemble breezy e oh così lucido e psst: La testa al piede bianco è una tendenza enorme questa primavera.Questa ragazza di Cali ha sicuramente padroneggiato il suo gioco di stile di strada e non guarda mai niente di sforzo e raffinato Ma ahimè, lo stile pro non sempre è economico.
La 33 anni ha abbinato una 'camicia a motivo' di anni '70, ispirata da Pink Stitch per $ 80 con un blazer leggero etereo.In linea con tutto il tema bianco, Alba ha scelto i pantaloni bianchi freschi da French Connection per $ 188. Non troppo caro, Qui vengono i pescatori pesanti!
Neutral Jimmy Choo tacchi al kitten complimenta perfettamente questo abito, ma vi lascerà con un buco di $ 675 nel tuo portafoglio. E l'unico pezzo che ha distrutto questa fresca monotonia bianca è stata la borsa Dolce Gabbana di Babbo Natale di Jessica, che suona a $ 2,245.
Ultimi, accessori. Stiamo ossessionando l'orologio Bulgari dell'oro di Alba, ma con un prezzo di 5.950 dollari, non pensi che stiamo avvicinandoci. E infine, il braccialetto d'amore di Cartier lega l'aspetto insieme ad un ulteriore $ 6.600.
Basta guardare Jessica Alba tutti i blanc ensemble breezy e oh così lucido e psst: La testa al piede bianco è una tendenza enorme questa primavera.Questa ragazza di Cali ha sicuramente padroneggiato il suo gioco di stile di strada e non guarda mai niente di sforzo e raffinato Ma ahimè, lo stile pro non sempre è economico.
La 33 anni ha abbinato una 'camicia a motivo' di anni '70, ispirata da Pink Stitch per $ 80 con un blazer leggero etereo.In linea con tutto il tema bianco, Alba ha scelto i pantaloni bianchi freschi da French Connection per $ 188. Non troppo caro, Qui vengono i pescatori pesanti!
Neutral Jimmy Choo tacchi al kitten complimenta perfettamente questo abito, ma vi lascerà con un buco di $ 675 nel tuo portafoglio. E l'unico pezzo che ha distrutto questa fresca monotonia bianca è stata la borsa Dolce Gabbana di Babbo Natale di Jessica, che suona a $ 2,245.
Ultimi, accessori. Stiamo ossessionando l'orologio Bulgari dell'oro di Alba, ma con un prezzo di 5.950 dollari, non pensi che stiamo avvicinandoci. E infine, il braccialetto d'amore di Cartier lega l'aspetto insieme ad un ulteriore $ 6.600.
The History and Mystery of the Arnolfini Portrait
What it shows seems unremarkable enough: a couple, standing in their home, surrounded by their possessions. Yet it is unprecedented, the first work of art simultaneously to celebrate both middle class comfort and monogamous marriage. Never before had domestic furniture, fittings and fabrics been depicted with such mesmerising realism.
Van Eyck picture is also deeply perplexing. Generations of art historians have failed to establish either who these people are or precisely what they are up to. Nor is it obvious what the prominent inscription right in the middle, usually translated van replica van cleef and arpels perlee bracelet Eyck has been here actually implies. So the late Carola Hicks had rich material for this book, finished just before her death last year.
On the whole, she is better on the history than the mystery. Almost nothing is known for certain about the circumstances of its creation, beyond the name of the artist and the date 1434 on which it was completed, both written on its surface. But an enormous amount of information survives about its subsequent fate.
Hicks alternates short essays about the contents of the picture itself the dog, the rug, the mirror with chapters about the many owners of the work and those who have become obsessed with it.
The latter chapters, though van cleef and arpels perlee copy bracelet they stray sometimes rather far from the actual painting, are full of intriguing information. Early in the 16th century, the picture passed into the hands of the Habsburg family, and hence into the Spanish royal collection. There it stayed for centuries; one king of Spain hung it in a regal lavatory. At that stage, Velzquez would almost certainly have known The Arnolfini Portrait; it must have influenced Las Meninas, that other great mystery interior with a mirror.
The picture van cleef perlee clover bracelet replica was appropriated by Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, then looted from his baggage by the British Army at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813.
At this point, it seems, it fell into the hands of a British army officer, Lieutenant Colonel James Hay. After being shot almost fatally in an unfortunate case of friendly fire at Waterloo, Hay tried to realise his asset.
The Prince Regent had it on approval for a while but, half baked as always, decided not to buy. Hay eventually sold it to the fledgling National Gallery in 1842 for a bargain 600 guineas; though the Treasury was shamefully slow to hand over the cash. From then on, it was one of the most celebrated pictures in the world, and scholars got to work on it.
In 1857 Joseph Crowe, an English journalist and Giovanni Cavalcaselle, an Italian artist, made a crucial discovery. In 1516 the picture is described in an inventory as le Fin with his wife in a chamber
They connected this with the documented presence of a merchant from Lucca, Giovanni Arnolfini, in Bruges in the mid 15th century hence the title by which the picture is now known.
Confusingly, recent research has found there were quite a few Arnolfini in Flanders around the right time.
In his magnificently scholarly entry for the picture in the National Gallery Catalogue of the Early Netherlandish School, Lorne Campbell lists no fewer than four. The two best candidates, moreover, were both named Giovanni and neither seems definitely to have been married in 1434.
At this point, another problem arises. The man is clearly a highly individualised portrait (he was painted again by van Eyck), the woman, on the other hand, isn She is a type, similar to van Eyck saints and Madonnas. Was she then absent betrothed but not yet arrived or dead? And what are the two of them doing? Are they getting married, as was once widely believed, with van Eyck pictured in the mirror as a witness? Or are they just posing for a joint portrait (except one sitter doesn seem to have been there)?
Then there are the objects the lighted candle, the oranges almost all of them might, or might not, be symbols of something.
Wisely perhaps but disappointingly, Hicks is non committal about all this, simply describing differing theories. Nor has she much to say about the deepest puzzle of all.
This picture, and van Eyck work altogether, represents an astonishing departure for visual realism. Those oranges, for example, and the window above are as brilliantly naturalistic as anything in Vermeer. No one has really explained how van Eyck came to see the world in such a radically fresh way.
Hicks is casually dismissive of the suggestion he might have known and been affected by a lens based instrument such as a camera obscura.
I am not so sure. Van Eyck didn as used to be believed, invent oil paint, but he did initiate a revolutionary way of painting. Why and how he did that is the true mystery of The Arnolfini Portrait.
What it shows seems unremarkable enough: a couple, standing in their home, surrounded by their possessions. Yet it is unprecedented, the first work of art simultaneously to celebrate both middle class comfort and monogamous marriage. Never before had domestic furniture, fittings and fabrics been depicted with such mesmerising realism.
Van Eyck picture is also deeply perplexing. Generations of art historians have failed to establish either who these people are or precisely what they are up to. Nor is it obvious what the prominent inscription right in the middle, usually translated van replica van cleef and arpels perlee bracelet Eyck has been here actually implies. So the late Carola Hicks had rich material for this book, finished just before her death last year.
On the whole, she is better on the history than the mystery. Almost nothing is known for certain about the circumstances of its creation, beyond the name of the artist and the date 1434 on which it was completed, both written on its surface. But an enormous amount of information survives about its subsequent fate.
Hicks alternates short essays about the contents of the picture itself the dog, the rug, the mirror with chapters about the many owners of the work and those who have become obsessed with it.
The latter chapters, though van cleef and arpels perlee copy bracelet they stray sometimes rather far from the actual painting, are full of intriguing information. Early in the 16th century, the picture passed into the hands of the Habsburg family, and hence into the Spanish royal collection. There it stayed for centuries; one king of Spain hung it in a regal lavatory. At that stage, Velzquez would almost certainly have known The Arnolfini Portrait; it must have influenced Las Meninas, that other great mystery interior with a mirror.
The picture van cleef perlee clover bracelet replica was appropriated by Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, then looted from his baggage by the British Army at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813.
At this point, it seems, it fell into the hands of a British army officer, Lieutenant Colonel James Hay. After being shot almost fatally in an unfortunate case of friendly fire at Waterloo, Hay tried to realise his asset.
The Prince Regent had it on approval for a while but, half baked as always, decided not to buy. Hay eventually sold it to the fledgling National Gallery in 1842 for a bargain 600 guineas; though the Treasury was shamefully slow to hand over the cash. From then on, it was one of the most celebrated pictures in the world, and scholars got to work on it.
In 1857 Joseph Crowe, an English journalist and Giovanni Cavalcaselle, an Italian artist, made a crucial discovery. In 1516 the picture is described in an inventory as le Fin with his wife in a chamber
They connected this with the documented presence of a merchant from Lucca, Giovanni Arnolfini, in Bruges in the mid 15th century hence the title by which the picture is now known.
Confusingly, recent research has found there were quite a few Arnolfini in Flanders around the right time.
In his magnificently scholarly entry for the picture in the National Gallery Catalogue of the Early Netherlandish School, Lorne Campbell lists no fewer than four. The two best candidates, moreover, were both named Giovanni and neither seems definitely to have been married in 1434.
At this point, another problem arises. The man is clearly a highly individualised portrait (he was painted again by van Eyck), the woman, on the other hand, isn She is a type, similar to van Eyck saints and Madonnas. Was she then absent betrothed but not yet arrived or dead? And what are the two of them doing? Are they getting married, as was once widely believed, with van Eyck pictured in the mirror as a witness? Or are they just posing for a joint portrait (except one sitter doesn seem to have been there)?
Then there are the objects the lighted candle, the oranges almost all of them might, or might not, be symbols of something.
Wisely perhaps but disappointingly, Hicks is non committal about all this, simply describing differing theories. Nor has she much to say about the deepest puzzle of all.
This picture, and van Eyck work altogether, represents an astonishing departure for visual realism. Those oranges, for example, and the window above are as brilliantly naturalistic as anything in Vermeer. No one has really explained how van Eyck came to see the world in such a radically fresh way.
Hicks is casually dismissive of the suggestion he might have known and been affected by a lens based instrument such as a camera obscura.
I am not so sure. Van Eyck didn as used to be believed, invent oil paint, but he did initiate a revolutionary way of painting. Why and how he did that is the true mystery of The Arnolfini Portrait.
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Remembering Shankar Nag
Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana in Bangalore
Twenty years ago, on September 30, 1990, when the whole of Karnataka was in Dasara festive spirit, the news of actor Shankar Nag's death in a road accident came as a shock his innumerable fans. to this day, the industry is yet to make up for the loss.
Shankar, a theatre artiste and aspiring director started acting in films on the insistence of his actor brother Ananth Nag. He established himself as an actor in his very first film Ondanondu Kaaladalli and went on to give gems Swamy Navirode Heege, Auto Raja, CBI Shankar, SP Sangliana, Accident and Minchina Ota (in which he acted alongside Ananth Nag).
While Shankar was adored for his role in SP Sangliana, it was Auto Raja that immortalised him among the masses. His pairing with actresses Jayamala, Gayathri, Akshata and Tara were particularly popular.
Shankar also has distinction of having both acted with and directed legendary actor Rajkumar. He also holds the record of having 15 films released in a single year just after Rajkumar, who saw 16 of his films releasing in a year.
His other feat was Malgudi Days, a serial that he directed for Doordardarshan. The serial was based on R K Narayan's book by the same name.
Shankar's contribution to theatre has also been immense. Even after becoming a superstar, he didn't stop making plays. His wife and actress Arundathi Nag even to this day keeps his passion alive through her theatre space Ranga Shankara located in Bangalore.
Twenty years after Shankar's death, his inner circle relives its best Shankar Nag moments.
Kashi, actor and member of Sanket theatre recalls working with Shankar.
Unique, that was Shankar Nag for me. He was a leader and a visionary, the sort I am yet to come across again. He was of his times and always had the interest of the society Ropeway for Nandi Hills, low cost housing for the poor and metro rail for Bangalore were among his futuristic visions. In fact in 1986, he had even built a low cost house in just three days in Yalahanka. The material and technology was from Austria. At the same time the Housing Board also built around 1000 houses for the poor. Today it is the house that Shankar built that still stands, while the others houses have collapsed. And the irony is that the Housing Board has made the house their office!
He was also for building hospitals for the poor. One day he came home and asked for a map of Karnataka. He then took it out, divided it into four parts asked me and a couple of others to pick our favourite parts of the state. Even before we started thinking he was planning to get us land in those portions. He asked us to survey those areas geographically and economically and list the needs of the poor people residing there. He wanted to build a hospital 100 kms.
Having also felt the need for a metro for Bangalore, he had sent us to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to observe the train system. He had become a fan of the metro when he had gone to London to receive an award for Malgudi Days.
Speaking of the serial, I still remember the time when he had taken four test episodes to Doordarshan for approval. In those days was a film critic called Amita Malik. She was dreaded by the film circle for her critical reviews. But after having seen the test episodes, she had written a half page article on how Malgudi Days was the best thing that had happened to Doordrashan. When we were gloating, Shankar told us to just get started on the next episodes. He let neither success nor failure get to him. What next? was the question that was on his mind always. They say mercury runs fastest, but Shankar was one step ahead.
Shankar was like a bubbling soda bottle. He enjoyed every moment of his life, be it shooting, spending time with friends, driving or attending a business meet. He was also a very unassuming individual. I still remember the Sandhyachaya, my second play with him. used to go out, get tea and biscuits and serve the team himself despite being a huge star. He had no hang ups and was as cool as ice.
B Jayashree, theatre artiste shares her fond memories of Shankar.
Shankar was a multi faceted personality. But above all that, he was a great human being. Cast and class barriers never existed for him. He had no enemies and was a very warm and trustworthy individual. I met him soon after he had shifted base from Mumbai. Despite being from the Mumbai theatre circle, he had hang ups. He walked into Kalakshetra while I was rehearsing for a play and after watching the play, he said in his Marathi mixed Kannada that he wanted to direct me in a play.
That's how Barrister happened. My character was to have a tonsured head and it took a while for him to convince me to carry that look. Mine was the opening scene and I still recall how Shankar had boosted my confidence before going onto the stage. Being part of his other play Nagamandala was also a fabulous experience.
Shankar Nag was a fabulous human being. He was very energetic and it is this energy that he transferred to us that that has kept us going. If you live, you must live like him.
Ramesh Bhatt, actor recalls Shankar as a people's person.
Shankar Nag came sans any starry tantrums. Even if he found an insect in the food served to him, he would just throw it out and continue eating. He was against wasting anything.
He utilised the inner part of a cigarette pack to van cleef perlee bracelet make notes or send messages to people on the set. He never liked wasting time either. I guess that's why he never waited for a changing room or a van to change costumes. He changed as and when he got off the car and ready to face the camera in a jiffy.
Shankar was a people's person. He loved being with friends and on van cleef and arpels perlee clover bracelet replica impulse, used to hold screenings of football and cricket matches and get people together.
Another thing he enjoyed was playing the tabla. He was a darling of his fans too. The fact that even to this day, auto drivers have his photo on their autos is testimony to his popularity.
Shankar was a serious professional too. He was a good director and people who have worked with him command great respect. Even to this day if people come to know that I've worked with him in his films and Malgudi Days, they salute me.
Master Manjunath, who acted as Swamy in Malgudi Days shares his memories of the star.
For Shankar Nag, education and relationships were top priorities. In fact it was because of him that I went on to complete my education. I took a break from films at the of my he had by then instilled the importance of education in me. He was the one who developed reading habit in me. He stressed that it was through books that we would be able replica van cleef bracelet to travel the world. Today I have a collection of 2000 novels!
He was also a multitasker and never wasted time. If he had nothing to do, we used to find him playing crossword. He had a way with kids too. While shooting for Malgudi Days, we kids were a bunch of brats and it would have taken only someone like Nag to handle us. He was very understanding.
I remember while we were shooting for Malgudi Days, a national bandh was declared. We were shooting in the remote regions of Agumbe and no one would have known whether we worked or not. But Shankar that we had worked continuously and so the shoot because of the bandh. Instead, he all the kids to Malpe beach where had a great time. Makeup artistes were paranoid about our skin tones and continuity issues, but Shankar Nag just wanted us to have fun.
When you say Shankar Nag, 'speed' is the word that comes to my mind. He spoke of animation and graphics then when it was not the norm. He always thought of new and interesting things and started work on them immediately. It was like he knew he had very little time on earth and had hardly any time to waste!
Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana in Bangalore
Twenty years ago, on September 30, 1990, when the whole of Karnataka was in Dasara festive spirit, the news of actor Shankar Nag's death in a road accident came as a shock his innumerable fans. to this day, the industry is yet to make up for the loss.
Shankar, a theatre artiste and aspiring director started acting in films on the insistence of his actor brother Ananth Nag. He established himself as an actor in his very first film Ondanondu Kaaladalli and went on to give gems Swamy Navirode Heege, Auto Raja, CBI Shankar, SP Sangliana, Accident and Minchina Ota (in which he acted alongside Ananth Nag).
While Shankar was adored for his role in SP Sangliana, it was Auto Raja that immortalised him among the masses. His pairing with actresses Jayamala, Gayathri, Akshata and Tara were particularly popular.
Shankar also has distinction of having both acted with and directed legendary actor Rajkumar. He also holds the record of having 15 films released in a single year just after Rajkumar, who saw 16 of his films releasing in a year.
His other feat was Malgudi Days, a serial that he directed for Doordardarshan. The serial was based on R K Narayan's book by the same name.
Shankar's contribution to theatre has also been immense. Even after becoming a superstar, he didn't stop making plays. His wife and actress Arundathi Nag even to this day keeps his passion alive through her theatre space Ranga Shankara located in Bangalore.
Twenty years after Shankar's death, his inner circle relives its best Shankar Nag moments.
Kashi, actor and member of Sanket theatre recalls working with Shankar.
Unique, that was Shankar Nag for me. He was a leader and a visionary, the sort I am yet to come across again. He was of his times and always had the interest of the society Ropeway for Nandi Hills, low cost housing for the poor and metro rail for Bangalore were among his futuristic visions. In fact in 1986, he had even built a low cost house in just three days in Yalahanka. The material and technology was from Austria. At the same time the Housing Board also built around 1000 houses for the poor. Today it is the house that Shankar built that still stands, while the others houses have collapsed. And the irony is that the Housing Board has made the house their office!
He was also for building hospitals for the poor. One day he came home and asked for a map of Karnataka. He then took it out, divided it into four parts asked me and a couple of others to pick our favourite parts of the state. Even before we started thinking he was planning to get us land in those portions. He asked us to survey those areas geographically and economically and list the needs of the poor people residing there. He wanted to build a hospital 100 kms.
Having also felt the need for a metro for Bangalore, he had sent us to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to observe the train system. He had become a fan of the metro when he had gone to London to receive an award for Malgudi Days.
Speaking of the serial, I still remember the time when he had taken four test episodes to Doordarshan for approval. In those days was a film critic called Amita Malik. She was dreaded by the film circle for her critical reviews. But after having seen the test episodes, she had written a half page article on how Malgudi Days was the best thing that had happened to Doordrashan. When we were gloating, Shankar told us to just get started on the next episodes. He let neither success nor failure get to him. What next? was the question that was on his mind always. They say mercury runs fastest, but Shankar was one step ahead.
Shankar was like a bubbling soda bottle. He enjoyed every moment of his life, be it shooting, spending time with friends, driving or attending a business meet. He was also a very unassuming individual. I still remember the Sandhyachaya, my second play with him. used to go out, get tea and biscuits and serve the team himself despite being a huge star. He had no hang ups and was as cool as ice.
B Jayashree, theatre artiste shares her fond memories of Shankar.
Shankar was a multi faceted personality. But above all that, he was a great human being. Cast and class barriers never existed for him. He had no enemies and was a very warm and trustworthy individual. I met him soon after he had shifted base from Mumbai. Despite being from the Mumbai theatre circle, he had hang ups. He walked into Kalakshetra while I was rehearsing for a play and after watching the play, he said in his Marathi mixed Kannada that he wanted to direct me in a play.
That's how Barrister happened. My character was to have a tonsured head and it took a while for him to convince me to carry that look. Mine was the opening scene and I still recall how Shankar had boosted my confidence before going onto the stage. Being part of his other play Nagamandala was also a fabulous experience.
Shankar Nag was a fabulous human being. He was very energetic and it is this energy that he transferred to us that that has kept us going. If you live, you must live like him.
Ramesh Bhatt, actor recalls Shankar as a people's person.
Shankar Nag came sans any starry tantrums. Even if he found an insect in the food served to him, he would just throw it out and continue eating. He was against wasting anything.
He utilised the inner part of a cigarette pack to van cleef perlee bracelet make notes or send messages to people on the set. He never liked wasting time either. I guess that's why he never waited for a changing room or a van to change costumes. He changed as and when he got off the car and ready to face the camera in a jiffy.
Shankar was a people's person. He loved being with friends and on van cleef and arpels perlee clover bracelet replica impulse, used to hold screenings of football and cricket matches and get people together.
Another thing he enjoyed was playing the tabla. He was a darling of his fans too. The fact that even to this day, auto drivers have his photo on their autos is testimony to his popularity.
Shankar was a serious professional too. He was a good director and people who have worked with him command great respect. Even to this day if people come to know that I've worked with him in his films and Malgudi Days, they salute me.
Master Manjunath, who acted as Swamy in Malgudi Days shares his memories of the star.
For Shankar Nag, education and relationships were top priorities. In fact it was because of him that I went on to complete my education. I took a break from films at the of my he had by then instilled the importance of education in me. He was the one who developed reading habit in me. He stressed that it was through books that we would be able replica van cleef bracelet to travel the world. Today I have a collection of 2000 novels!
He was also a multitasker and never wasted time. If he had nothing to do, we used to find him playing crossword. He had a way with kids too. While shooting for Malgudi Days, we kids were a bunch of brats and it would have taken only someone like Nag to handle us. He was very understanding.
I remember while we were shooting for Malgudi Days, a national bandh was declared. We were shooting in the remote regions of Agumbe and no one would have known whether we worked or not. But Shankar that we had worked continuously and so the shoot because of the bandh. Instead, he all the kids to Malpe beach where had a great time. Makeup artistes were paranoid about our skin tones and continuity issues, but Shankar Nag just wanted us to have fun.
When you say Shankar Nag, 'speed' is the word that comes to my mind. He spoke of animation and graphics then when it was not the norm. He always thought of new and interesting things and started work on them immediately. It was like he knew he had very little time on earth and had hardly any time to waste!
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In restaurant time, 12 years is like a dog's life a lot of restaurants have keeled over, dead, by that age.
That's how many years ago I first visited Blue Eyed Marys. A lot has changed in that time. When I went, it was on Bowen Island, sharing a funky space in a cute little house. By day, was Breakfast Cafe and by evening, it morphed into candlelit Blue Eyed Marys. Then they moved down the road into their own place.
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Blue Eyed Marys dining room is cheerful and charming with robin's egg blue walls; a print of the namesake Blue Eyed Mary hangs on the wall it's a flower, not a person. Biddiscombe says some of the antique build ins came from a mansion under renovations in Shaughnessy, once home to the famous Woodward's family.
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Plating can be sometimes heavy handed my halibut cheeks were delicious but some elements were piled on without form or function; the asparagus tarragon ravioli buried at the bottom was a happy discovery; a licorice root strawberry reduction and a green sauce messily circled the plate. Grilled bison flatiron steak with garlic potato croutons came with a refreshing butter lettuce salad but part of the otherwise tasty steak was extremely chewy.
Pan fried trout with quinoa was a generous dish of two large fillets atop a large mound of quinoa with almonds, cherries. Very good.
My favourite was grain crusted marmalade and mustard glazed chicken thighs over cole slaw a delicious flavourfest bordering on candied chicken.
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In restaurant time, 12 years is like a dog's life a lot of restaurants have keeled over, dead, by that age.
That's how many years ago I first visited Blue Eyed Marys. A lot has changed in that time. When I went, it was on Bowen Island, sharing a funky space in a cute little house. By day, was Breakfast Cafe and by evening, it morphed into candlelit Blue Eyed Marys. Then they moved down the road into their own place.
Recently, husband and wife owners, Carol Wallace (the chef, once a sous chef at Bishop's restaurant) and Stephen Biddiscombe (front of house), moved the restaurant to West Vancouver with a ready made customer base because many of their Bowen Island patrons were from West Vancouver.
It's an older demographic for sure, in sharp contrast to the noisy, energetic dining crowds in restaurants du jour in Gastown, Downtown Eastside and Main Street.
Blue Eyed Marys dining room is cheerful and charming with robin's egg blue walls; a print of the namesake Blue Eyed Mary hangs on the wall it's a flower, not a person. Biddiscombe says some of the antique build ins came from a mansion under renovations in Shaughnessy, once home to the famous Woodward's family.
The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner and the menu offers West Coast bistro style food. Offerings are concise (three appies, five mains) but a couple of items are changed every week. Mains cost $18 to $28 when I visited.
While the restaurant is a great addition to a static West Van inventory of restaurants, the food some improvements. Some dishes sing. Some could use a plating make over. Some could imitation van cleef arpels clover necklace be cooked with more care.
The plum tomato tarte tatin with grilled asparagus and basil oil had a problem I would have eagerly chomped away except the puff pastry was undercooked and doughy and unpuffed. A smoked salmon and leek soup with red onion and caper crme fraiche was a winner with everything in very good balance. Salad with rhubarb orange vinaigrette and chili cashew praline featured fresh, crisp lettuce.
Plating can be sometimes heavy handed my halibut cheeks were delicious but some elements were piled on without form or function; the asparagus tarragon ravioli buried at the bottom was a happy discovery; a licorice root strawberry reduction and a green sauce messily circled the plate. Grilled bison flatiron steak with garlic potato croutons came with a refreshing butter lettuce salad but part of the otherwise tasty steak was extremely chewy.
Pan fried trout with quinoa was a generous dish of two large fillets atop a large mound of quinoa with almonds, cherries. Very good.
My favourite was grain crusted marmalade and mustard glazed chicken thighs over cole slaw a delicious flavourfest bordering on candied chicken.
Desserts are interesting. An espresso cake with mocha anglais caused an OMG moment. I was fake Van Cleef & Arpels Clover necklace black certain we wouldn't and shouldn't finish the multi layered lusciousness. But, OMG, we did. Pavlova with berries and buttermilk ice cream was a perfect taste of summer.
The wine list offers mid range wines chosen for the homey, affordable food.
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