... Rosalind Savill, director of the Wallace Collection, could be the first time. Next year sees the completion of a massive speaking for both Charles Saumarez Smith of the National extension to Tate Britain (the original Tate Gallery, at Mill- Portait Gallery ...

... ready this autumn. “Our presence in London is symbolic of the artistic relationship with Great Britain.” says Piotrovski, speaking from Russia. “It dates back to 1773, when Catherine the Great ordered the Green Frog Service from Josiah Wedgwood. She went ...

... delightful surprises for nature lovers. This year 50 skylarks had territories on the pastures and were singing in the skies.” Speaking about future plans for the site he added: “These precious acres could welcome many thousands of wild ducks and geese every ...

... diminutive and enthusiastic, Marks, tall and more measured. Both are passionate about their work, interrupting one another as they speak. “And it’s not just architecture: it’s architecture and engineering, working in tandem. They can be bold, exciting, fun and ...

... Ackroyd expects Cockney to survive and also hopes that ancient areas such as Clerkenwell will reclaim their identity. “As we speak, Smithfield is doing just that. I expect that the South Bank will become more like central London. And, of course, the River ...

... traditions, about giving people certainty”. Perhaps it is wrong in any case to talk about modern and old, and we should rather speak in terms of content. As Colin Slee says of his own experience, where there is excellence of music, people will always come ...

... DrSeuss’sGrinch is back Watch out. This Christmas your children may succumb to Seuss Fever. Symptoms include the urge to speak in goofy rhymes, invent weird names for animals, balance precariously stacked boxes on one finger and hurtle down a mountain ...

... Nov2l. Phillips, 101 New Bond St, WI (02076296602). Christmas Crafts Fair The elegant Edwardian interior of the English Speaking Union’s Mayfair ...

... the difficulty of connecting runs deeper than that—the problem lies partly in the structure of Western society. John Harper speaks of the “growing philosophical, intellectual and cultural divide” between the Church and the secular world, contrasting it ...

... century, and tap away at computers in order to operate a distillery some 20 miles away. They don’t talk to outsiders, and only speak to each other during their weekly woodland walk on a Monday. Those three monks make the liqueur we call *1 !» \ A ' ...

... pages, quoting words and phrases and grimacing horribly at the sound of them. At last, slumped in his chair, he allowed me to speak. I blurted an elaboration of my idea—something I had said changed his whole attitude. He stopped me mid-sentence, came round ...

... men since 1862. Although it has recently added trendy eveningwear end clothes, its ambience remains traditional. Devotees speak of the br vice and caring staff—you can return shoes bought here for one of the bes services in town. Many a top lawyer relies ...