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Saturday, October 30

Portrait of Kate Moss nude by Lucian Freud

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It will be for sale at Christie's 10 February 2005 in the Post War and Contemporary Day sale, King Street, London.

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Dan Gillmor Awarded

I am so pleased that Dan was given this award, he really deserves it!

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Dan Gillmor, author of We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People and Business and Technology columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, has won the 2004 World Technology Award for Media & Journalism.

Read our review of his book on Bookzen

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ArtReview Power 100

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Must have edition.
POWER 100 The third annual list of the most influential players in the art world. Find out who's in and who's out in 2004 in the November issue of ArtReview

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Scottish artist Jack Vettriano is on the list and so he should be! A new book, simply titled JACK VETTRIANO, will feautre many of the best images from the previous book along with previously unpublished images including some of paintings featured in the artist's most recent exhibition with us. The book includes biographical text by Anthony Quinn where he updates the artist's life story from where it left off in the 2000 publication.

So is Dakis Joannou owner of the DESTE Foundation in Athens, I went to the opening exhibition party and several other crazy exhibitions there. The Greek industrialist and collector made himself the most imposing Mediterranean figure in the arts when he opened the Deste Foundation in 1983.

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Thursday, October 28

Adopt a Red Howler Monkey

Please see what you can do for them...they need your help.

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Red howler - Alouatta seniculus
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Every item you purchase in The Animal Rescue Site store gives back to animals in need, but items in our Support the Cause department give extra special care. Our aid package that allows you to Adopt a Red Howler Monkey is
a perfect example...

Read on to learn how you can help these furry friends, plus browse our hot store picks below.

YOU CAN "ADOPT" A RESCUED RED HOWLER MONKEY

No, the small and social red howler monkey -- and its trademark "roar" -- can't come live with you! But you can help provide the vital care and rehabilitation these
rescued monkeys require.

More than 30% of Colombia's native forests have been destroyed due to agricultural expansion and cultivation of drug plants. At the same time, poverty and civil war
have displaced many Colombians, resulting in high amounts of illegal wildlife poaching and trafficking...

One victim of these terrible circumstances is the red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus). Luckily, the nonprofit organization Fundacion Ecolombia is providing care for howler monkeys and other animals rescued from smugglers and poachers, with the goal of releasing them back into the wild, if possible.

For only $23 you can directly provide one full week of care,including nourishing food, veterinarian services and rehabilitation, for a rescued Colombian red howler monkey.To commemorate your gift, you or your gift recipient will receive a display certificate. Click here to learn more and make a difference for a rescued monkey!:

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iPod Photo do you?

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Wednesday, October 27

Tea Glorious Tea

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Tea is good for us, although I really prefer coffee, a friend told me that coffee is worse for one than tea but too much tea is much worse than too much coffee. So tea is a help in combating Alzheimer's disease, super, red wine is another "Good" drink! Early morning tea was a tradition at home. Nan would have hers in the nursery with the radio on, Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Typhoo and a Players. Then I followed Nan into Dad's bedroom with his early morning tea, later I would dunk the remaining sugar lumps in the dregs of lemony tea. (given the chance I still do this) Mum always had coffee much later. Then there was tea time. Usually in the nursery with Nan, crumpets dripping with Sark butter, doughnuts, toast and Marmite
Image Hosted by ImageShack.us . Sometimes Tea would be in the drawing room, Lapsang Souchong or Earl Grey, it was fun, special. My favorite is Tarry Lapsang.

Researching for this post I came across this super page, The Tea Page put together by Kai Birger Nielsen there is a very comprehensive page about Tea in London

Of course Russian President Vladimir Putin drinks tea. I have always wanted a Samovar
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The benefits of Green Tea

Don't miss cupoftea.uk.com

There must be a site called tea.co.uk very useful, you can have a tealeaf reading - astro tea

This what we need a nicecupofteaandasitdown.com

It must be teatimeworldwide.com

Tea Quotes

Tea trail: Mad hatters tea party quiz

Boston Tea Party - Eyewitness Account

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Books about tea

The Tea Act and The Sugar Act

Stash Tea: The History of Tea

Tea Time Places

The Ritz The
funny thing is that the Ritz is owned by the Barclay brothers who live on the island of Brechou
Image Hosted by ImageShack.us , which is just a few yards from Sark. Dad used to live at the Ritz whilst in London. I had my sixth birthday (tea) party there, it was super fun we all tore around screaming, I wore a red velvet cape with a hood and a white satin lining. I was given a box of jokes and tricks, one of which I played on Dad who wasn't amused! I also remember having tea in the Palm Court, even now the sound of tinkling water from the fountain makes me want to go to the loo. It may be interesting to do a study and compare it to a tea place without the water sounds.
Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Their website has a Tea page... You can buy a Tea for Two gift voucher, what ever next! ( today it is £68 so hurry ): Booking at least six weeks in advance is absolutely essential. There is a dress code but this should be no problem as you will have six weeks to get ready! Have your hair done, go to fittings, wear in your new shoes and come back from the ends of the earth. The Ritz, London won the 2004 Top London Afternoon Tea Award

Sotheby's

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Twinning's

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us At the back of the shop there is a small museum, this charts the history of the family, along with some fabulous examples of tea caddies and more unusual items from the world of tea. - How to make a perfect cup of tea

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Monday, October 25

El Greco discovery

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El Greco's The Baptism of Christ dates from 1567-70
A 16th Century painting by artist El Greco, valued at £500,000, has been discovered in an envelope in Spain....The news of its discovery comes just a week after another "lost" El Greco work was put on display in Poland.

Ecstasy of St Francis was discovered in a small church in east Poland during a routine check of historical artefacts in 1964.
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Wednesday, October 20

BBC Photo Exhibition

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From front-lines to touch-lines, political downfalls to private triumphs, the press photographer can define a moment for ever.
The five thousand days that have passed since 1989 to the present day have been recorded by members of the British Press Photographers' Association and collated in this extraordinary exhibition.

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European Heroes

I am so pleased that Jane Goodall has been chosen by Time to be in thier article on European Heros, if only there were more like her.
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Jane Goodall Britain
The Queen of Gombe - The legendary researcher raises her voice to help chimpanzees - and their human cousins - By Jeff Chu/London

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Holinghurst wins Booker

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THE LINE OF BEAUTY BY ALAN HOLINGHURST WINS THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2004

The results of the 2004 Man Booker Prize were announced at
an awards ceremony at the Royal Horticultural Halls
on 19th October 2004.

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Tuesday, October 19

Mystery

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One of the wonderfull photos on Flickr CALIBRE

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Monday, October 18

Time for sale

It is very sad that someone didn't come forward to buy the whole collection of the Time Museum. The Time Museum, an international collection of time-measuring devices, was open to the public for almost 30 years. It was closed in March, 1999

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A Renaissance Gilt-Brass and Ebonized Automaton Dog Clock, German, early 17th Century

Masterpieces from the time Museum
New York, New York - On October 13-15, 2004, Sotheby's will sell more than 850 important watches and clocks from the Time Museum of Rockford, Illinois, the third such offering from this important private American collection during the past five years. The Time Museum, the finest collection of clocks, watches and time-finding and time-keeping devices in the world, was assembled by Seth Atwood, a businessman, over a period of thirty years.

Daryn Schnipper, Director of Sotheby's Worldwide Watches and Clocks department, said: "This further opportunity to sell treasures from the Time Museum - the greatest private American collection of timepieces ever formed - is an honor for Sotheby's and a high point of my career. Together with the previous two offerings, these sales will be remembered for years to come as galvanic events in this field."

Do buy the catalogue, it is a wonderful history of Time.

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Chisties living with art London

I love this photograph, it reminds me of summers spent on Mykonos, the heat, the sea breeze, I used to call it hair dryer weather.

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Nude on Balcony, Helmut Newton
Lot 243, Estimate: £3,000-4,000

Living with Art London - The growing trend with collectors, first-time buyers, and the contemporary connoisseur is photographs.

Photographs Sale 9964
16 November 2004, 10:30 am
85 Old Brompton Road, London

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Tivoli iPal

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Le gadget nouveau est arrive
I don't generally write about gadgetry on here. But, have just taken delivery of a Tivoli iPal, and feel I just have to share this with the world.
via...50 quid bloke

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Friday, October 15

Royal European Charity Premiere

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Monday 29th November 2004
Odeon, Leicester Square, WC2
7.15pm approx.
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The Prince's Trust will be benefiting from the Royal European Charity Premiere of The Merchant of Venice in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales, and you could be there.

Directed and adapted for screen by Academy Award Nominee Michael Radford, this modern translation of Shakespeare's timeless comedy drama boasts a hugely impressive cast including Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons, John Sessions and Mackenzie Crook (alias Gareth from "The Office").

The Merchant of Venice follows the fates and fortunes of a group of noblemen (led by Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes) and their interactions with moneylender Shylock (played by Al Pacino).

Don't miss this hugely anticipated film adaptation of one of Shakespeare's best known plays and your chance to join the stars on the red carpet.

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Tuesday, October 12

Hearts in San Francisco Charity Auction

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Wolf Heart
Estimate: $7,000-9,000
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Hearts in San Francisco
Charity Auction to Benefit the
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation

11 November 2004
6:30 pm (viewing) & 8:00 pm (auction)
SBC Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco

Hearts in San Francisco has been a sponsor-supported series of installations of heart sculptures in the Bay Area started in February 2004.

Over 100 heart sculptures by recognized and emerging artists appeared on sidewalks, plazas, parks, and street corners to celebrate the wide acceptance, tolerance and open-heartedness of the city.

This unique combination of fund-raising, compassionate community involvement and positive nurturing of artistic expression culminates at a charity auction of a selection of hearts to benefit the San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center. To learn more, visit www.sfghf.net.

Please visit www.heartsinsf.com for further information about the auction catalogue and absentee bidding, or to read more about Hearts in San Francisco.
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Funky Diva

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From the World Technology Awards Dinner. Skype won the Communications Award. The singing was a pink version of the blue diva in The Fifth Element. Photo by Steve Jurveston.

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Sunday, October 10

The Nobel Peace Prize 2004

The Nobel Peace Prize 2004
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004 to Wangari Maathai for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.

Peace on earth depends on our ability to secure our living environment. Maathai stands at the front of the fight to promote ecologically viable social, economic and cultural development in Kenya and in Africa. She has taken a holistic approach to sustainable development that embraces democracy, human rights and women's rights in particular. She thinks globally and acts locally.

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Thursday, October 7

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004

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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004
"for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's cliches and their subjugating power" Elfriede Jelinek Austria b. 1946

Her website

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BBC review of "the piano teacher" her book that was made into a film.

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Friday, October 1

Brightness Falls by Jay McInerney - reviewed for Bookzen by KJR

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"Brightness Falls" by Jay McInerney is an engaging, fascinating tale involving the meteoric paths of a group of mostly prosperous young New Yorkers, blind to their own foibles and decadence, who believe their brand of personal pleasures makes life meaningful, while their native intelligence and privilege make them attractive, invulnerable and significant. Having stated this premise, I have foreshadowed the melancholy, slightly lugubrious ending. Like other Jay McInerney books, "Brightness Falls" is fast-paced and absorbing, a good story told well, in a kinetic prose bordering on poetry, both literary and peppered with the insouciance of the now. The theme? -- Sex, drugs, and rock n' roll meet money, the menagerie of New York society and life's limits.

Reading this book is like eavesdropping on New Yorkers during the mid-eighties, and quite enjoyable. Set within the publishing and investment banking realms, the author describes both, to my own moderate experience with each, well and believably. While the events in this book probably did occur to numerous people during the turbulent times described, I am not aware of "Brightness Falls" being a roman a clef, or a description via fiction of actual events concerning prominent people, though it may be. A tale of the wretched consequences of excess combined with narcissism, the book could well be about the late nineties.

I found this novel funny, evocative, serious, thought provoking, satirical, and possibly even profound. The story concerns that particular time in the life of many well educated, successful young professionals when they reach a certain stage of life and in their careers: when partying and friends seem more fun and enjoyable than ever, when sexual attraction to colleagues and associates carries the extra zing of justifiable narcissism, when coping with the centrifugal forces of career and money have become second nature, when women who thought themselves almost too young to marry suddenly want babies desperately, and when the married first begin looking around for more exotic, willing partners in dalliance.

Very much like "The Titan," also reviewed on this site, "Brightness Falls" concerns people confronting the interstitial balances among personal ambition, professional competence, character, and deep-seated longing. Business and pleasure become associated, connected, and inextricably intertwined. Questions the book raises are: what are the differences between a friend, lover and business associate? Or the difference between personal and professional lives? How much lying and manipulation are okay in a relationship if you intend to set the record straight or to do the right thing eventually later? It also asks, in the same vein, what is important? -- though perhaps that answer is finally existential, appropriately enough since the central characters believe themselves to be the disillusioned heirs of post-modernism.

McInerney, like his characters, is self-consciously literary, and unless you majored in literature at a good college, you may want to keep a notepad handy so that you can track down some of the references later. The title itself comes from an Elizabethan poem that mourns the loss of life in the face of aging and time's passage. Issues of human frailty, personal responsibility, and homelessness are dealt with sensitively, if with some irony.

Nevertheless, this is a book about the strong and the good surviving to be strong and good another day. It is also, as in Hardy or Shakespeare, told with a certain fatalistic nod to destiny, three-strikes and you are definitely out, regardless of who's to blame. It is also, like Dickens or Trollope, a tale that favors those of noble character, and perhaps, of noble, Waspish birth, who may get a chance to redeem themselves, having once fallen to the squalor of lesser beings. Finally, this novel's partying in the Hamptons, liquor-soaked scenes of adultery, and unease with the West Coast, evoke F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is referred to several times, as is Hemingway, and the denouement in uncannily similar to the major works of these authors.

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