February 16, 2015

The Legacy of Miss Bacall

Screen goddess, legendary wife of… & art collector!

Preview of Lauren Bacall’s estate to be auctioned at Bonhams in New York.

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Admirers of the late stage and screen actress Lauren Bacall can view highlights from her estate at Bonhams in London from 15-19 February. Around 50 choice lots of art and jewellery, just a fraction of The Lauren Bacall Collection, are on view at the New Bond Street headquarters of Bonhams, just one stop on an international tour taking in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris and New York – where the collection will be auctioned on March 31 and April 1. Browse the Bonhams on-line catalogue.

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February 15, 2015

Belle de Jour

The iconic shoe that never went out of fashion.

In the 1967 French film “Belle de Jour” directed by the great Luis Buñuel, the actress  Catherine Deneuve plays a rich bourgeoise who secretly works in an elegant “maison close” (a brothel) during the day when her husband is at work. Her demure and elegant look is still so compelling today, but the most enduring part of her look are her killer shoes!

PBDLUBU EC006Luis Buñuel directing Catherine Deneuve in “Belle de Jour” in 1967

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February 14, 2015

Love, according to Snoopy

The Meaning of Life and Love in Peanuts

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February 13, 2015

Stone Age

From “The Flintstones” to Modern Man:

How a sharp flint became a tool and transformed us into Homo Sapiens.

HandAxStone hand ax found by my father in Kenya in the early 1960’s

I remember visiting a place called the Olduvai Gorge with my parents in Kenya where a Doctor Louis Leakey, a paleoanthropologist and archaeologist, with his wife Mary were making groundbreaking fossil discoveries. You could drive up there in a cloud of dust, jump out of the car and converse with him about their finds!

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February 12, 2015

My Personal Top 10 Female Singers – No 4

…in no particular order & with my favorite recordings…

Number Four: Nina Simone

“To be Young, Gifted & Black” 

NinaInterview and performance of Young, Gifted and Black (click)

Nina Simone (1933 – 2003) was so multi talented, it is hard to choose what to highlight. Despite being black, poor, one of eight children, her musical talent from a very young age onward culminated in her well- earned status of the “High Priestess of Soul”.

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