Category Archive: Big Sensations
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Flap on, Flappers
I could spend days just dreaming about the 1920s and its glamorous women. Anyone with similar proclivities might like this book review I wrote last week for the New York Times on two new flapper-centric books. Check out the link,…
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A Perfect Gift for the “Literary It Girl.” Thanks, Vogue!
Thanks to Vogue for including All the Time in the World among the gifts perfect for a “literary It Girl.” Megan O’Grady calls it “a sensualist’s miscellany of Gilded Age dinner dressing customs and Edwardian treasure hunts.” Among good company—check…
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Monkeying Around
If I could have any clock ever made, I would probably choose this one—an organ pipe clock with a porcelain monkey orchestra—made by a French clockmaker and goldsmith in the mid-18th century and kept now at Paris’ Petit Palais. The…
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Circus World
All the Time in the World opens with a glance at the circus as it comes to life in the early morning pre-dawn, the cooking crew whipping up eggs, bacon and coffee to feed an entourage of hundreds. While doing…
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