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Must read | “When I was a Work of Art” by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

“Pacts with the devil have long fascinated writers: give me your soul and I will grant you your heart’s desire - glory, love or eternal life. Poets and novelists have been tormented by the Faust myth since well before Goethe or Lenau, and there are still talented authors around who can breathe fresh life into the legend. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt has always played on the formative myths. In both his plays and his novels, he moulds, dissects and reconstructs them, then presents them to his contemporaries, like a series of only faintly distorting mirrors, where viewers can see, to their horror, reflections of demons they thought long gone. (…) Schmitt has now produced a moral tale, unhinging and entertaining in equal measure. It offers a thought-provoking and welcome commentary on the status of the work of art, the nature of life and the inordinate power of rights, but also on the ridiculous way society has elevated fame, youth and beauty to the level of universal values. Desperately lucid.”

(François Busnel » L’Express)

“You can always be sure of surprises with Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, an author who delights in giving free rein to his fertile imagination and who clearly gets a kick out of thinking up crazy stories and writing novels. (…) All you need do is sit back and go along with the author’s hair-raising ideas. The pay-off is considerable: right to the epilogue, you’ll be rewarded with one dramatic reversal after another. When I was a Work of Art should really be a film; however, the prose makes it a thoroughly visual experience. For Schmitt has total control over his gothic novel, embellishing it with a hint of satire on contemporary manners, here tarted up and subjected to the temptation of money. An original love story acts like a breath of fresh air in what is otherwise a pitiless fable. The social commentary is excellent, too. (…) What more could you ask from this raving novelist? The book is guaranteed to transport you out of the daily grind for a few hours, as is surely the role of good literature. Thankfully, Schmitt refrains from indulging in the sordid language too often favoured in racy novels, using instead a pleasant and universally accessible style. You won’t regret getting involved with his colourful characters. Schmitt takes his place in the gallery of inventors.”

(Eric Ollivier » Le Figaro)

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Preparing for a long, hot summer with Heston’s Cucumber gin & tonic recipe & Co

++ I figure, if you replace gin with rum, lemon with limes, tonic water with club soda & you top it with plenty of fresh mint leaves, you’ll end up with a lovely & unique flavored MOJITO! I have yet to test that one out.

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Sputnik chandelier by Gino Sarfatti (1912-1984)

Polycarbonate Booo Bulb by Studio Formafantasma for Booo bulbs.

“The organic reference is explicit on the light designed by Studio Formafantasma which looks as if a traditional bulb has been stopped in the process of transforming into a leaf. Unusually asymmetrical the light is meant to be use as a single piece or as a flock of glowing leafs.

With the limited edition the organic world is not anymore only a formal reference. As a continuation of the previous work of the studio ‘Botanica’, the vessel of the bulb is produced with a 19th century material re-developed by Formafantasma composed by a polymer extracted from insect excrement that colonize trees mixed with wood powder.”

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Sennowe Park is one of Norfolk’s most romantic and impressive large Edwardian country houses set in sweeping parkland. It was built to a grand design by Thomas Albert Cook, grandson of Thomas Cook, the inventor of modern holiday travel, and is lived in today by his descendants. Although a private family home, and not open to the public, Sennowe Park offers a unique and magical venue for weddings and other events, as well as an inspiring location to the world of Film and Photography. To the discerning visitor Sennowe can also provide luxurious accommodation in a grand country house style, with all modern comforts.

Experienced in the demands of a busy crew having had filming here for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, Tales of the Unexpected, My Talks with Dean Spanley for Miramax films starring Peter O’Toole and Silver River’s reality series The Diets that Time Forgot, filmed for Channel 4 over a period of six weeks, and which was hosted by Sir Roy Strong.

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The Diets that Time Forgot

A hundred years ago, women’s waists were 10 inches smaller, and the average man was 20 pounds lighter. Most people died of infectious diseases such as scarlet fever and cholera. But today, self-inflicted deaths such as heart disease caused by obesity are to blame. What tricks did our ancestors know that we’ve forgotten about? Historian Sir Roy Strong set out to find out with nine overweight volunteers. In the British reality show The Diets That Time Forgot, the participants were split into three groups, with each team following a different diet and fitness regime from the past.

The nine participants moved into a magnificent Victorian country home for 24 days and wore clothes from the period of the diet they followed, including waist-cinching corsets and thigh-squeezing girdles. Aside from their strict diets, they also underwent bizarre fitness plans that included posture lessons, ice cold baths, and military drills.

Did these diets from the past work? You can find out by watching the six-episode series yourself.

Watch here.