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Israel is to apologise formally to the surviving Beatles for cancelling a 1965 concert by the band. The Israeli government claimed impecuniousness at the time, but it is thought the decision was made due to a fear that the Fab Four would corrupt the minds of Israeli teenagers…
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The grocery industry is turning its stores into pleasure palaces complete with mood lighting, piped-in smells and tasting bars.
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The inimitable Steve Hall’s take on last night’s advertising. (PS As an adoptive New Yorker I am of course delighted by the result. Go Giants!)
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A renovation of a submarine bunker in Saint- Nazaire, France by German office LIN Finn Geipel + Giulia Andi transforms the hulking concrete shell into a cultural center for the city.
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The talk of this week’s Stockholm Furniture Fair is a high-design hotel from Clarion. The Hotel Sign is the work of Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh, best known for D.C.’s Swedish embassy.
