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Gertrude Stein and Family… at the Grand Palais…

Gertrude Stein… Writer… poet… Art Collector… A passion… for Art… A formidable force… Larger than life… Literally… Having recently read

Picasso… Pablo Picasso… A painter… A force of nature… A typical Spaniard – young, good looking, thin, dark, moody, with

Ernest Hemingway… “For Whom the Bell Tolls… It tolls for thee”. My fascination with Hemingway has always been… passionate… emotional…

We have always been drawn to women in history who were beautiful, sensuous, and mysterious – who seduced and mesmerised

T.E. Lawrence, the Magnificent “Arabian Knight”. As we watch, with bated breath, the Arab world battling for the democratisation of

New York, New York – it’s a wonderful town. “I want to be a part of it…” – I so

Spring is definitely around the corner, gently nudging away weeks of endless rain. The sun is finally flooding Paris generously,

The famous “Librairie Galignani”, established since 1856 on rue de Rivoli, next to the charming Salon de Thé “Angelina”, is