Last night, P, an old friend from NUS gave me a bag of How To Spend It magazines, the monthly stylezine that comes with the weekend edition of the Financial Times. I swooped on them and rifled through gleefully noting that none of them I've read before. This means it's been a while since I bought the Financial Times on Saturdays. It used to be such a ritual with me, but I think when it became $5, I stopped. I do miss the beige paper, its style and substance are excellent, I love their columnists, on food, the arts, gardening, wine. I think I'll start buying the paper again. Isn't sweet that friends think of your habits and likes and make the effort to give you stuff that suits you exactly. I think it's a type of tribute.
To take my mind off the stressful recession, I shall read the (uncharacteristically) thin Henry James novella The Aspern Papers; It's rivettinngly suspenseful, and shows the ugliness of greed. Very relevant for these times, no? This portrait of the master is by John Singer Sargent.
To take my mind off the stressful recession, I shall read the (uncharacteristically) thin Henry James novella The Aspern Papers; It's rivettinngly suspenseful, and shows the ugliness of greed. Very relevant for these times, no? This portrait of the master is by John Singer Sargent.
i always buy the ft weekend for how to spend it! this week had a great article on bespoke doors!
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ReplyDeleteI have to start buying the paper again... the writing is excellent, and the salmon beige colour of the paper is genius! X
ya lah! the 5 dorra price is big hold-back factor leh! Hate!
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