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Read more: 144. Shanghai, you magnificent overachiever.144. Shanghai, you magnificent overachiever.
If cities were supermodels, Shanghai would be the impossibly tall, other-worldly beauty, all height, confidence and angles, with silky molasses-coloured hair, improbably bright blue eyes, flawless skin. The kind of presence you simply can’t look away from. I was struck by her scale and shine. There’s a palpable sense of pride in what’s been built.…
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28. Holding the torch
Read more: 28. Holding the torchAm I the only one who does a good line in weeping in restaurant toilets? Because twenty minutes into meeting the newest member of the Secret Royal Family and that’s where I was. I wasn’t prepared for how perfect she would be, how much love and vulnerablility travelled with her, how Stu’s face would soften…
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27. And there she was
Read more: 27. And there she was
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26. Can sperm be a gift?
Read more: 26. Can sperm be a gift?Have you ever seen a Persian cat panic? They stick out their little pink tongues and pant. I’ll put money on the fact that there’s a bit of that going on in 312 this morning. That’s because the purpose of the trip is finally upon us. We’re going to meet Orla May at 1pm and…
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25. Women talk too much
Read more: 25. Women talk too muchJust putting it out there. I’m sure if you’d been trapped in Eurostar’s carriage 7 seat 23 with the world’s dullest woman in seat 20, I think you’d agree. Although you might be kinder and say THAT woman talks too much. Which is possibly true, but not much of a story. Unbelievable the shit she…
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24. It doesn’t need a reason
Read more: 24. It doesn’t need a reasonI can last about two hours in a gallery without needing to leave and look at the sky. And a visit to the Pompidou Centre proved no exception. I was taken by Yayoi Kasuma’s retrospective, a Japanese artist I have greatly admired since seeing her work at Sydney’s MCA a few years ago. She seeks…
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23. Scene of the crime
Read more: 23. Scene of the crimeSo we found ourselves in yet another Paris bar drinking house red. Unusual I know. And to be honest we thought it was tres ordinaire – until I found myself talking to some locals. La Perle has been a famous fashionista hangout for years – like one hundred years – and is total facehunter territory. Like…
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