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Book review: 'Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest' by Wade Davis
Tribune NewspapersOn June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp set at 23,000 feet on Mt. Everest. They were George Mallory, who, at 37, was already one of the world's most accomplished climbers, and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old Oxford graduate with little...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief, United Kingdom, Natural Resources
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Cheerio in Los Feliz
The iPad on Lisa Borgnes Giramonti's kitchen counter is propped up by an intricately carved wooden bookstand near an Old World-flavored Aga stove. Call it a study in contrasts. Better yet, consider the scene to be the embodiment of the artist's primary...Tags: Los Angeles, Apple iPad, Surgery, Heidi Montag, Sex Pistols (music group)
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Looking at Virginia Woolf's death with newly opened archive
Jacket CopyLetters from Virginia Woolf's set, being opened to the public for the first time, cast new light on the Bloomsbury group of, as one wrote, "dirty intellectuals." The newly opened archive, at Cambridge University, consists of two collections of letters,...... -
'A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Their Remarkable Families' by Michael Holroyd
When Michael Holroyd takes on a subject, you know his sweep will be wide. This is not to say that he forfeits depth -- far from it -- but rather that he puts things in the fullest possible context. His groundbreaking biography of Lytton Strachey more than...Tags: Germany, Judaism, John Gielgud, Bram Stoker, Vita Sackville-West
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The analyst triangle
Special to The TimesI believe it was in Los Angeles, just over 20 years ago, that I first heard the name of Sabina Spielrein. Film producer Howard Rosenman told me the fascinating story of the Russian doctor, one of the first female psychoanalysts, who, as a teenager, had...Tags: Julia Roberts, Ralph Fiennes, John Kerr, Movies, Health
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In London's Bloomsbury, the artistic legacy of two strong-willed sisters
When I visit London, I usually stay in Bloomsbury, slightly north of Piccadilly Circus and the River Thames. It's a pleasure to wander among the neighborhood's stately 19th century row houses and quiet squares, full of landmarks recalling the many...Tags: Travel, Arts, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Health, Gardens and Parks
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On Top of the World in Wales
The Welsh mountain fog mesmerized me with its surreal beauty, whipping over the craggy peaks and ridgelines, riding the constant winds that sculpt the bleak rock face of the mountains.
But it is more than the constantly shifting fog that shrouds...Tags: Wales, Anthony Hopkins, National Parks, Sandwiches, Mountaineering
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London sleeps
Tribune staff reporterWe were on a mission. Go to London and find at least 15 quality hotels where two can stay for $150 or less a night. That's right. Not 150 pounds, but 150 dollars, including breakfast and tax (the dreaded VAT, a.k.a. value-added tax at 17.5 percent). It...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Credit and Debt, Family, Furniture, CNN (tv network)
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Carrington
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday November 10, 1995 How many kinds of romantic experience really exist, how many strange and unruly paths can the human heart stumble on in its search for happiness? For Lytton Strachey, his life with Dora Carrington gave evidence of "a great...Tags: Academy Awards, Rufus Sewell, Movies, Gramercy, Jonathan Pryce
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