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...eighth year, with five years still to go. All the wall lunettes and three of the nine Old Testament scenes on the ceiling are finished, freed of 478 years of accumulated grime, crude repaints and successive coats of darkened glue size applied as a varnish by 17th and 18th century restorers. A quite different Michelangelo, one whose intensity and beauty of color matches his long-acknowledged grandeur as draftsman and iconographer, emerges. The vault of the Sistine is now the domain of light...
...East Berlin's budding Mitte district?home to edgy boutiques and cool caf?s?finally has a hotel to mirror its artsy ethos. Located in a row of whitewashed 18th century houses, Lux Eleven (lux-eleven.com) was once a key KGB listening post reporting directly to Moscow. Today, following two years of painstaking refurbishment (which, according to its general manager, Thomas T?nzer, included the removal of an inordinate amount of cable and a smattering of furtive contraptions), this historic edifice has been artfully transformed into 72 apartment-style rooms, outfitted in a pared-down combination of bleached wood and concrete...
...flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder East Berlin's budding Mitte district - home to edgy boutiques and cool cafés - finally has a hotel to mirror its artsy ethos. Located in a row of whitewashed 18th century houses, Lux Eleven (lux-eleven.com) was once a key KGB listening post reporting directly to Moscow. Today, following two years of painstaking refurbishment (which, according to its general manager, Thomas Tänzer, included the removal of an inordinate amount of cable and a smattering of furtive contraptions), this historic...
...courts are tougher, even cruel: you can watch players self destruct at close range, watch them staring into the racquets as if that would made them invisible. Walking to Court 6 , I was just in time to watch Tobias Summerer implode in a winnable match against Ivan Ljubicic, the 18th seeds. Three reckless shots cost him the second set, while his lone fan tried to encourage him in German, although not too loudly. Ljubicic looked like he was mad at everyone; his serve was just vicious and its force drew occasional gasps from the crowd...
...from nine-week-old embryos to fetuses stillborn at nine months. The museum is also testament to the massive medical advances of the past 300 years. The Silver and Steel Gallery juxtaposes clunky antique surgical tools with the sleek instruments used in operating theaters today. Be grateful that the 18th century skull-trepanning brace-and-bit and the brutal mid-19th century "tumor snare" are safely relegated to a blood-spattered past. tel: (44-20) 7869 6560; www.rcseng.ac.uk/services/museums