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...modular style is that, after building up one school of thought, he can quickly dismantle it and show which pieces became part of adjacent schools of thought, which changed shape and became different schools of thought, and which were never used again. Suddenly, sentences like, “[Alban Berg’s Three Pieces for Orchestra] are fully symphonic in conception, Schoenbergian in content but Mahlerian in form” make total sense, as Berg, Schoenberg, and Mahler are all three simply components of Ross’s master architectural scheme, to be manipulated at will.Not surprisingly...
...ALBAN When Chris Corbin and Jeremy King opened their latest London restaurant, St Alban, at the end of last year without even a whisper of publicity, devotees flocked. After all, this is the pair behind the Wolseley, the former car showroom on Piccadilly, which opened in 2003 yet manages to appear as if it has been around for at least a century...
...reaction has been mixed. Corbin and King are known for their clubby interiors and Nanny-knows-best comfort dishes. Yet St Alban, housed in a former BBC radio studio, features jet-set banquettes with turquoise and amethyst upholstery in a vast, brightly lit space reminiscent of an airline lounge. The food is a Mediterranean mlange of influences stretching from Venice to Lisbon, under the command of Southern Italian chef Francesco Mazzei...
While restaurant reviewers have been cautious in their assessment of St Alban, others give it the thumbs-up. 4-12 Regent Street (44 20 7499 8558; info@stalban.net...
...Alban's Church, the seat of the Anglican diocese of Johannesburg, it was time for the morning prayer meeting. In the boardroom, the staff had assembled, about 20 men and women, black and white. At precisely 9 a.m. Bishop Desmond Tutu arrived. "Good morning, Baba (Father), " said members of the group. "A little more enthusiasm, please, " the bishop replied with a smile, and the group obliged. Then he pulled up a chair and began the day's lesson. It was drawn from Acts 21: 27-39, the story of Paul being taken into protective custody by Roman soldiers to shelter...