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...guess,” she says playfully. “I bet you’d be wrong,” replies Hoge, and she is. It’s not Pearl, but rather Leland’s expat father Albert, who, having abandoned his family to live and write in France, returns after the murder. Though the motivations of Albert, portrayed with steely sullenness by Kevin Spacey, are unclear, there are allusions that he may smell material for a new novel...
...right proportions, the right balance," he says. Already he's begun tinkering with the SSO's architecture. Building from the foundations up, he'd like to hold master classes - as he does each summer at Siena's Accademia Chigiana - with young Australian conductors, to fill the ranks left by expat stars Simone Young and Sir Charles Mackerras. "We have a fantastic orchestra, fantastic soloists, good composers - why we have not conductors?" he asks with a rhetorical flourish...
...Prague's large expat community ensures plenty of competition. Dynamo Zizkov FC (members.lycos.co.uk/dynamozizkov), founded five years ago by soccer-mad Brits, is the best-known amateur club. Serious drop-ins are welcome at the weekly practice sessions. Tuesdays, from 8 p.m. on the Astroturf pitch behind the primary school at n?mest? Jir?ho z Lobkovic 121/22, Prague 3 (Metro: Green line, Skalka stop...
...Tokyo try Aoyama Park (three minutes walk from Nogizaka Station, Chiyoda line), which is popular with expat amateurs on the weekends. Saturday morning is the best time to show up. Local team Vertex is always looking for new blood?it practices every weekend, but time and venue vary (contact vertex@mlc9.infoseek.co.jp...
...fields. Head to the Bois de la Cambre in southern Brussels on any weekend afternoon and you'll find several games in progress. On weekdays, try the British School in Tervuren, just 12 km from central Brussels and easily accessible via the No. 44 tram. • Prague's large expat community ensures plenty of competition. Dynamo Zizkov FC (members.lycos.co.uk/dynamozizkov), founded five years ago by soccer-mad Brits, is the best-known amateur club. Serious drop-ins are welcome at the weekly practice sessions. Tuesdays, from 8 p.m. on the Astroturf pitch behind the primary school at Námest...