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“I have often played with his work, his influence through other collections,” Bailey told Reuters of Moore after the show.
Moore, who died in 1986, was known for his bronze sculptures, some of which were on display at the Burberry show venue. Except for a few printed designs seen on a dress and men’s shirts, the color palette was mainly a neutral white, ivory, gray and blue.
“(Moore) always wore indigo blue shirts and I had stripes in there - he always wore ... a striped butcher’s apron, so I wanted to get that in there, but also his monumental sculptures, they were all kind of the colors of the collection,” Bailey said.
For the finale, Bailey, who like Moore comes from the English county of Yorkshire, sent out models in intricate shoulder pieces decorated in pearls, feathers, lace and other luxurious embellishments.
The show was the second under Burberry’s “see now, buy now” retail model - meaning fashionistas can buy items they like hot off the runway rather than wait the traditional six months for the clothes to hit the stores.
“We’re just testing new ways of doing things, the world is changing dramatically and it’s important that we as an industry explore new ways of showing things to our customers and people that love fashion and design and creativity,” Bailey said.
Eric Hazan’s politically engaged books on Paris reveal not a museum city but a loud, lively, chaotic metropolis, relevant and revolutionary even in the 21st century. France’s capital is, like any other major city, a place with a radical spread of haves and have nots. What it looks like now, the nature of its living history and how it is under threat from gentrification and other market forces are the subjects of Hazan’s new study, which follows a walk across Paris from south to north, along “the Paris meridian”.
In a review of Hazan’s essential and encyclopedic The Invention of Paris, published in 2002, Julian Barnes described the author as a “bookish psychogeographer, rescuing historian and committed Benjaminic flâneur; he is memory, conscience and scourge”. But where The Invention of Paris stayed within the périphérique that contains the 20 arrondissements of Paris, this book begins and ends in the banlieue, or suburbs, on a long walk from one community bookshop in Ivry in the south to another in Saint Denis in the north.
The notion of Paris as “mummified and museum-ified”, Hazan writes, is “completely false”. Though he walks it end to end, even through the very heart of the historic city, he manages to remain in predominantly working class areas. As he wrote in his 2011 Paris Sous Tension (Paris Under Stress), the revolutionary quality of Paris is unchanged; the city remains “the great field of battle of the civil war in France between the aristocrats and sans-culottes – no matter what we may call them today”.
What does the working class city look like today? The cafes and restaurants are not part of chains, but places where you can chat with the owner. The Métro stations are dirty and dilapidated; there are a lot of police and very few ATMs. Shops where you can wire money are plentiful, as are cheap supermarkets. Above all, the people you see come from the many corners of the Earth: “The cafes are Kabyle, the tabacs are Chinese, and the PMU betting shops always packed. On Wednesdays, groups of children set out on excursions, and whites are a minority in their multicoloured ranks.” The people, Hazan concludes, “have not lost the battle of Paris”.
Though he provides a wonderful array of primary sources describing the various uprisings the city has seen, Hazan’s other points of reference are overwhelmingly male (and white). He himself is aware of it: “Breton, Benjamin, Nerval, Balzac, Chateaubriand – perhaps my references lack variety. But there is nothing I can do about it, this is my paper family, as good as any other.” This kind of excuse doesn’t fit with his politics, which are otherwise devoted to the downtrodden and the underdog. We don’t get to choose our families, true, but Hazan doesn’t seem to realise that he is replicating a form of power that makes those authors the go-to people when writing about Paris, and the bourgeois male viewpoint on the city the dominant one.
He finds room for film-makers such as Claude Autant-Lara, Jean-Luc Godard and Jean Rouch, but strolls through Montparnasse without giving Agnès Varda so much as a namecheck (Roger Ebert called her Saint Agnès of Montparnasse). If you want to see how the Rue Mouffetard was once working class, check out Varda’s short essay-film L’Opéra-Mouffe. Walking through the 10th arrondissement Hazan does not omit reference to Thomas Clerc’s important book on that area, but walking through La Chapelle, a little to the north, there’s no mention of Anna-Louise Milne’s 75, which excavates the area’s history and attempts at rehabilitating a small street near there.
The best moments in this book are those of personal writing, in which Hazan remembers the days when he worked as a cardiovascular surgeon. This backstory lends his walk a delightful specificity: he cannot pass a hospital without musing over someone who used to work there, or reflecting on the idiosyncrasies of the old system or the way the big business of even a state-run hospital system leads to the closure of small specialist hospitals, instead of “improving them to meet local needs”.
Perhaps this scientific background explains why this is not a lyrical walk through Paris: Hazan rarely stops to analyse or ruminate. He is stacking up observations, practising psychic surgery on the capital, turning back a layer of skin to reveal the workings beneath. An ardent student of the anatomy of the city, Hazan is a keen observer with a remarkable memory: despite his limitations, he has written an unmissable account of Paris’s unique and defiant physiognomy.
To buy A Walk Through Paris for £11.04 go to guardianbookshop.com.
A dedicated runner has completed an incredible year-long challenge that saw him complete a staggering 210 marathons across America in less than six months.
Jamie McDonald (32) of Gloucester in the UK successfully crossed the finish line on Wednesday 27 March next to Fort Point Beach in Massachusetts in the US.
Along the way, the determined athlete came across a number of surprises – from scorpions, spiders and mountain lions to monsoons, lightning strikes and flash floods.
Dressed as his superhero alter-ego, Adventureman, Jamie was raising funds for the UK’s Superhero Foundation, which supports sick youngsters.
To date, Jamie has raised more than £72 000 (around R1.3 million) for British and Canadian causes, and more than £53 000 (around R988 000) for American causes from this run alone.
"It still doesn't feel real," said Jamie. "I'm shocked that I made it, to be honest. This challenge has been really difficult. But on my darkest days, I've always had people being kind to me – they've given me food, they’ve donated money and they’ve really looked after me."
Jamie started his challenge in April last year in Cape Alava in the state of Washington.
The runner said that loneliness was arguably his biggest obstacle.
In order to boost his spirits along the way, Jamie paid visits to a number of sick children across America.
Part of the inspiration for his chosen charity came from his experience as a youngster. Jamie spent the first nine years of his life in and out of the hospital with syringomyelia, a rare spinal condition, and also battled epilepsy.
“I was treated at Gloucestershire Hospital and Great Ormond Street children’s hospital in London. At nine years old, the symptoms eased – something I attribute to an effort to become more active.
“So, with all the help I received, it’s about giving back and giving [sick] kids the opportunity to be healthy again,” he said.
Going forward, the Brit plans to return to his hometown and run the “greatest distance ever on a treadmill in one week”.
“I don’t think I’ll ever be able to thank people enough, but I hope that they know that they’re making such a difference [in] sick kids’ lives."
Photo: The schematic for the alternate plan for the widening of I-10 to three lanes between MLK Drive and the state line, above, includes red to show the elimination of the Adams Bayou turnarounds and yellow to show location of new entrance and exit ramps.
Those were the key interests of people attending last Thursday’s public meeting put on by the Texas Department of Transportation to visit about the widening of Interstate 10 from MLK Drive to the Sabine River.
Sarah Dupre, information officer for TxDOT, said the $47 million widening project is scheduled to be awarded in 2020 and could begin construction before the completion of an ongoing reconstruction project of the bridge at I-10 and 16th Street.
TxDOT’s widening plans include a turnaround on the west side of the bridge at I-10 and 16th Street, so people living south of the interstate no longer have to go through the red light at that intersection to reach Meeks Drive and beyond.
The project would also include a new eastbound entrance ramp to I-10 and a new westbound exit ramp, both at 27th Street.
An alternate version favored by those who feel that the Adams Bayou bridges caused flooding north of the interstate eliminates the low-lying and flood-prone access road bridges and turnarounds at I-10 and Adams Bayou.
Instead, it takes the one-lane service roads up and over the higher existing I-10 bridges and the expanded third lanes of east- and westbound highway traffic.
The downside is losing the turnaround and the service roads between Woodlark and 27th Street. And while eliminating the lower bridges should clean up some pilings, the plan to expand the higher bridge would include more pilings.
“I like the alternate plan,” said Bob Baptista, who along with another north Orange resident, Tom Clary, has compiled an impressive amount of video and written exhibits to support the idea that the low service road bridges and the 43 pilings from the current six lanes of traffic and a pipeline are causing water flow to back up north of I-10.
Clary and Baptista have convinced numerous city and county officials, both elected and hired department heads, of the need to replace all the current bridges over Adams Bayou with one like that over Cow Bayou.
That bridge, built 10 years ago, has no pilings in the water.
But some of the 90-odd residents that joined the 15 or so local government officials for the show-and-tell at West Orange-Stark Elementary were upset about possibly losing the turnarounds.
“The alternate plan is not inconvenient at all,” Baptise argued. “If it is, it’s only two or three minutes at most. And that still leaves three turnarounds between MLK and 16th Street.
Baptista said the project engineer, Adam Jack, told him that a hydraulic analysis of the Adams Bayou had not been completed.
Baptista took exception to a quote attributed to Dupre in another newspaper that a hydraulic analysis has already proved that the Adams Bayou bridges don’t cause flooding.
Hydraulic analyses are a prerequisite to building in and around rivers. Hydraulic models predict water pressures and identify bottlenecks.
“I think the bridges need to be gone,” Paul Burch, Orange councilman, said. “I think that’s what forced a lot of the flooding. The trash piles up on it.
Tables with plans and information about the project wrapped around the perimeter of the WOSE cafeteria. More than a dozen TxDOT employees and consultants were available to answer questions.
“I think it was very streamlined, but they had very good visuals and ample staff,” Baptista said. “Both their consultants, HALFF & Associates, and TxDOT employees were in good positions to show people the plans.
Each person, upon entering Thursday’s meeting, was provided with a one-page comment blank to make their concerns known.
“We want to know what people feel about this project,” Dupre said. “The people who live here, who work here, drive this area every day. We really do take those comments seriously.
“Right now, the schematic is definitely not final. We’re going to incorporate all that feedback into the project.
The wait is almost over - the 2019 County Championship season gets underway this Friday, April 5 (11am).
If you haven't done so already, take some time to pick a Telegraph Fantasy Cricket team and put yourself in the running for more than £7,000 worth of prizes.
All you need to do is select XI players to score you fantasy points based on their performances in the County Championship and One Day Cup matches.
Easier said that done? If you want a few tips to help you get started, last year's winner Tom Sherlock has kindly run us through his 2018 strategy and what his plans are for the upcoming season.
Be aware that not all overseas players are available from the start of the season.
Check which England players have been made available and for how long.
As a general rule, expect seamers to perform well at the start and end of the season whereas the spinners tend to come into their own at the height of the summer.
"The first thing to notice this year is how early the One Day cup starts. There are only 2 rounds of county matches before the One Dayers begin and not all counties will play both sets of matches.
"So I’ll try to select with a view to players who are likely to play and perform well in both formats. In so doing I’ll hope to restrict the number of transfers I might otherwise have to make when the One Day cup commences.
"Starting with the batsmen I like the look of Steve Mullaney. He also bowls a bit and takes his share of catches too.
"James Vince and Alistair Cook are well worth considering and I’ve plumped for Cook. Many players, once they’ve retired from International cricket, can lose the hunger for the county game but I suspect Cook will be different. Whilst I doubt he’ll play 20 / 20 I think he’ll be available for the One Day cup.
"Sam Northeast looks good value with his rating of 5 and I’m backing him to recover his form after an injury hit season in 2018. My 4th pick is a toss up between Ben Duckett and Alex Lees. Both have switched counties in a bid to rediscover their form and are good value at 3 and 2 respectively.
"My keeper is Harvey Hosein of Derbyshire. It looks like he’s got the gloves for keeps this season and represents good value at 3.
"I’ve gone for 2 allrounders at this stage. I’ve decided to plump for Jason Holder. He’s due to play in both early season county games for Northants and the first 6 One Dayers and I’m backing him to make a big impact in his short period of time.
"For the other all rounder I’ve taken a bit of a gamble with Logan van Beek. He represents something of an unknown quantity as he debuts in county cricket but the Kiwi will be eager to make a strong impression in his first season with Derbyshire.
"As for the bowlers, Jake Ball seems to have slipped down the pecking order for England recently but remains a fine bowler for Notts. Duanne Olivier has committed to Yorkshire for the foreseeable and should form a potent combination with Ben Coad.
"I’m tempted to select Mohammad Abbas of Leicestershire but I’m not sure whether he’ll feature much in the One Dayers. So I’ve plumped for Dan Worrall instead. He made a good start for Gloucestershire last year before succumbing to injury but he represents good value at 4 and I’m backing him to rediscover his early season form of last season.
"Of the 11 players I’ve selected 10 of them play for counties participating in the opening round of matches, giving my team a decent chance of getting off to a solid start.
"Also my overall team rating is only 56 which gives me greater flexibility when making transfers in future.
"Looking further afield I’ll be keeping an eye on overseas players who may join later in the season. I’ve decided to enter three teams this year so players who didn’t make the cut for this XI will have a chance to feature in my other two sides.
"I might also bring in one or two players specifically for the One Day cup who don’t necessarily perform so well in the 4 day game. The selection of spinners later in the season will depend very much on the nature of the weather and of course the form of my seamers.
"This Friday I’ll no doubt be checking on the morning of the match that my players have actually been selected by their respective counties ! If not I might have to make a few last minute alterations before 11am!
"Bear in mind though that any transfers made up until this point don’t count against you."
"I’ll endeavour to save plenty of transfers for the run in to the season. This approach served me well last year and enabled my team to finish strongly (I only went top on the final day of the season).
"However, if the weather hadn’t been so good in September my approach would’ve backfired - I needed plenty of cricket to be played in the last month of the season to justify the gamble and give me a chance of catching up.
"And this is where luck obviously plays its part. Sometimes a gamble comes off, sometimes it doesn’t but you have to be prepared to take them from time to time."
Think you have what it takes to win this year's edition of Telegraph Fantasy Cricket County Challenge? Pick your XI now and you'll be one step closer to a share of £7,000.
RUGBY IN Africa continues to move forward. The Botswana Rugby Union Leagues kick-off this weekend in three separate venues. Super Rugby sees Canon Jaguars being pitted against new boys in the Super Rugby league Ryders after they were crowned champions of the President Cup last season gaining promotion to play amongst the big boys.
Canon Jaguars ended the 2017 season on a high after finishing third and getting the bronze medal, and the fact that they are celebrating their 10th anniversary since the inception of rugby in their club is motivation enough to get that elusive gold medal. Last year's runners up Gabs Hogs get their bye and get to relax and watch from the stands while defending champions BDF Cheetahs take on their arch rivals UB Rhinos who they haven’t lost against since the 2015 season.
2017 Reserve League champions travel to Francistown to play their first match in the President Cup against the past two years' runners up BAC North, the boys from Jwaneng have many experienced players who have been playing for other teams in various fifteens leagues and they have returned home.
Also in the same division we see Falcons taking on BIUST, both teams played tens rugby last season and it is going to be an interesting game as old rivalries continue at a different level. In the Reserve League newly relegated Mochudi RFC watch from the sidelines as they take a bye and get to gauge the competition while Canon Jaguars take on BUAN and BDF Cheetahs go against UB Rhinos.
The ladies sevens circuit starts the following weekend.
Garfield, NJ residents recently learned that chromium has been leaking into their homes and workplaces for the last 25 years.
June 2, 2010, 8 a.m.
Over 25 years ago, nearly 4,000 gallons of hexavalent chromium leaked from the E.C. Electroplating Plant in Garfield, New Jersey. It contaminated the groundwater and seeped into the basements of nearby homes and businesses. Only 1,600 pounds were ever recovered. Still, local residents and business operators thought the chromium leak was a thing of the past. So you can just imagine their outrage to learn that dangerous levels of cancer-causing chromium are still present in the homes and workplaces that make up their community.
In fact, the latest contamination was discovered just last year during a study conducted by Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA tested water, air, and dust samples from 163 homes in the Garfield neighborhood and found that of those, 16 contained harmful levels of chromium.
The EPA is working on clean-up efforts, but Garfield residents are understandably furious. For more than 20 years, they have been living, working, and raising families in homes that are measurably toxic. The EPA will continue to test other homes in the area and will be taking surveys to identify affected homes for testing. The results are expected at some point this fall.
Tax cuts are coming a little too late in the economic cycle, when there's little room for much faster growth, according to John Hussman.
"The current tax legislation isn't some thoughtful reform to benefit Americans," he said in his December monthly note. "It's a quickly planned looting through a broken window in our nation's character."
Congress should instead be providing tax incentives for real investment, education, research & development, and other factors that could increase productivity, he said.
John Hussman is also bearish on tax cuts.
The president of Hussman Investment Trust has warned about a stock market crash for several years and thinks investors have a decade of losses ahead of them.
While he's not calling for an outright recession, he doesn't buy the Trump Administration's belief that lower taxes will grow the economy much faster than its recent pace.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed last week by President Donald Trump, is expected to lower corporate and individual taxes by nearly $1.5 trillion. With extra income for consumers and cash flow for companies, several analysts expect at least a minimal boost to the economy.
The only problem is that tax reform is coming too late in this economic cycle, according to Hussman.
"The central feature of both the Reagan and Kennedy tax cuts was that they were enacted at points that provided enormous slack capacity for growth," Hussman said in his December monthly note.
"In particular, the Reagan cuts were enacted at a point where the unemployment rate had hit 10%, and an economic expansion was likely simply by virtue of cyclical mean-reversion. The Kennedy tax cuts (which brought the top marginal tax rate down from 90%) occurred as baby-boomers were just entering the labor force, again providing enormous capacity for growth."
Today, the unemployment rate is at a 17-year low of 4.1%, and baby boomers are retiring from the workforce. As demographics have changed, Hussman said, the growth of the labor force has slowed, and so has productivity growth.
"If our policy makers are interested in boosting long-term structural US GDP growth, they should be providing direct and targeted tax incentives for real investment, education, research & development, and other factors that could, over time, increase our nation's productive capacity," he said.

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