A degree of gentle wear or a certain ageing shabbiness is the essential charm of such places and that is destroyed, as Mr Pentreath so rightly says, by the “hideous perfection of Banker Style”.

How do you commit suicide in Haiti? Just say you support ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.Killings are up in Haiti, which is more than I can say for the heat on President Clinton’s ...

In 2018, New York was one of only two cities in the ten most expensive U.S. housing markets to see a decline (3 percent) in its median rent. Even so, tenant advocates want to expand rent regulations.

everyone everywhere wearing denim — a democratic conformity to egalitarian shabbiness. J. Crew, J. Press, J. Almost Anything would be an improvement. “Because you see the main thing today is ...

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While on the issue of shabbiness, why is it that during the repair and construction of buildings or roads, dust, debris and building materials are left lying about carelessly near the construction ...

The language of politicians reveals the shabbiness of their souls. When talk of House Speaker Jim Wright’s plea bargaining with the ethics committee first surfaced, I kept hearing politicians ...

Buġibba residents and shop owners have had enough of the poor state the popular tourist resort is in, fearing people could soon stop visiting it altogether. Frustrated by the state of the roads ...

Ken Livingstone has attacked London's "shabby" hotels and down-at-heel shopping thoroughfares for holding back the vital tourist trade. Oxford Street and Regent Street were lambasted by the Mayor ...

“The days of shabbiness and shame are behind us!” declares Mr Dorrit tonight as he prepares to leave Marshalsea prison in triumph. Having come into his unexpected inheritance – the ...