Author Paul French talks to Tom Pattinson about the guns, the girls and the gigs in the debauched city that was Shanghai in the ‘30s as his new crime book City of Devils is released Dancers, actors and singers travelled to Shanghai in the 1920s and ‘30s to perform at some of the world’s most stunning dance halls and clubs. The international settlement became home to American merchants, British bullion …
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Cristen Hemingway, great-grandaughter of the famous writer tells all about her new project
A new app created with the help of Ernest Hemingway’s great-granddaughter is being translated into Chinese to help another generation of Hemingway fans appreciate the great master The American Bar in London’s Savoy Hotel has seen American icons such as Marilyn Monroe and F Scott Fitzgerald prop up the bar. The Moon Walk cocktail was created here, the first drink that Neil Armstrong sipped on his return from the moon, …