Another likely candidate to bring a touch of ageing celebrity sparkle would be the world-renowned (and self-appointed) iconic bridge tsar, Santiago Calatrava.
Enter the Soundcarriers, who sound quite similar on the surface but with just a touch of "Age-Of-Aquarius" thrown in.
He was shorter than I expected, with a body I at once thought of as tough and resilient; his movements had a touch of old age about them, while his eyes, the upper part of which were hooded by his lids, looked simultaneously energetic and mournful.
While I've never professed to being a member of the faithful, Bible belt upbringing notwithstanding, I do cobble together my own sense of the spiritual -- a touch of new age, a dash of that old time religion and heavy dose of luck.
Yet the North Carolina painter sometimes adds a touch of computer-age surrealism, disrupting his pictures with areas of pixel-like patterning.
If, however, you start with superior fruit, as Brochier does, then follow more traditional vinification methods, enhanced by a touch of oak aging, you end up with wines of real substance.
Paperback advertises itself as "sweet and lovely, with just a touch of the mustiness of aged paper", which sounds nice, I guess, though I wonder how it would go down socially: "Wow, you smell lovely, sort of like the Encyclopedia Britannicas in my grandad's cellar".
PatternLanguage.com immodestly calls itself "A Website Devoted to Rebuilding the Earth" -- a touch of Martha Stewart with New Age metaphysics thrown in (click on "Empowerment" or "What It Means to Live").
Also set in Africa, MD Villier's first novel, City of Blood (Harvill Secker), is both a touching coming-of-age story and a vivid picture of the Johannesburg underworld.
Also set in Africa, MD Villier's first novel, City of Blood (Harvill Secker), is both a touching coming-of-age story and a vivid picture of the Johannesburg underworld.
There is a suspicion that "The Tree of Life" could be — or should be, or really is — a touching coming-of-age story, and a similar sense that "The Future," at bottom, is really just another funny-sad indie movie about a young couple navigating the conflicting demands of work, romance and the desire to be cool.
