Inside the country, Fidesz has favoured the middle class, and especially the upper middle class, thereby building a core clientele of politically active supporters – while slashing benefits for the neediest (about a third of Hungarians live in poverty – don't be fooled by the glittering, EU-funded projects in the centre of Budapest).
Older models wore their own silver hair long; younger ones had glittering granite-toned hair extensions.
The characters, plot lines and places are back – both glittering and dark.
Hard to argue with that, I thought later, as I strolled in the sunshine down the newly glittering port, restored from its former seediness.
Should it be acceptable to earn money from the grubby business of imprisoning asylum seekers while at the same time backing glittering artistic works?
This arena was the scene of Bayern nightmares last May, when Chelsea pipped them to Europe's most glittering crown and, suddenly, the demons of the past threatened to encircle them.
We can't imagine what will happen next, but we've got a bad feeling about the king's shooting trip with his brother… Gone are the dog poo-covered dirty streets of London; the capital is now a majestic, beautiful city full of glittering lights, great teeth and expensive blow-dries.
In past years the oligarchs who control huge swaths of the economy have become famous for glittering Great Gatsby-style parties.
The risk for Hull and its rivals, though, is that arts-based regeneration programmes often fail to deliver on their glittering promises.
Images of tortured, bloodied and bruised bodies go on display in the glittering halls of the UN in New York for the next 10 days, to remind staff "not to look away" from the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
Cher's Twitter feed is a jewel in the glittering, bizarro crown of the internet.
