The early days were hectic; privileged artists continued to live in residence, and the unlabelled paintings hung "frame to frame from floor to ceiling".
But as much as it clearly meant to Viktor Troicki to secure Serbia's first Davis Cup title on Sunday against France, the season that preceded all that partying and head shaving in Belgrade had quite a different theme: one of the privileged class continuing to enjoy its privileges.
The privileged few continue to get richer, massive unemployment continues while business and trade with 3rd-world countries continues to dominate our economy.
People from privileged backgrounds continue to dominate top professions disproportionately, from business to the judiciary to the government, and they have often attended top institutions such as Durham.
MacIntyre said: "I've had an absolutely fantastic time working at London Tonight and feel privileged to continue to work within ITN on a freelance basis.
Not the least remarkable discovery was that of the custom whereby kings were buried along with a whole retinue of their court officials, servants, and women, privileged to continue their service in the next world.
"This is one of the most exciting, most invigorating and most demanding constituencies to represent and I feel very privileged to continue to represent it in parliament," he said.
I feel privileged to continue learning from them.
Meanwhile, the inequities between the "haves" and the "have-nots" abound, and the re-distribution of wealth to the privileged few continues unabated, while soup kitchens are over extended and lines in Harlem are long for giveaways of free milk for children.
The proposed deal between the Randall's Island Sports Foundation, a number of New York City private schools and the city Parks Department allowing continued privileged access to private schools on public land ("On a Coveted Green Space, Tensions at Play," Oct. 22) goes against the ethical mission of St. Bernard's, the private school from which I graduated in 1983.
