![]() ![]() During the Great War, in 1915 Noel worked first as a volunteer in a soldier's hospital kitchen near Eastbourne Vicarage and later produced two pla Mary Noel Streatfeild, known as Noel Streatfeild, was an author best known and loved for her children's books, including Ballet Shoes and Circus Shoes. As an adult, she began theater work, and spent approximately 10 years in the theater. Sister Ruth was the oldest, after Noel came Barbara, William ('Bill'), Joyce (who died of TB prior to her second birthday) and Richenda. She was born on Christmas Eve, 1895, the daughter of William Champion Streatfeild and Janet Venn and the second of six children to be born to the couple. Mary Noel Streatfeild, known as Noel Streatfeild, was an author best known and loved for her children's books, including Ballet Shoes and Circus Shoes. ![]()
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Worlds collide spectacularly when Newbery and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt and Pulitzer Prize nominee and #1 New York Times bestseller Alison McGhee team up to create a fantastical, heartbreaking and gorgeous tale about two sisters, a fox cub. ![]() ![]() The restaurant, potentially a Midtown game-changer, will boast 60-foot ceilings and windows overlooking Madison Avenue. ![]() Restaurant company Gracious Hospitality Management, founded by Simon Kim - the creator of Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse COTE on West 22nd Street - just struck a deal for a 15,000 square-foot, “multi-faceted” dining concept on the tower’s three lowest levels. Olayan Group, which has widely touted new amenities it’s brought to redesigned office landmark 550 Madison Avenue, just landed its most impressive - and surprising - amenity of all. 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