squabbles

Far from a well-oiled machine, the kitchen is a zone of dysfunction rife with petty squabbles and minor fiefdoms; it feels like a minor miracle that anything gets served to anyone at all.

But other observers retort that the Brics are themselves paralysed by their own internal contradictions, with Russia at war in Ukraine, while China and India have their own mutual squabbles.

And it’s so easy to be taken with these two warm, assured actors that the first hour of “We Live in Time” flies by, a procession of meet-cutes, feisty squabbles, passionate sex, sad faces, chocolate-covered biscuits being balanced on Alma’s pregnant belly in the bathtub and candles — so, so many candles.

Another historic piece of lore in the brother's very public squabbles is the release of an audio recording of an interview the brothers did before their debut release.

He is a dashing guide through this bygone world, with all its ferocious artistic squabbles and deadly geopolitical strife.