In a note to clients, Suki Cooper of Barclays Capital said that over 500 people attended the LBMAs conference, a record breaker.

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"Longer-term, we maintain the view platinum holds the better fundamental picture and expect incremental investment demand for gold to start to slow over the next two years, " said Barclays analyst Suki Cooper.

WSJ: Platinum Signals Nagging Economic Worries

Flows into exchange-traded funds, which buy and store gold for their shareholders, rose from 105 tonnes in January to 208 tonnes in the first three weeks of February, according to Suki Cooper at Barclays Capital.

ECONOMIST: Burnished by bad news, gold looks like a good each-way bet

In a more obscure image by Penn of Tai Chi master Da Liu instructing 80 year old Bertie Donnelly and New York City Ballet dancer Suki Schorer, author Joan Didion recalls coming of age as an assistant editor at Vogue.

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This raw and moody drama from 1994 by the husband-and-wife team of Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky (they co-wrote, she directed and edited, he photographed, in appealingly grainy black-and-white) captures a moment of grungy charm when independent art-rock scenes were new and resolutely local.

NEWYORKER: Half-Cocked