Fete

Even the finest fete becomes mere hogs swill.

Upon the day appointed for their execution she cut off her hair and dressed herself as if going to a fete.

There was a bar inside the marquee at the village fete selling lukewarm beer and cider.

The fete, known as "White Night," is part of a plan by the city management to make life in the City of Light more fun.

Every village, however small, has its annual fete.

The final fete of the year was held at the Plymouth Hoe on 20 July, where fine weather and crowds of people ensured much support for local charities and boosted club finds.

Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.

Saxophonist Pete Wareham, his friend and collaborator in Polar Bear and the critically feted groups Acoustic Ladyland and Fulborn Teversham, soon punctures that idea.

In another LRB review, he had written after reading Martin Amis’s latest, elsewhere feted as a glorious return to form: “I read The Zone of Interest straight through twice from beginning to end and it feels like I’ve read nothing at all.”

For three days Emmanuel Macron was wooed and fêted by Donald Trump, treated to marching bands and banquets.