claire holds up her hands to show her nails. "do not they look awful " she cries. "I so miss New York manicures." That is not all claire misses about her other life in the U.S. For two years she has divided her life between her home town, Manchester, in the north of England, and Brooklyn,New York. She has an art gallery-and a home-in both places. She flies once a momth, and spends about a month at a time in each.