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...Christie’s has a leaf from the esteemed Fraser album (commissioned by the civil servant William Fraser in the 1810s), a compendium of flora and fauna, estimated at £60,000-£80,000....
...Alexander never revealed what the oracle said but, after his death, the coins minted in Alexander’s name referred to him as Zeus-Ammon and depicted him adorned with Ammon’s curling ram-horns....
...of songwriting introduced to Bowie by the writer William Burroughs....
...He was inspired by the way musicians such as Pharrell Williams dressed, alongside the work of designers, such as Raf Simons....
...Puzzle 2460 David Howell v Simon Williams, Bournemouth 2012. White to move and win. First prize was stake, and White’s queen was attacked. Can you find Howell’s decisive sequence?...
...Remember Prince William in his Union Jack-printed style?...
...Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare’s Benedick and Beatrice have popped up all over the place (Edwardian England; 1980s Gibraltar), but they’ve surely never been quite so gorgeously attired as they are in Roy Alexander...
...In about 1728, William Hogarth painted the two of them, their family and guests in a salon at Wanstead. The painting commemorates their silver wedding anniversary....
...From most others, a degree of style can be salvaged: slithery polyester soccer kit can be worn under a bomber jacket, the chunky V-neck cricketer’s jumper atop jeans....
...Antoine GodinUniversité Sorbonne Paris Nord, France Michael JacobsProfessor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield Ronan PalmerDirector Clean Economy, E3G Dirk EhntsPufendorf-Gesellschaft Berlin e.V....
...Once Charles V was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, the Habsburg challenge became far more considerable....
...McQueen retrospective Savage Beauty was the most successful ever at the V&A — a return on an exhibition cost of £3m....
...Since September 2019, we had noted some signs of improvement triggered by the ’Programme NOW’ strategy implemented by new CEO Alexander Lacik, but specific issues in China then COVID-19 led us to stay on...
...A new Alexander McQueen store hosts museum-quality exhibitions and workshops to promote the Kering-owned label’s work....
...Alexander Nix appears on a screen talking about Cambridge Analytica and was due to talk at the V&A, while self-driving cars now look a little further away than they did a year ago (although Volkswagen’s...
...Or maybe, as the science fiction writer William Gibson put it, “The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed yet.”...
...Prince William, heir to the British throne, is a helicopter pilot, who has been flying air ambulances....
...The V&A stages at least three large-scale exhibitions each year and numerous smaller ones....
...Stock’s only regret: that he couldn’t get an Alexander Calder, “though we tried very hard”. Frank Cohen is a busy man....
...Past students include JMW Turner, William Blake and John Constable. Imagine buying their work first....
...After holding various legal positions in the Nixon administration, he moved to the University of Chicago when Jimmy Carter became president....
.../ V&A Images; English Heritage; Nigel Corrie/ English Heritage...
...Alexander Gent...
...It’s advice not lost on Prince William, who was turned out neatly in a crisp white shirt and cobalt-blue V-neck sweater as he left the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital two weeks ago (as opposed to the pale...
...Gareth Williams SkyScanner British Williams and two friends founded Skyscanner, the flight-comparison website, in 2001, after struggling to find cheap travel deals online....
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