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...Who Carter Jonas Apartment, Battersea Park, £2.1mn Where In Riverside One, a development on the South Bank of the Thames near Albert Bridge....
...Albert died in 1861. In 1897, the queen still forbade her maids of honour from wearing mauve (too close to a cheerful pink)....
...Catherine and William’s advisers have not been quite so shrewd. The poor woman deserves some privacy — not least as a mother of three....
...March 7 and 9; further information and tickets here Sport Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park Albert Park will play host to the best drivers in the world — and a slew of Formula 1 fans pinning their hopes...
...Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan Hodder Press £25/ William Morrow, $32.50, 320 pages How We Age: The Science of Longevity by Coleen T Murphy Princeton...
...Acts announced so far include Andrea Bocelli and Robbie Williams — with plenty more to come. 2023’s line-up included Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Guns N’ Roses....
...William Morris and the avid Indian miniature collector Howard Hodgkin hymned the Persian epic the Hamzanama....
...Once one of the grandest in Scotland, the 18th to 19th century castle is crenellated, featuring a west wing designed by William Adam, a heraldic ceiling that took 10 years to paint (the Sistine Chapel only...
...Last year’s event included dancers styled by Carolina Herrera creative director Wes Gordon and guest vocalists such as Vanessa Williams and Patti LuPone....
...After that interregnum, the only period in modern British history when republicanism became a genuine threat were the years of Victoria’s seclusion following Prince Albert’s death....
...Campbell and Stewart have been on tour with a live show, and tickets to their appearance at the 5,000-seat Royal Albert Hall in December sold out in a day....
...David Bowie’s vast collection of personal items — including flamboyant Ziggy Stardust costumes, handwritten lyrics and the Stylophone used in “Space Oddity” — has been donated to the UK’s Victoria and Albert...
...Although her voice is not quite of mighty Royal Albert Hall dimensions, much was radiantly sung, including the final “Libera me”. She also blended well with Jennifer Johnston, the firm mezzo....
...The EPR paradox, published by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen in 1935, argued that quantum physics clashed with reality and was therefore nonsensical or incomplete....
...I am happy to learn that William Kentridge, the South African artist whose new exhibition at London’s Royal Academy is one of the undisputed highlights of the cultural year, has chosen a lunch venue that...
...It was in Kew Gardens, designed by William Chambers in 1762.”...
...The highest is a late-17th century portrait plate of William III in English Delft (£1,400-£1,800); among the lowest is an 1831 jug featuring a portrait of William IV (£30-£50)....
...As William Chislett observes in this piece for the Elcano Royal Institute, “schoolchildren nationwide [in Spain] do not have a shared history to draw on”....
...The King referred to his eldest son, Prince William, in his speech, saying that “the prince and princess of Wales” had recently made a successful public visit to Wales....
...“The economic impact of the pandemic has declined across most of Asia, but we’re far from a full and sustainable recovery,” said ADB chief economist Albert Park....
...The King and the Prince of Wales joined well wishers on the Albert Embankment on Saturday afternoon, shaking hands with members of the public and thanking them for their time....
...Smyth’s Mass was being given in the Royal Albert Hall, where it premiered in 1893, though this was its Proms debut....
...And death is a refrain in other ways: there are still-life compositions of objects created in the style of shrines, and cemetery visits to see the graves of Albert Camus and Sylvia Plath....
...Top chief executives, from Apple’s Tim Cook and BHP’s Mike Henry to Pfizer chair and CEO Albert Bourla, attended the forum....
...Although Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann synthesised the compound derived from the ergot fungus in 1938, he only appreciated its properties five years later when he ingested 250mcg and had an interesting cycle...
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