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...Real weight and maturity on this wine — classic Sauternes with a little saltiness after all the sweetness. £14.99 a half Majestic Plaimont, St-Albert 2018 Pacherenc du Vic Bilh Pacherenc du Vic Bilh (12.5%...
...Eight months’ oak ageing after barrel fermentation. Excellent varietal character on nose and palate. Just the job for fans of the “green grape”....
...May 16 to October 13; further information and tickets here ‘Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection’, V&A South Kensington The couple’s extraordinary private collection...
...Soft greys and browns represent the wool trade; the brighter pinks and blues were based on an 18th-century Spitalfields silk dress at the V&A....
...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...
...The designer’s love of wood is explored through simple lines: his Ode chair references the tradition of workshop chairs with its generously rounded back and an inverted V-style base, while the archetypal...
...Both Sheikh and Pakistani artist Zahoor ul Akhlaq studied at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s, and were astounded by the V&A’s originals after muted reproductions at home....
...Reimagined for the sleek, glossy underground hangar of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Sainsbury Gallery, the tremendous touring Donatello retrospective arrives in London — the UK’s first show ever devoted...
...Just four years later, David Hohnen of Cape Mentelle winery in Western Australia was so impressed by Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc that he and his young winemaker Kevin Judd launched their own brand of it,...
...Corin Mellor, creative director of David Mellor DesignRichard Batterham: Studio Potter by Tanya Harrod and Sarah Griffin This was published alongside an exhibition of his work at the V&A....
...“By the 1880s there were huge numbers of commemoratives manufactured,” says Paul Greenhalgh, historian and former deputy keeper of ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London....
...Bello is remarkably similar to classic red bordeaux (even though Draper, after painstaking research in historic documents and practical experiments, insists on ageing the wine in American, not French, oak...
...“I’m sorry,” I shouted at Honor Oak Park. “I can’t hear you. There’s a lot of noise here. I’m on the runway.”...
...“You know when they did that [David] Bowie show at the V&A? For a long time I’ve thought, Pam could do that,” says Lucas. “So in a way, this is a small step towards Pam’s big retrospective.”...
...At the far end of the ceramics gallery in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, a collection of serene green pots basks in a sunlit room....
...Known as Bertie in the family, he was the second son of King George V and expected his elder brother, known as David to the family, to become king....
...Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 19 March–6 November. In partnership with Gucci. Casting, Sarah Booth at Ben Grimes Casting....
...Her father, known as Bertie in the family, was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. His elder brother, David, was expected to become king....
...Its garden is a relaxed mix of semi-formal beds with herbs, wild-flower areas, woven hazel and Welsh oak gates and garden furniture....
....£34.99 to £41 Rannoch Scott, Oz Wines, Vinoteca, Butler’s Wine Cellar, NY Wines, Bottle Apostle Dom Jean Monnier 2019 Puligny-MontrachetClassic savoury white burgundy, with notes of lemon, lime and oak-induced...
...The exhibition at the V&A, London, runs until January 9; vam.ac.uk Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...My first post-pandemic red carpet, at the Royal Albert Hall premiere for the latest Bond instalment No Time to Die, made me realise just how much evening dress has changed in recent years....
...It was made by David Drake, known as “Dave the Potter”, who was an enslaved man in South Carolina in the 1800s....
...When curators from the Victoria & Albert Museum visited, they selected, along with five other pieces, a miniature replica of the bed made for cats that will go into the collection of V&A East, which opens...
...other independents Howard’s Folly, Sonhador Branco 2018 Alentejo 13.3%First vintage of a field blend of ancient vines of various Portuguese varieties grown on granite and made by Australian immigrant David...
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