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...December 14 to 24; further information and tickets here ‘The Nutcracker’, Royal Albert Hall The Sugar Plum Fairy is back in town....
...Before most people knew what a camera was, the V&A was already amassing photographs....
...I often look down into this otherworldly oasis, rays of sun dancing across it, mist dripping off the plants....
...And finally To the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Sainsbury Gallery, where the tremendous touring Donatello retrospective has arrived in London — the UK’s first show ever devoted to the artist....
...His Lily of the Valley designs are exclusive to the V&A, as are the giclée prints of illustrations by Beatrix Potter and Edward Lear....
...His designs – worn by Harry Styles, Sam Smith, Iman and Emma Corrin – include architectural suits, pussy-bow blouses and tiered dresses....
...Let me know be emailing gordon.smith@ft.com. Here’s the rest of the day’s news — Gordon Five more stories in the news 1....
...My colleague Colby Smith recently had a great deep-dive into how it is roiling the US central bank....
...Bags: Inside Out is at the Victoria and Albert Museum until 12 September 2021...
...Tristram Hunt is director of the V&A and a former MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central....
...Should we expect the V&A’s exhibition to explore this difficult territory?...
...The Vatican is home to these exquisite silk, wool and gilded silver thread tapestries, which came from the Brussels workshop of Pieter van Aelst; at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, we look...
...Infrared and X-rays revealed underdrawings typical of Botticelli’s habit of sketching outlines, then filling in fleshtones and redoing the contours to make them harder....
...Against the general trend, yesterday Ferrari confidently guided to a V-shaped recovery in its P&L from H2/20....
...Their light and dark V-necked playsuits (I suspect mother-made) are poised between school gym slips and men’s evening clothes....
...James Smith, economist at ING: A full 2021 recovery is unlikely....
...Five years ago London’s Victoria and Albert Museum acquired the “Liberator”. It is a pasty-looking 3D-printed gun designed by the Texan libertarian Cody Wilson....
...There were protests at this year’s architecture Biennale by Venetians who raged against the Victoria and Albert Museum’s championship of London social housing while they struggle to find homes....
...Sign up for our Weekend Email here Photographs: Rory Gardiner; Peter Smithson/Smithson Family Collection; Kois Miah; Tony Ray-Jones/RIBA Collections; Metropolitan Workshop...
...Ray Eames also used plywood to make abstract sculptures, using more extreme versions of the curves employed in their furniture....
...Tristram Hunt, one of Labour’s most high-profile Blairite MPs, is quitting Parliament to become director of the Victoria & Albert museum....
...Lily Le Brun Photographs: Mike Kitcatt/V&A; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Christina Smith/V&A; Kawaii Monster Café Harajuku; Gion; Pip Barnard/V&A; A Astes/Alamy; James Jaron/V&A...
...Were the dying words of King George V, “How is the Empire?” as his private secretary reported, or “Bugger Bognor,” as popular culture prefers?...
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College I expect inflation to rise towards 3% in 2017 was import prices rise....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Open question. Depends if he injects a major fiscal stimulus....
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