Hints and tips:
...A portrait of the bewhiskered duke — later George V — stares down at us....
...Expect an evening of the most-loved arias performed by a stellar ensemble....
...‘Breaking the Waves’, Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne) Missy Mazzoli’s much-acclaimed operatic adaptation of Lars von Trier’s 1996 film, with soprano Jennifer Black as the devout Bess and baritone Duncan...
...Puzzle 2532 Artur Davtyan v Vladislav Kovalev, Dubai 2023. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...The V&A show aims to reclaim the word by focusing on the power of star performances, where image is often key....
...But by the time it was completed in 1819, the then monarch, Ferdinand VII, decided that the royal art collection (shaped by his predecessors Charles V and Philip II) should be exhibited instead....
...Other pieces are held by the V&A and the Courtauld Gallery in London. I knew all this because I had seen — and written about — a nearly identical bowl for the FT last year....
...Aria was originally a project of Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s former chief adviser....
...In the V&A’s latest annual review he also referred to talks with Ghana around the V&A collection of Asante court regalia, including gold ornaments, rings and badges, which entered the collection following...
...The house has won prizes at the V&A Illustration Awards, as well as being recognised in the book trade for its bindings, production and indexing....
...Former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith, one of the five sanctioned MPs, said it was “astonishing” that China had been invited given its “huge record of human rights abuses”....
...As ever, reach out to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) and me (sid.v@ft.com) with your thoughts, suggestions and comments. We’ll be back again next Monday. Happy reading!...
...Duncan Forbes, the V&A’s director of photography, was appointed two years ago....
...Even among Tory voters the positive differential has nearly halved, shrinking from around plus-44 to (67 ‘well’ v 23 ‘badly’) in January 2020 to plus-23 (58 ‘well’ v 35 ‘badly’) today....
...his first large command, over three battalions of the 101st Airborne Division, based in Fort Campbell, Kentucky — and moved to the Pentagon during Jimmy Carter’s administration as an adviser to Charles Duncan...
...George V’s horse Anmer caused whose death on June 4 1913? Which cocktail is made with vodka and orange juice (above)?...
...“There is a similar one in the V&A; it’s now worth in excess of £5,000.”...
...“The chances of a full V-shaped recovery in services activity this year still look slim,” he said....
...She noted that the fall in the PMI employment index was “particularly worrying” because it “provides further support to our view that a perfect V-shaped recovery is extremely unlikely”....
...Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey, Swindon Crossword 16,099: Suzanne P Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc Sellier, California Polymath 1,010: Robert Jelly, Warwickshire Crossword 16,093: V...
...“I’m really exhausted with this Sapphic pageant,” sighs Harold after one of showboating Vita’s returning-prodigal arias....
...Duncan and I visited friends a few weekends ago, but found ourselves running late and without time to select a thoughtful gift....
...Attending the England v India cricket Test match in London on Saturday, he was booed when his image flashed up on a big screen....
...There is outright farce: when everyone in the world saw Frank Lampard’s ball cross the goal line in the 2010 England v Germany game — everyone, that is, except the referee....
...Email: duncan.robinson@ft.com Twitter: @duncanrobinson Elsewhere in Europe: King Macron I Sun King: The sequel Anne-Sylvaine Chassany examines Macron’s evolution from candidate to president....
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