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...Dreams Have No Titles, the exhibition and the film, plunge you into many worlds: jazz and blues, the Brixton riots, Algeria’s war of independence, the immigrant experience in a Paris banlieue....
...June 20 to September 8; further information and tickets here ‘Naomi’, V&A South Kensington An ode to the life and work of supermodel Naomi Campbell....
...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....
...There's the union v independence tactical voting, and then there's the anti-Tory tactical voting. And the two do not necessarily align. So the question is, what is the emotion, which is......
...Despite the discomfort of King George V — whose cousin the Tsar had been executed by the Bolsheviks — Labour formally recognised the Soviet Union....
...The V&A’s installation on Tropical Modernism, initially a European colonial project but one adopted and adapted by African nations, notably in post-independence Ghana by the Nkrumah government (Ghana is...
...If these market leaders cannot beat the post holiday blues we might as well all shut up shop. We are also heading into a series of significant anniversaries....
...The blue and white medina glowed in the same creamy light Albert Camus loved in Algiers....
...Vasconcelos, in a big pink jumper festooned with a pink butterfly brooch, nicely complements Lord R, smart in a pale blue shirt and aquamarine V-neck, when they convene in Waddesdon’s Dairy....
...Thousands of little Union Jacks were waved, a plasticky sea of red, white and blue....
...Sotheby’s is holding a cross-category online sale, between April 21 and May 4, of items relating to the British monarchy past and present....
...(Yousefzada’s work was commissioned to respond to the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s independence, formed from the upheaval of Partition from India.)...
...The colour of Greenough’s V-neck stripe has gone from green to blue. “Going to plan?” I ask. “Errr no,” comes the reply. Mike Thomas, the race director, has a distant look in his eyes....
...Former British prime minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday give evidence to the cross-party House of Commons inquiry into whether he intentionally misled parliament about illegal office social gatherings...
...Changing names and symbols is part of this: the Indian Navy this month replaced its old ensign featuring the Cross of St George with a new one inspired by the seal of Chhatrapati Shivaji, the 17th-century...
...Once the private chapel of Dona Rosa, the lover of 18th-century king João V, Mesa de Frades is now one of Lisbon’s more bohemian fado clubs....
...Tristram Hunt, director of the V&A museum, who lived with him as a student, previously told the Financial Times that Kwarteng was “quite ungovernable” in his convictions but conventional in his tastes....
...gideon.rachman@ft.com Letter in response to this article: The west is right to call China’s bluff on Taiwan / From John V Baldwin, Cernobbio, Italy...
...The future of Britain is the subject of a conference taking place in London, jointly organised by the Tony Blair Institute and the Britain Project, a cross between a campaign group and a think-tank....
...On August 6 1962, Jamaica declared independence from colonial Britain....
...This was the same year that the iconic blue, red and white London Underground logo, known as the roundel, was first conceived....
...Share your thoughts with the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...We ate grilled mojarra fish perched high above Lago de Coatepeque, a mesmerising crater lake that changes colour once a year from dark blue to vibrant turquoise. Nobody is sure why....
...One cross-cultural moment deserves special mention....
...They are not allowed to cross the road unless there is a green light....
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