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...The V&A’s new show, Tropical Modernism, revolves around this odd confluence....
...president George W Bush, in the nearby Vance Barn); a 1940s low-slung beach house in Montauk (the easternmost beach town in New York’s Hamptons) built by a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright; the baronial manse in Bedford...
...The Carlsen v Kasparov debate will continue. For Kasparov, it is argued that he was world champion for 15 years, and stayed No1 for a further five....
...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...
...It’s a novel-length tale that serves as both billet-doux and poison pen letter to a medium — comics — in which Alan Moore, as the writer of such seminal works of graphic fiction as Watchmen, V for Vendetta...
...Then, the FT’s wine columnist Jancis Robinson teaches us about the world of wine....
...Andrew Robinson is the author of ‘Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye’ (Bloomsbury) ‘Ray’ is on Netflix from June 25...
...The Duke of Bedford, following suit at Woburn, saw a spectacular rise in visitor numbers after a girl was mauled....
...This week, the fellowship announced its return with a new partner institution, V&A East, the museum complex soon to open in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park....
...“Customers are definitely more interested in leather alternatives, and the idea that an investment piece has to be leather feels old-fashioned now,” says Eleanor Robinson, director of accessories at Selfridges...
...Bass Kevin Burdette, not always sounding comfortable, dips into Camelot for “If Ever I Would Leave You” and Morris Robinson grandly invokes “The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha....
...“Despite a challenging economic climate, there was a huge demand for property in the second half of 2020,” said Miles Robinson, head of mortgages at Trussle.v Howard Archer, chief economic adviser to the...
...“Filthy Lucre” travelled to the Smithsonian in 2015 to be shown alongside the original where James Robinson, a V&A curator, spotted it....
...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...
A blind tasting shows there is no longer a gulf between the old and new worlds
...Instagram v influencers Instagram’s recent shift to facilitate more direct ecommerce on the platform is likely to provide a new source of revenue for influencers....
...From Bert Ely, Ely & Company, Alexandria, VA, US An image to conjure up in extraordinary times / From James Winpenny, Chipping Norton, Oxon, UK Not so new: MMT has distinguished precursors / From John V...
...Real estate is another collector’s field in which Lauren excels, with a ranch in Colorado, a manor house in Bedford, New York, a villa in Jamaica, a beach house in Montauk and, of course, an apartment in...
...My favourite work by the cartoonist William Heath Robinson, known for his drawings of fabulously intricate machines, is the Osoeezi Slugsticker....
...Burgundy v the rest — some favourites These are the wines I scored 17 out of 20 in the Berkmann tasting, complete with suggested drinking windows....
...I am a regular Asia-based reader of FT for three reasons, in descending order: Jancis Robinson, Lucy Kellaway and the cryptic crossword....
...So when the V&A opens its brilliant, overdue show based on Quant treasures in their collection, I won’t be budgeting much time for the stuff of the 1970s....
...Rotork has the single largest exposure in our coverage (~50% v 60% in 2014 though)....
...site eBay may wind up on the losing side of a recent US Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for states to collect sales tax from online purchases, prompting a downgrade from analysts at SunTrust Robinson...
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