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...During the V&A’s recent Gabrielle Chanel exhibition, London-based caterer Rocket organised a series of corporate events inspired by the show....
...Like Xu, Ayana V Jackson is her own subject; she uses her body to question the history of photography....
...Puzzle 2540 Ian Nepomniachtchi v Magnus Carlsen. AI Cup 2023. Black to move. The world No1 chose Nf5-e3 here. Can you do better? Click here for solution...
...Wadsworth v Fernandez was an imaginative king hunt, and the best attacking game of the championship....
...“The beauty of African fashion is that it is as varied as the continent itself,” says Dr Christine Checinska, who curated the V&A’s recent exhibition Africa Fashion (now at the Brooklyn Museum until October...
...He insists it’s still a good idea – he has actually donated the best of his collection to the V&A and the Fashion Museum in Antwerp. But “I do swing dramatically”, he admits cheerfully....
...The White Lotus star Will Sharpe made an impression at the SAG awards in a dark Ferragamo suit with contrast red V-neck crossover shirt underneath, while Forde orchestrated Paapa Essiedu’s Baftas look via...
...A later artist, Ayana V Jackson, poses her “Anarcha” (2017) like an Orientalist odalisque, but the tender image of her turned back suggests not so much exotic allure as vulnerability....
...As his touring exhibition Wonderful Things – which first showed at the V&A in 2019 – opens at the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles next month, a new selection of Walker’s works will also be available to...
...leaves White’s king in check (by Denys Bonner, 1960). Chess: 2350 1 f3+ Kh4 2 Ra4!! Rxa4+ 3 Kb5....
...However, the “monarchical bragging rights” go to Norway’s Harald V, under whom GDP per capita has increased by 3.8 per cent a year on average since he ascended to the throne in 1991....
...She also notes a set of colourful men’s silk waistcoats from the 18th century pulled from the V&A collection....
...That sounds like a reasonable expectation to have after Fed Chair Jay Powell doubled down on his hawkish tone at Jackson Hole last week....
...It has since proved a knit with staying power, with Gucci, Erdem, The Elder Statesman, Marni, Thom Browne and Wales Bonner all carrying styles this season....
...Newcomers also include Waddington Custot and design specialists Jacksons from Sweden....
...The Yorkshireman, 34, won the board three silver medal with 5.5/7, repeating his result from the 2019 world teams. 2446 Hou Yifan v James Jackson, Isle of Man 2016. White to move and win....
...Last summer, I bought a Wales Bonner Adidas football top in soft yellow with a brown collar – think 1970s Bob Marley – followed by a pair of Nike running shorts in a distinctly punchy shade....
...As shown by Peter Jackson’s new Get Back documentary, their telepathic closeness persisted until the very end of The Beatles....
...The Beatles’ fashion influence is again in the spotlight with The Beatles: Get Back, the three-part television documentary directed and produced by Peter Jackson, which makes its worldwide debut on Disney...
...Her early career saw her starring in the music video for Tina Turner’s “GoldenEye”, in which she lounges on a chair in a leopard-print bikini and knee-high boots, as well as starring in Janet Jackson’s music...
...“We are hoping for more colour on inflation targeting from [Federal Reserve chairman] Jay Powell at Jackson Hole,” Ms Defend said....
...UK ministers and media branded Monday “V-Day” as the first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine were administered....
...Half a century later, I was offered the directorship at the nearby Jackson Laboratory, and I commute to work across the straits. You couldn’t make it up....
...It’s a destination for high-end, investment-level kimonos, three of which feature in the V&A’s show....
...“We are far less optimistic about a V-shaped recovery than some people are saying. For developing countries, the worst is yet to come.”...
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