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...Caret is the marginal sign, like an inverted V, that means “it is missing” or “there is a lack”....
...“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...
...Identittiby Mithu Sanyal, translated by Alta L Price, V&Q Books £12.99 Questions about race, culture and belonging abound in this entertaining debut by German journalist and academic Mithu Sanyal....
...simmering conflict between Muslim and Christian powers on land and sea resolved into a stand-off between Suleyman — heir to his father Selim I’s string of conquests — and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V,...
...Until then, you can reach Sid and I at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com. Happy reading!...
...It kept emperors (Charles V, then Philip II) at suspicious arm’s length but wilted when their stewardship stiffened into close-up domination....
...Liverpool; Nik Morrell, London; Ian Dempsey, New Jersey Polymath 1,015: Richard Otley, Wakefield Crossword 16,123: Michael Baylor, France; Scott Forbes, London; Judith Hadley, USA Polymath 1,014: Peter Boyd...
...(Boyd is a trustee of Stanfield’s charity, the Hebridean Trust, which supports island communities)....
...The former involved Boyd contributing to the V&A’s Pink Floyd exhibition — he was the first to promote the group at the pioneering psychedelic UFO club he co-founded, then produced their debut single — alongside...
...behalf of whistleblowers in relation to national security and freedom of speech issues, ever since the heady days of his prosecution and the related civil case before the Supreme Court (New York Times Co v...
...In It’s Complicated, Boyd writes, “Teens turn to, and are obsessed with, whichever environment allows them to connect to friends....
...Gus has summoned his adult children — nicknamed Pill (Richard Clothier), Empty (Tamsin Greig) and V (Lex Shrapnel) — to tell them he intends to take his own life....
...Also, given that she knows him best for his role as a high-functioning sociopath in Sherlock , we did wonder whether the girl might not have gone for that nice Martin Freeman instead....
...The physicist Freeman Dyson thought they should be in outer space....
...Specifically, Mr Aspden quotes the American music producer, Joe Boyd, as stating about the American popular singer, Bob Dylan: “Like the Acmeist poets in Russia in the 1920s, [Dylan] confused and frightened...
...columns, visit ft.com/culturecast ——————————————- Letters in response to this column: Acmeists’ aloofness aroused suspicion / From Dr Mark Gaige Fear of Acmeists hard to understand / From Dr Charles G V...
...He is a Freeman of the City of Nottingham and an honorary life vice-president of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club....
...And the clock is ticking. ——————————————- Dementia: science v demography Guessing whether you will need long-term care is even harder than trying to estimate how long you will live....
...In the case, known as Comcast v....
...(I) Transdek UK (I) Transec (UK) Tristar Cars t/a Tristar Worldwide Chauffeur Services TRL Technology (I) TTS Group Turbosound (I) U Ubisense Group Ubisense Group (I) Union Electric Steel UK V...
...Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius, by Sylvia Nasar ● No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone , by Tom Bower ● Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty , by Abhijit V....
...And in that respect it was helpful writing for the RSC, because you look at the Shakespeare plays and say: ‘Well, he didn’t know Henry V.’” She adds that writing for the RSC ensemble helps....
...Lord Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, University of Warwick Marcus Miller, Professor of Economics, University of Warwick David Blanchflower, Bruce V....
...map behind them – each one representing a ship’s crew of thousands – it becomes clear that their subtle arguments about Vikings and valour are tragically out of touch, more suited to the world of Henry V...
...“Le Marche is remarkably unspoilt,” says Charles Freeman, historical consultant to travel book series Blue Guides. “It’s like touring Italy in the old days....
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