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...the 1700s still captivates and challenges cutting-edge artists (of various heritages) today....
...the piece is reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II’s jewellery collection....
...At the request of King George V, it mounted the 520-carat Cullinan I diamond, which is also known as the Great Star of Africa, in the royal sceptre....
...Who should decide what to do with the contested heritage within this trove?...
...The popular heritage website has over the past four decades evolved from a genealogical magazine into a comprehensive database with 3m users eager to find out where they came from....
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...Some of these institutions, including the V&A, have suggested the circle could be squared through loan agreements....
...Liikanen remains a probable alternative and would also be a good leader for the ECB for many of the same reasons as V. de Galhau....
...Leaping to the defence of Nelson’s Column, former V&A director Sir Roy Strong retorted: “The past is the past. You can’t rewrite history.”...
...others, if V S Naipaul’s view, that Arab and Islamic societies have by their very nature been hostile to outside influences, is true....
...Sylvia Crowe but it always represented a rather English modernity — a pavilion in a park rather than an urban landmark — and its neglect over the coming decades made it an eloquent metaphor for declining imperial...
...to London’s V&A....
...For rates starting from €1,000 a night and rising to €28,000 (for the 330 sq m Imperial suite), guests get lavishly upholstered sofas, ciels de lit and gold taps in the shape of swans....
...Some quote the poet, Rupert Brooke, and some use words from the Bible. Many compose their own lines....
.../ V&A Images; English Heritage; Nigel Corrie/ English Heritage...
...From Dr Charles G V Coutinho....
...The plan has been branded Olympicopolis by Mr Johnson in homage to Albertopolis, the neighbourhood containing Imperial College, the Royal Albert Hall, the V&A, and the science and natural history museums...
...Downton Abbey is all very well, but he could have really stretched the point of imperial decline with some further well-chosen gifts....
...Pride in Myanmar’s glorious imperial past and rich cultural heritage – enough to earn the country a seat at the top table in southeast Asia....
...For Russian women, it is a comeback to roots, to historical heritage.” …………………………………………………………….....
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
...And by the final credits, the true grit of Turkey’s imperial forebears triumphs over European decadence and fatigue....
...Simon Thurley is chief executive of English Heritage...
...A number are from the era of British imperial rule....
...‘Magnificence of the Tsars’ at the V&A from December 10 until March 2 2009; www.vam.ac.uk...
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