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...thought I had, until Harley-Davidson recently offered me a fortnight’s loan of its craftily named Freewheeler, a luxury trike powered not by feeble, four-year-old legs but by one of Milwaukee’s finest V-Twin...
...Among the more challenging shows was Mexican artist Sebastián Solórzano Rodríguez (a 2014-15 protégé) performing his work [÷] v.0.8 : Boléro, which involved him practising 15 minutes of amplified heavy breathing...
...“F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E” and “Sorted for E’s & Wizz” were ticked off like rites of passage from someone moving from Sheffield outsider to Britpop in-crowd....
...This passion goes back to shooting’s zenith 100 years ago, when success was measured by the size of a hunt’s bag: a party led by George V holds the record for killing 3,937 pheasants in one day....
...Lily Cole, inspired by her mentor, the conservationist John Burton, is planning to sell her flat, buy land and then return it to nature via rewilding....
...Vintage gloves were appliquéd to elbows and the back of jackets — they flashed a V-sign, either for victory or peace. Simons achieved both....
...Becky Fatemi, property agentEffortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown This was given to me by a friend, the designer Marc Jacques Burton....
...A podcast episode I’ve listened to recently is No More Grind: How to Finally Rest with Tricia Hersey, part of Glennon Doyle’s We Can Do Hard Things series....
...Through the sale of bracelets and pendants, the brand has raised more than $20mn to provide water, immunisations and educational tools to those in need. louisvuittonforunicef.com V is for Visual AidsAcne...
...Once successful for his industrial and railway work, only a few small buildings survive, including his green shelters for cab drivers — there is one rather battered version outside the V&A....
...petrol-powered two-wheelers since the age of six — and with a collection of 15 of them currently jammed into my garage — I can’t say I’m looking forward to the day when the mellifluous bark of my Ducati’s V-Twin...
...Suzuki’s contender is the V-Strom 650 (from £7,999 and £1,590 for a luggage kit), while Kawasaki weighs in with its £7,549 Versys 650 and Honda offers a choice of lightweight and middleweight adventure models...
...Former student Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, chose to showcase Tangye’s drawing process in a film last year – and the V&A has 56 of his artworks – but outside of the fashion world...
...Its prewar, V-twin-engined machines were famed for their success in board-track racing, as the favoured mount of daredevil riders on the Wall of Death and the official bikes of many a US police department...
...Should we expect the V&A’s exhibition to explore this difficult territory?...
...Arthur Conan Doyle lived in Tennison Road, Norwood, setting for one of the first Sherlock Holmes stories....
...The flying tourbillon, so-called because it looks as though it is not connected to anything, is both the V of Vuitton and the Roman numeral five on the dial. It rotates 360 degrees every minute....
...Burton Malkiel’s dedication to his mission to champion index-based investing remains undiminished four decades after he wrote one of the classic finance texts....
...As the house that designed the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress, and was the star of an otherworldly exhibition at first the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and then the V&A in London, the public...
...Even that most bastardised adaptation of Conan Doyle’s detective tales, Sherlock, still finds Benedict Cumberbatch in a deerstalker....
...The exception is Alexander McQueen, led by Sarah Burton, who will present her winter menswear in intimate showcases starting in May....
...“Power means nothing without the support of the other women around you,” said Burton backstage. I’m with you, sister....
...Jay Z referenced it in his latest collaboration with Beyoncé, “Everything is Love”, with the lyric “Louis V and Goyard trunks all in the closet.”...
...The 1,000cc V-4 engine produces 157hp (or more than 212 with the “race kit” fitted) and sits in a frame made from raw aluminium, meaning the machine must be housed in a heated garage to prevent it from corroding...
Unravelled, vulnerable, intimate and handmade: the photographs of Julia Margaret Cameron have both inspired, and haunted, Alexander McQueen designer Sarah Burton
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