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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...
...The 66 new F-16 V aircraft approved by Trump are due to arrive by the end of 2026....
...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....
...Vintage gloves were appliquéd to elbows and the back of jackets — they flashed a V-sign, either for victory or peace. Simons achieved both....
...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....
...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....
...According to V-Dem, a Swedish research institute, almost three quarters of the world’s population now live in autocracies against less than half a decade ago....
...Arrival is merging with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp V, paying a huge premium in order to add $300mn to its balance sheet. It is a desperate move that is unlikely to trigger a Spac revival....
...The V&A’s Africa Fashion also has works by Ami Doshi Shah (pictured top), of Kenya, including her necklace of brass, sisal and salt....
...I would have been the head of a talent agency or a Rupert Murdoch, but nicer....
...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....
...The display has 51 first-hand photographs taken by Harry Burton, who joined Carter in Egypt and whose work has proved crucial to our understanding of the excavations....
...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...
...In 1973, with the Roe v....
...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...
...Auditioning for a top role in a film by Tim Burton, he discovers he’s been cast for a mere 10-line cameo; he pukes Guinness over an ineffably sweet and voluntarily unpaid co-star of the Wilde film, Colin...
...Mostly, when I look back on my relationships with homosexuality, I recall most clearly mooning over flop-haired individuals such as Hugh Grant in Maurice, Rupert Everett in Another Country, and Daniel Day-Lewis...
...The Israeli company, which has more than 20m registered users, will combine with Fintech Acquisition Corp V, the special purpose acquisition company set up by banking tycoon Betsy Cohen, in one of the largest...
...Lachlan Murdoch, son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and chief executive of Fox Corporation, was an existing shareholder and retains a stake of around 10 per cent....
...(FT) Coronavirus digest Russia will supply 300m doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to the African Union....
...Hungary is the only EU member to have approved both the Chinese-made Sinopharm and Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines....
...“He’s v bright, tough and politically savvy with a small p,” tweeted Rupert Harrison, the former Tory chancellor’s one-time chief adviser....
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