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...If that’s not ingrained in your culture, it’s unlikely that people are going to support the arts later in life. You cannot just create a culture of philanthropy out of thin air.”...
...“It is about black Britain and what it is to be working class,” he says of his Converge gilet, for example, which was acquired by the V&A for its collection in 2021. “It is descriptive of urban life....
...(Cox says that Hurley is “like family – the most loyal mama bear”....
...Before most people knew what a camera was, the V&A was already amassing photographs....
...That simple idea has been rigorously applied to every Black Crows product ever since — from chevron-patterned water bottles to down jackets with V-shaped baffles — giving the company an instantly recognisable...
...As a result, she says, the V&A has acquired works including the Beautiful ring from the A Beautiful Life series by London-based American jeweller Jacqueline Rabun and an Ebony Revolution necklace by Simone...
...In her quiet poems that probe the surface of family life, children are ubiquitous, both as character and metaphor (in one poem, sea waves thrash about “like insolent children”)....
...Now 57, Li has been in the US for over half his life and an American citizen for nearly 30 years. He has described himself as both 100 per cent American and 100 per cent Chinese....
...Family life and professional life were mixed together, which meant we shared so much. That’s what I miss the most.”...
...The family left for America, via London, in 1938, but Kissinger never lost his heavy German accent. His brother was once asked why, in contrast, he spoke like an American....
...Notably, it opened the Fondation Louis Vuitton exhibition space in Paris in 2014 and, four years ago with the Arnault family which controls the group, pledged €200mn towards the restoration of the city’s...
...The failure of one of Drexel’s biggest clients, the Executive Life Insurance Company, destroyed the retirement incomes of thousands of Americans....
...Americans “really appreciate being able to purchase [from] a brand that has British quintessential heritage,” says Jonny Garrett, founder of William Wood Watches, “and, when the royal family is layered into...
...The exhibition Africa Fashion at the V&A in London was a barometer of this shift....
...Last month, a life insurer backed by Elliott Management made a $4bn bid for Iowa’s American Equity Investment Life. AEL, as it’s known, is one of the biggest peddlers of retirement annuities....
...In contrast, George V and George VI died in winter: some of the 305,000 who saw the latter lying in state had to put up with light snow....
...Thatcher favoured an American tie-up, while Heseltine argued for a European solution....
...Germany has a long history of entrepreneurship; its Mittelstand of family-owned companies powered its postwar economic miracle. It also has deep engineering expertise....
...Her case is currently before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. As she said: “I just want to live.”...
...They begin with a sequel to the English King Henry V’s victory over the French at Agincourt....
...Alex BarkerTim here is talking about banks making life difficult for companies just because they’re associated with adult content. The problem isn’t necessarily allowing porn on a platform....
...kadhim@ft.com / sid.v@ft.com...
...Despite these assurances, there is considerable resistance in Debrecen to some of the investments....
...Duncan Forbes, the V&A’s director of photography, was appointed two years ago....
...And I’ve got some family background in Essex. This is by a guy called Tim Burrows....
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