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...Here in Utah in 1869 Leland Stanford fixed down the last rail that symbolically connected west to east. “There’s loads of folks left out of that picture.”...
...Soft greys and browns represent the wool trade; the brighter pinks and blues were based on an 18th-century Spitalfields silk dress at the V&A....
...May 16 to October 13; further information and tickets here ‘Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection’, V&A South Kensington The couple’s extraordinary private collection...
...She launched the men’s in 2017, with Talking Heads’ David Byrne as a reference, and now sales of the two are equal....
...But the versatile David also produced images of the heroic legislator....
...The last time they had met was 1998, thinks Cox, with Elton and David. What was that like? “Nothing untoward.”...
...Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants, rose under the tutelage of William V Musto, the mayor of Union City from 1962 to 1982, with a four-year interregnum....
...Its rhodium-plated white gold tiara with spray motif is set with more than 24 carats of rose-cut, pear-shaped diamonds in a wishbone style....
...“The symbolism of roses — you take them to somebody when a baby is born, or at a wedding — and there’s the rose you put on a grave,” she said....
...As ever, drop me a note at sid.v@ft.com if you’ve got thoughts and ideas for upcoming Future of Money newsletters....
...The Sydney Opera House commissioned craft distillery Archie Rose to create two gins inspired by the House....
...Thomas’s network of former Supreme Court clerks and his closest friends rose to top positions in the Trump administration....
...Eric Owens, a weak Philip, is outsung by John Relyea as the Inquisitor, but I would just as soon hear Matthew Rose (a Monk) in either role....
...He loves it,” says Strong, the former head of the V&A and author of some waspish diaries in which few of the rich, famous and powerful are spared....
...The keynotes have been hope and joy — but political and cultural pressures rose to the surface as rarely before, conditioning how we enjoy and think about art. In the best shows, people came first....
...On a recent visit, she covered the table with rose petals, then decorated a long block of ice with delicately-formed mango roses with strawberries — it was not only a stunning work of art, but incredibly...
...The three-way wiring between media, crown and public that reshaped the modern monarchy did not, in fact, begin with Elizabeth II, but with her grandfather George V....
...Additional reporting by David Sheppard in London...
...Provocations: The Work of David Connor by Drew Plunkett (£45, Lund Humphries) Collaborating with the likes of Vivienne Westwood and Anish Kapoor, David Connor was a pioneer of architectural design in the...
...Vladimir Putin said he would be vaccinated with the Sputnik V jab on Tuesday....
...We have reached the final scene of Shakespeare’s Henry V....
...He is also encouraged by a “V-shaped” recovery in Asia, its largest market, and less dire forecasts for UK consumers....
...Here’s a v-shaped recovery for you. Growth in broad money in the UK is now surging at levels last seen in 1528, according to Jefferies: It’s a similar story across advanced economies....
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...Retail sales in Britain rose sharply and non-essential stores began reopening....
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