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...A soundproofed attic in a terraced house in east London isn’t the kind of location that screams “epicentre of the British music scene”. But James Ford isn’t a typical producer....
...Adele James plays Emily as a woman of ferocious integrity, but her character is disappointingly sidelined....
...June 20 to September 8; further information and tickets here ‘Naomi’, V&A South Kensington An ode to the life and work of supermodel Naomi Campbell....
...“In fact it’s the only game in town, to be very frank, in terms of investment on that size, speed and scale.”...
...James Morris’s powerful shots of traditional mud structures looking strikingly contemporary and strange....
...(He also brought banging youth music nights to the usually quiet halls of the V&A.)...
...In 2023, Knight Frank Australia anticipates a further 7 per cent drop in Melbourne’s residential property prices....
...“I mean, let’s be frank. This is a gift from heaven for Russia,” said a senior EU official....
...His Lily of the Valley designs are exclusive to the V&A, as are the giclée prints of illustrations by Beatrix Potter and Edward Lear....
...“It’s a new business model and working with James Holland-Hibbert is a natural fit,” Rossi says....
...Messages from the archive of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist From: Rutherford@monkwellstrategy.com To: JamesW@LKandW.co.uk Hi James, No, I really don’t think now is the right moment...
...In the garden of the Frank Gehry-designed Maggie’s centre in Dundee is an Antony Gormley sculpture, a proud figure with a penis and geometric circular breasts....
...It was designed by Raymond Moriyama in 1977, and the rust-coloured carpeting and glass elevators give off a distinctly retro, groovy sensibility....
...In London, too, February is going to be a gala month, with the cream of the crop being the V&A’s hosting of the magnificent display of the works of Donatello — possibly the first ever in the British capital...
...“My dear Leighton,” replied James McNeill Whistler, “why do you ever begin yours?”...
...“It will have performance spaces and rehearsal rooms; it’s next to Westfield Stratford and the V&A East – it’s going to be a cultural quarter almost,” says Bargh....
...Gary Hall, head of lettings at Knight Frank, said: “It’s a tough time to be a tenant at the moment. Rents are rising and the availability of stock is low.”...
...We pedalled on through Chittenango, where L Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was born (yes there’s a museum with a yellow brick road outside), and Rome (where Clinton began building the...
...“aerobes” floating through Tate Modern in Anicka Yi’s Turbine Hall commission “In Love with the World”....
...Among the non-agricultural activities the estate has introduced are a glamping site complete with luxury yurts, and weddings and other events held at Raynham Hall, the family seat....
...John Gilhooly, director of Wigmore Hall in central London, one of the earliest music venues to reopen its doors after the relaxation of rules on public gatherings during the pandemic, said the announcement...
...This is not a James Bond job.” Claire Hubbard-Hall, a historian of espionage, blames popular culture for having unfairly “framed” the public view of women spies as “highly sexualised”....
...“LA isn’t about vertical living, so it hasn’t seen the same flight to the hills as other cities,” says Jason Mansfield, an associate partner at estate agency Knight Frank....
...Dozens of hall monitors in hot pink vests milled about unafraid to admonish any rogue member of the global elite whose mask slipped. The irony was plain....
...“I’ve booked tickets to a show at the Royal Hall [part of Harrogate Theatre] and I don’t feel I’ve compromised on the arts and culture I was used to in Bath.”...
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