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...Castel del Monte was built by the brilliant Holy Roman emperor and king of Jerusalem, Germany, Italy and Sicily, Frederick II (1194-1250), known as “Stupor Mundi”, or Wonder of the World....
...NON-FICTION JANUARY Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J Bass (Picador/Knopf) A magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s wartime leaders — the largely overlooked...
...Britten, England’s most feted composer after the success of Peter Grimes, has nine months to complete the opera in time for a gala to celebrate the coronation of Elizabeth II....
..., while adults can partake in a tablescaping class at the workshop (13 December; £38) at this English garden destination, which is set in 383 acres of grade II*-listed parkland....
...In eastern Europe, a Bulgarian party led by former king Simeon II and named after himself stormed to electoral victory in 2001....
...The sign still reads “Sunset Sandwich Bar II: Hot & Cold Food to Take Away”, but a cursory look through the window of the tiny 7ft by 12ft shop, overlooking Smithfield Market in London’s Farringdon, will...
...She also refers to George Frederick Kunz, Tiffany’s first chief gemologist, as “the founding father of American luxury”....
...That’s evident in a large scenic painting of St James’s Park dated c1745 — one of the few to show a multitude of social classes mixing together — where sailors are conversing in trousers, and Frederick,...
...Queen Elizabeth II was only 5ft 3in tall, but she was unmissable in a crowd....
...What A two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment on the 20th floor of the 25-storey Vistal II tower with floor-to-ceiling windows giving a panoramic view of the city....
...II in Sicily, until the mid-13th century....
...Find the names of the obscure Cayman Islands entities SoftBank uses (in this case, the apparently Arthurian legend-themed Gawain II 2022 Holdings Limited, Valiant I 2022 Holdings Limited and Valiant II 2022...
...Abigail Cruttenden brings a wry sense of humour and quiet scepticism to the upright young Queen, while Marion Bailey is very funny as the older, more worldly-wise monarch; Naomi Frederick’s pinched young...
...The photographic safari became a book project when Roberts encountered the Frederick II Foundation, a Sicilian cultural heritage foundation established in 1997 in Palermo, and named for Frederick II – one-time...
...A dealer bought it from Reynolds’ estate for 100 guineas (about £16,000 today) and passed it on to Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle....
...Critics say the price tag is hefty for a business where the synergies are unclear. According to a top 10 investor in Abrdn: “We don’t really understand the II deal....
...In his testaments, emperor Charles V advised his young son — who became Philip II, head of the great Spanish empire in the 16th century — never to identify with only one faction at court or make decisions...
...And he had lived through World War II. So for him, it was all war. Life was war. PHILIPPE SANDS: He saw a country that had not come to terms with its own historical past and, effectively, its demise....
...curve was paired with Enignum II Locus chairs, overlooked by a gigantic ribbon-like sculpture....
...It was under Roger II’s grandson, the brilliant Frederick II (1194-1250), known as Stupor Mundi, the Wonder of the World, that this exotic Indo-Arabic innovation became normalised throughout Europe....
...In the spirit of waterfront dining, the menu features plenty from the sea: Devonshire crab cake, tiger prawns and whatever is the catch of the day....
...Devonshire House If The Ritz opposite is an elegant slice of Paris and Versailles, then Devonshire House (1924-26) is a delicious scoop of New York....
...George II’s obstreperous Rococo-loving playboy son, Frederick, the Prince of Wales who never became king, was an individualist collector — Filippo Lauri’s softly balanced caravan of figures in landscape...
...pas de deux from Frederick Ashton’s La fille mal gardée....
...frederick.studemann@ft.com...
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