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...Co-founder Tan Chun Chiat says Malaysia has a “golden opportunity” to exploit....
...“Losing the shirt gives you a really clean V-section. It’s quite subversive but sophisticated. Showing a bit of skin in summer is about as racy as a man can get.”...
...But by the time it was completed in 1819, the then monarch, Ferdinand VII, decided that the royal art collection (shaped by his predecessors Charles V and Philip II) should be exhibited instead....
...He has become a patron and director of US Lecce, the Pugliese football team who have, coincident with Collardi’s arrival, been promoted into Italy’s top league, Serie A....
...“We use a lot of craftsmen who work by hand,” says Folio’s production director Kate Grimwade....
...Once the private chapel of Dona Rosa, the lover of 18th-century king João V, Mesa de Frades is now one of Lisbon’s more bohemian fado clubs....
...It follows an odd trend in entertainment where hit documentaries are now broadcast almost concurrently with their fictional dramatisations, such as The Staircase, The People v OJ Simpson, and the podcast...
...As always, drop your story ideas to me at sid.v@ft.com and have a great week....
...By now Heseltine, wearing his trademark blue V-neck under a dark suit, is tucking into his soup....
...Forty years ago, the Ikon’s director, Jonathan Watkins, was blown away by the Italian’s vision on a trip to the National Gallery....
...On screen his golden-boy aura became more interesting, the more his characters showed their tarnish....
...By 1988, at still only 27, he was directing Dench in his film of Henry V. It won him Oscar nominations as Best Actor and Best Director....
...The golden age of archaeology, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, also saw Iran overshadowed by the art works of its neighbours....
...The writer is the senior director of the Europe Center at the Atlantic Council in Washington Nine months into Joe Biden’s presidency, some European officials are already calling for a “pause and reset”...
...“We wanted to bring a bit of California into the tent,” said director Stefan Ratibor. Their plan hit the spot — all nine works have sold for $350,000 each....
...What really interests both designers is reinterpreting classic menswear staples such as varsity jackets, skinny jeans, pea coats and V-neck sweaters through craft and manipulation....
...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...
...“It’s like a Shakespeare scene,” said V.S. Naipaul. “Only 300 words are spoken but, goodness, terrific things happen!”...
...More loans were allegedly given by Cox & Kings to V Hotels, a struggling beachfront property bought by Peter and Urrshila’s father, Ajit, in 2001....
...says Florian Hofer, managing director of E & V, for whom German-speaking buyers accounted for 63 per cent of transactions in Mallorca last year, the British 12 per cent and Scandinavians 6 per cent (only...
...Homes in the “golden triangle” between the medieval villages of Gordes, Ménerbes and Bonnieux have especially been in demand, it added....
...These form the Golden Triangle where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet, infamous for its historical links to the opium trade....
...Dixon is talking about his Mass table, a solid slab of brass supported by two “V” legs....
...As James Smith, research director at the Resolution Foundation, said: “Shutting down large parts of our economy inevitably means big falls in economic activity.”...
...Bruce Pask, men’s fashion director for the department stores Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, would concur....
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