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...Despite the discomfort of King George V — whose cousin the Tsar had been executed by the Bolsheviks — Labour formally recognised the Soviet Union....
...They begin with a sequel to the English King Henry V’s victory over the French at Agincourt....
...Also in February, Game of Thrones star Kit Harington plays Henry V in a new, modern staging of Shakespeare’s play that promises to explore our relationship with Europe and what it means to be English (Donmar...
...The 9/11 attacks marked the only time Nato has invoked its Article V mutual defence clause — following an assault on America, not Europe....
...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....
...In roughly chronological order, William Cobbett, Woodward and Bernstein, Sir Harold Evans and Ryszard Kapuściński....
...Meanwhile backstage, props, costumes and wigs need to be separated, and keeping cast members safe is a military operation worthy of Henry V. Shakespeare was not a man for a two-hander....
...Should the much-desired V-shape recovery arrive, Mr Sunak will be credited, but Mr Johnson will remain popular. If the downturn is severe, he is the one in charge of the finances....
...Christopher Kane made his cardi disco-ready, in a fuchsia hue with a deep V-neck and crystal trim — a sexy update on the sweater dress....
...Which Scottish city is home to Britain’s only V&A museum outside London? On a traditional London Monopoly board, what’s the only property with the definite article in its name?...
...“We were totally opposed to fully automated terminals and got the guarantees from our employers that they would not construct them during the life of our new package,” said Harold Daggett, ILA president....
...In the play, feckless heir Hal is crowned Henry V and ditches his friends. “Presume not that I am the thing I was,” the new king tells his old friend Falstaff....
...John V Orth William Rand Kenan, Jr Professor of Law, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, US...
...The best bardolators illuminate as well as worship, such as the critic Harold Bloom, for whom Shakespeare’s plays are “the outward limit of human achievement”....
...Hardly, surprising, then, that Remain v Leave is also about Dave v Boris....
...We canvassed together for Harold Wilson in 1964 on gritty streets where she seldom took no for an answer....
...It could feature Maggie’s dresses, Stanley Baldwin’s spats, Harold Wilson’s bicycle clips and the Lavrenti Beria boxer shorts favoured by Jeremy Corbyn’s new communications chief....
...His first curatorial role at the V&A was in the East Asia department, where he began to introduce examples of fashion into the collection....
...Doctor Scroggy may not feature prominently in medical history, but Harold Gillies does....
...19 The designer of the suit was the subject of an exhibition at the V&A in London in 2015, which proved the most popular in the museum’s history....
...Nanette Lepore, the longtime Fashion Avenue stalwart and advocate, recently dressed the city’s incumbent First Lady Chirlane McCray for her husband Bill de Blasio’s mayoral inauguration....
...One club belonged to Private Harold Startin of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment. “Its first victim,” the caption went on to say, “was a German sergeant killed by Startin in July 1915.”...
...V. The advent of monetarism Meanwhile, inflation came back into the headlines. Most economists expected a temporary bulge after the 1967 devaluation. But its refusal to reverse came as a shock....
...When we were playing the Roses matches [Lancashire v Yorkshire] we’re talking 30,000. In those days people would arrange their holidays to watch county cricket.”...
...Dermatologist Dr Harold Lancer notes: “Here in LA, where we’re always drenched in sunlight, people walk in the shade.”...
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