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...Still, Rothschild was a prominent figure in UK society, accepting an honorary fellowship from the British Academy in 1998 and being appointed to the Order of Merit — which has only 24 members — by the Queen...
...Inspired by the concept of death and the underpinnings of Queen Victoria’s mourning dress, corsetry and undergarments-as-outerwear formed her autumn/winter24 collection....
...But drag queens invading schools? Hmmm . . . this is where the right starts to sound as hysterical as the left....
...With Dido paddling silently at the helm of a wide canoe, we slipped into a creek pushing deep into the forest behind the riverbank....
...To November 19, english-heritage.org.uk...
...Passing Queens Bridge, you enter Enterprize Park, the site of the first landing by Europeans, on August 30 1835, from the schooner Enterprize....
...I walk past portraits of Tudor kings and queens to one particular room, where an official in a hard hat unlocks the panelled doors....
...The best actor and actress winners at this year’s Academy Awards both received their Oscars for starring roles in biopics – essentially, reruns of real-life, names and faces we already know....
...It was popular in the mid-19th century, especially after Prince Albert gave Queen Victoria an engagement ring depicting a coiled serpent....
...Dubai’s heritage as a commercial hub can be traced back to the turn of the 20th century when it lured Persian merchants to its creek-side souk by slashing taxes — in effect turning the emirate into the type...
...Now his work explores his indigenous heritage....
...One of the reasons DiDonato has incorporated an educational element into Eden is her frustration at how schools and governments have allowed music to vanish from the curriculum....
...Bulging like a hernia from the flank of the Lea Navigation waterway, the strategically tailored acres of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park flipped the jaded concept of sportswashing....
...Queen Elizabeth II is a regular at the event. But the modern field attracts global interest....
...Still only 25, of British-Nigerian heritage, Labinjo leapt to prominence last winter with a solo show at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead....
...This is no time for theatre as heritage....
...One of the projects she founded is TBA21 Academy, now led by Markus Reymann....
...The Bridgewater estate once surrounded Worsley New Hall, a grand Gothic-style mansion built between 1840 and 1845 that twice hosted Queen Victoria....
...The facility is deemed so vital to Scandinavia’s heritage that it is now protected by the Danish government, even though it remains in the hands of a private enterprise....
...Many have put their faith in “leapfrogging”, the idea that Africa can escape its poverty and colonial heritage by skipping whole stages of development....
...I’d walked into the studio of Shirley Tse, in the Inglewood district of Los Angeles, expecting to meet the queen of plastics....
...Eventually, working with Parks Canada, a national park-cum-heritage site was established on the archipelago’s southern half....
...Embracing this heritage is Dix’s elongated self-portrait as gaunt, quizzical loner viewing the world through a lens of disgust....
...Next year, one of Britain’s foremost choreographers will move his company to a vast, shed-like building on the edge of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London....
...The academy receives no government revenue funding but a contribution of £12.7m from the Heritage Lottery Fund was “critical” to launching the project, Mr Saumarez-Smith said....
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