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...For 40 years, a 12th-century walrus-ivory carving on loan to the V&A in London has captured the imagination of museum visitors....
...In a Cinderella-blue colour, with a deep V neckline, the look called back to the Prada gown Nyong’o wore when she took home the Best Actress award a decade ago....
...A hitherto uncatalogued games board by him here and the crucifix probably presented to Pope Paul V have also been added to the corpus of his works....
...Tropical Modernism can be found from Sri Lanka to Morocco, Zambia to Ivory Coast....
...Final Whistlehttps://twitter.com/BVB/status/1758178783717142739 Sebastien Haller’s 81st-minute winner in the Africa Cup of Nations final was celebrated all over Ivory Coast....
...The gold for Cole’s collection came from Endeavour’s Ity mine in Ivory Coast, which borders the Bono region of Ghana where she was born....
...It comes in pink, ivory and yellow (shorts, £140 on sale, gb.maxmara.com, and blazer, £256 on sale, gb.maxmara.com)....
...The V&A’s Africa Fashion also has works by Ami Doshi Shah (pictured top), of Kenya, including her necklace of brass, sisal and salt....
...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....
...In the V&A’s latest annual review he also referred to talks with Ghana around the V&A collection of Asante court regalia, including gold ornaments, rings and badges, which entered the collection following...
...Instead, seek out a flattering V and adjustable strap. And don’t forget to have a magic trick on hand if things go awry....
...The theatricality of British school uniforms also inspires designer Steven Stokey-Daley, whose vests, patterned knit tanks and sleeveless round-necks all have a flavour of Merchant Ivory....
...London’s exhibition season began with psychedelic tea parties and disappearing rabbits in the V&A’s immersive wonderland Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser and ended with translucent, spidery, electricified...
...It now operates the Yanfolila Gold Mine in Mali and has also partnered with Endeavour Mining’s Ity mine, which employs some 2,000 people in Ivory Coast....
...Commissioned for him by his wife Mary Browne, daughter of the English ambassador in Paris, it is made of engraved ebony, its interior inlaid with exotic veneers and ivory....
...“It’s like a Shakespeare scene,” said V.S. Naipaul. “Only 300 words are spoken but, goodness, terrific things happen!”...
...I like Veja’s V-10 in white (£115, matchesfashion.com). I keep coming back to white because, well, I like white, but also because my number one rule is don’t pack the rainbow....
...Other countries, including Nigeria, Kenya and Ivory Coast, are yet to receive any doses, although the latter is expected to get its first shipments on Friday, according to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance....
...; an ivory fan from Japan the size of my fingernail; a silk handkerchief in a box inscribed “This token of affection Take, and keep, for the Sender’s sake”; a minute pair of clogs from Holland; a mermaid...
...“The great 2020 money grab” — that’s what Carson Block, the swashbuckling short-seller behind Muddy Waters, declared of special purpose acquisition companies as last year drew to a close....
...But Carson Block, founder of Muddy Waters Capital, says the primary causes of recent market dysfunction are the prevalence of passive investing and leverage....
...The most memorable look Diana ever wore was her wedding dress — a ruffled, pearl-embroidered, pouf-sleeved ivory silk taffeta confection with a 25-foot train, which in the series, we only see for a handful...
...As well as Sir David, the jury included Richard Mosse, winner of the prize in 2017 and Martin Barnes, senior photography curator at the V&A....
...Muddy, headed by Carson Block, alleges it has “gotten away with aggressive and unwarranted marks” by manipulating returns metrics and then misleading investors with how it accounts for gains....
...First, if poachers leave tiny traces of their DNA on ivory, horn or other material, it may be possible to track them down through a genetic fingerprint....
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