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...When Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court in 2009, he said that when she “ascends those marble steps to assume her seat . . ....
...James Kynge Will a change of president in Taiwan spark a Chinese attack? No. Many people inside and outside Taiwan worry more about war these days, thanks to China’s expanding military manoeuvres....
...Odundo saves her most ambitious intervention at Houghton for the Marble Parlour – a banqueting hall with imposing full-length portraits....
...James Baron was working as a waiter in his hometown of Petersfield, Hampshire, while studying for his A-levels....
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...As the traffic of Banja Luka thins into the valleys of the Dinaric Alps, the tarmac cuts through the Bosnian hills and forested mountains in what looks like the backdrop to a James Bond chase....
...In 1455, he began an altarpiece for a chapel in Pistoia, “The Trinity with Saints Mamas, James, Zeno and Jerome”, where God supports the crucified Christ....
...Perhaps most prized is his marble-topped, Piedmontese chest of drawers believed to be made by Turin’s esteemed Francesco Bolgiè....
...The new space features dark navy walls and a spectacular Art Deco chandelier salvaged from Brooklyn’s Grand Prospect Hall, as well as rich marble, brass, and velvet finishes....
...The only wrong note, so to speak, is the glass piano pavilion, which stands on the edge of the terrace, flanked by a couple of Hirst’s Cycladic torsos, one marble, the other bronze....
...Its small marble headstone, lost in a field of others, encircled by south London traffic, seemed unequal to the paragon I held in my mind....
...But over the past decade the area has undergone a $1.7bn transformation, not least to create the world’s first underground cruise-ship terminal, inspired by the city’s Roman cisterns (the ones in the James...
...James Cleverly, the new home secretary, has not denied previously calling the entire Rwanda scheme “batshit” and it emerged this week that the government has spent £240mn on a project which has been beset...
...Slade School of Art in London, was nominated for her solo exhibition “Along a Spectrum” at Spike Island, a Bristol art gallery, and the Windrush art commission in Hackney, east London, featuring bronze and marble...
...From €1,390 Relay 1 Michael Anastassiades For Relay 1, Anastassiades developed a custom linear LED bulb that attaches magnetically to a solid block of marble....
...Visiting these formal rooms, which include a magnificent marble parlour devoted to Bacchus (created by architect James Gibbs and developed by William Kent) and sumptuous thematic bedchambers, is a sensory...
...Kamensky’s downfall came during the 2020 bankruptcy of retailer Neiman Marcus where his own hedge fund, Marble Ridge, had been a bondholder....
...The sophisticated redesign, which nods to the building’s Art Deco heritage with plenty of marble, brass, and pendant lighting, has granted most tables views of the kitchen....
...James Max is a broadcaster on TV and radio and a property expert. The views expressed are personal. Twitter: @thejamesmax...
...nothing black – instead you’ll find a broad curved sofa in lush, soft pink, colourful handblown-glass shapes connected to make overhead pendant lights, and the Cosmo lamp, named after O’Sullivan and husband James...
...A dizzying melange of marble, frescoed ceilings and gold leaf ornamentation, it hosted the likes of Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli and Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in its heyday, and staged the world...
...The Artist’s Studio: A Cultural History, by James Hall, Thames & Hudson £30, 288 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...Boodles spends upwards of £500,000 on photography and video annually, which James Amos, marketing director at the British jeweller, says is about triple the amount pre-pandemic....
...business with made-to-measure suits in 2003, was already viewed in the fashion world as one of the most influential designers of the past two decades, with a following that includes basketball star LeBron James...
...It would also require striking a deal with James Dolan, the irascible cable industry heir whose company owns the arena....
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