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...Flying V guitar....
...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....
...This year, inspired in turn by In D, Amir ElSaffar brought a new, large-scale composition, In E half-flat....
...His Lily of the Valley designs are exclusive to the V&A, as are the giclée prints of illustrations by Beatrix Potter and Edward Lear....
...OpenAI’s groundbreaking products, ChatGPT and Dall-E, have captured the world’s imagination and will fundamentally change how we work, learn and express ourselves creatively....
...With an onion, a Martini becomes a Gibson, for instance. Such rechristenings are not common with the French 75. It often has gin, but not always; ditto for champagne....
...As ever, reach out to us with your thoughts (imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com). Thanks, and happy reading....
...Davis would be recalled and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger....
...Pop music In other music, Elton John has announced his farewell tour in Europe, after bidding goodbye to the US at Los Angeles’s Dodger Stadium in November....
...Eyal began her career in 1990 with Batsheva, the Israeli company founded by modern dance pioneer Martha Graham, and went on to found L-E-V in 2013....
...V Vaccination Pretty much the only thing that stood between Novak Djokovic and this year’s Australian Open title. Oops....
...“It’s like a Shakespeare scene,” said V.S. Naipaul. “Only 300 words are spoken but, goodness, terrific things happen!”...
...On the flip side, John Currin, known for his satirical depictions of wealth, gender and class, chooses to hang his own work in opulent antique frames....
...Now it has pivoted its efforts into opening a vaccination centre for the local residents of St John’s Wood....
...Antoine GodinUniversité Sorbonne Paris Nord, France Michael JacobsProfessor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield Ronan PalmerDirector Clean Economy, E3G Dirk EhntsPufendorf-Gesellschaft Berlin e.V...
...The first is that the US only needs a month or two to get back to a V-shaped boom....
...“If I were King of Lisbon, I would soon rule over the whole world,” said Charles V of Portugal’s 16th-century capital....
...The first Baron Rothschild and John Pierpont Morgan rocked up on their yachts....
...As a result, the prospects for a V-shaped recovery have brightened....
...Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey, Swindon Crossword 16,099: Suzanne P Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc Sellier, California Polymath 1,010: Robert Jelly, Warwickshire Crossword 16,093: V...
...Wearing a thin gold necklace with charms spelling V-O-T-E, Mrs Obama accused Mr Trump of a “total lack of empathy” in a speech that was the standout performance on the opening night....
...“But places like the George V [in Paris], they like bands to come in and bash it up, as long as they pay for it,” he adds, taking a ruminative puff on his e-cigarette....
...Just 30% expect a V shaped recovery in the stock market....
...FT Weekend summer tech booksTo extend your reading, John Thornhill has a selection of novels and non-fiction on tech, from Agency by William Gibson to Michael Wooldridge’s The Road to Conscious Machines....
...But many viewers at home quickly zeroed in on what was around her neck: a delicate chain with four letter charms: V-O-T-E....
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