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...Mbumba said that with Geingob’s death Namibia had “lost a distinguished servant of the people, a liberation struggle icon, the chief architect of our constitution”....
...He befriended Joseph-Désiré Mobutu — “the most sincere US friend in Congo” — who took power in a coup, and handed his once-friend Lumumba to the Katangan secessionists who, ultimately, pulled the trigger...
...“I liked that the house had a rich history, but at the same time wasn’t tied to any particular product or logo or icon....
...The group has ploughed more than £70bn of investments into the UK, buying everything from banal assets including caravan parks and warehouses, to icons such as the London Eye....
...The holy-icon centre, nativity museum and almost all venues catering to religious tourists are shut....
...My style icons are my two dearest friends, Zandra Rhodes and the late artist Duggie Fields. Duggie always looked immaculate and stylish, even when he was painting....
...Whether it’s turquoise from a small family mine in the Arizona desert or citrine quartz from a tiny town in Brazil, Joseph Brooks handpicks his raw materials the way he once chose his records....
...It was built by my grandfather, who was one of Emperor Franz Joseph’s ambassadors in Brussels, Madrid and St Petersburg....
...For instance, Matilda becomes a different person when she reads not the exotic adventures of Joseph Conrad but the domestic drama of Jane Austen....
...“He is a true icon,” Tshisekedi said of Lumumba. “Despite the many generations that came and went, and this is the third generation since Lumumba, he is still regarded as an icon.”...
...My style icon is Richard Avedon. He dressed always in a very effortless but precise way that seemed to perfectly match his persona....
...My style icon is the New York-based artist Daniel Arsham. I love his art, film and architecture work – and his subject matter, which is often in a state of decay....
...Additional reporting by Alastair Bailey and Joseph Cotterill If you have insight into the issues raised in this article, please contact josh.spero@ft.com and anjli.raval@ft.com...
...Adams and Short, the two all-time greats of English chess whose achievements in a more competitive era have outpaced the 19th-century icons Howard Staunton and Joseph Blackburne, made the difference as their...
...Picasso and his peers perceived a kindred individuality not just in the character but also the art of the trained icon painter, whose time in Venice, Rome and Toledo gave rise to a striking, often disturbing...
...Wilson’s murderers were quickly apprehended and identified as Reginald Dunne and Joseph O’Sullivan, both born in England of parents with Irish heritage....
...Hassan Hajaj, artist “For me it was a portrait by my Grenadian friend, Dave Joseph, of his brother with his mates, all dressed in Fiorucci, taken on South Molton Street in London....
...My style icon is Paul Newman – especially when he was young. He had the most beautiful face on earth....
...Online auction, 18 January to 1 February; christies.com Gems from a François-Joseph Graf interior on Lake Geneva One of François-Joseph Graf’s first projects after launching his eponymous interior-design...
...I am now 81 and so much remains to be done… My style icon, and I’m going to be criticised for this in the art world, is George Clooney....
...President Edgar Lungu’s government said on Thursday that Kaunda, “our beloved founding father, icon and global statesman”, had died in Lusaka, capital of the southern African nation that he led from independence...
...The work that changed everything for me was the poetry of Malagasy writer Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, especially his collection of poems, Presques Songes....
...My style icon is Moroccan stylist and photographer Chater Karim....
...The film is a homage to Alice Smith and Joseph’s brother, who died around the time the piece was made....
...Robert Shaw emerges as the most compelling figure — perhaps not surprisingly, as this comedy is co-written by Joseph Nixon and Shaw’s son Ian, who also performs the role....
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