Hints and tips:
...Their anatomy isn’t as telling; if anything, a face roughened by salt and wind, like a sailor’s, might give them away....
...Thankfully I had the opportunity to tell Birkin I adored her a few years ago on a big stage somewhere deep in the guts of the V&A museum....
...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....
...While following his father George V’s coffin in procession, Edward VIII recalled seeing “a flash of light dancing along the pavement”....
...Giovanni Vespucci’s “World Map”, the master nautical chart from 1526 given to all Spanish navigators, with details of ships, conquests and resources, is displayed in Charles V’s ornamental version....
...In another life, I would have been a sailor. I was taught to sail when I was 10 by a friend of my father’s – they built a boat together....
...Known as Bertie in the family, he was the second son of King George V and expected his elder brother, known as David to the family, to become king....
...from occasionwear pieces such as a Marie-Chantal salmon-pink tulle dress and a lace-trimmed organza silk dress in sky blue (from £7 per day), to more casual offerings like a bee-embroidered Gucci boys’ V-neck...
...A varsity jacket is given a nautical cast with a sailor collar; a work shirt is cut in prim gingham; five-pocket, straight-leg jeans are sewn in black satin....
...The writer is a banking consultant at Veritum Partners The Cape of Good Hope is the point where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet, creating treacherous seas that have claimed the lives of many sailors...
...“What you’re seeing is an expectation of a V-shaped recovery and that may prove to be too optimistic,” said one equity analyst....
...With the dealer the picture of conservative masculine elegance, in his cashmere V-neck and tie leaning on an antique chair, a touch of melancholy in his eyes, the image has curious poignancy....
...historical time: the so-called “golden age” of their trade in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, when treasure-laden Spanish galleons ran the Caribbean gauntlet on their way back from the new world and sailors...
...In fact, we get a lot of women coming in here buying that and also Fathom V cologne [another BeauFort fragrance, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest] for their husbands.”...
...Or “Please cover up”, as a woman was told this month when feeding her child in the V&A....
...Sweden 5.36am - NZ v GB 6am - Japan v Sweden 6.30am - NZ v GB ”...
...The sharp fillip that a crisp white collar can bring you, the focus that comes with a new V-neck. It’s past efforts and future endeavours rolled into one....
...And this Wigmore Hall concert did the same, while throwing in a bonus feature: the opportunity to see Bostridge treading the boards in snippets from Henry V, The Tempest, As You Like It and Twelfth Night...
...The Neues Museum is Berlin’s version of the V&A....
...A protest called “V-day” — V being for vaffanculo, the Italian equivalent of “fuck off” — drew 80,000 people to one event....
...Tailored trousers were similarly elegant, but then the sailor-style panel with gold buttons appeared on the back....
...The V&A has quietly been developing a geographical strand of photography shows....
...Ten minutes out, Jan does the sailor’s equivalent of a handbrake turn, leans out of the bridge and bellows, “There’s plenty of fish!”...
...Typically, these are narrow-beamed with a deep V-shaped hull that does well in the short chop that Gulf waters are famous for....
...As Banque Populaire V reached the French coast, he said: “This has been an incredible trip around the planet, almost a dream ride....
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