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...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...
...Who played Don Draper in the TV series Mad Men? What is defined in Euclidean geometry as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to the diameter?...
...Starting in 2009, the records held at the National Archives in Kew were mined by Dr Nick Draper, a former JPMorgan banker turned academic, to create an archive that details that the British government paid...
...Separate data released on Thursday showed that the rate of Italy’s industrial production output growth slowed significantly in June from the previous month, damping hopes of a continued “V” shaped recovery...
...Chelsea Bruce-Lockhart and Emiko Terazono investigate why your morning brew is so expensive....
...The US boasted Wernher von Braun, the German ex-Nazi inventor of the V-2 rocket, a trophy from the second world war. Both were scarred by conflict and driven by a passion for space....
...Draper Oakwood Technology Acquisition, another tech Spac, aims to list next week. Spacs have proliferated this year....
...Denies physical abuse Consequence Resigned Steve Jurvetson Co-founder of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, board member at Tesla and SpaceX....
...timothytaylorgallery.com, 020 7409 3344, to February 21 Demimonde, Amberwood House, London Situated opposite the V&A, Amberwood House, built in the 1920s, is the former home of Margot Fonteyn....
...If you stand in Ridge Vineyards’ historic Monte Bello vineyard — famous for its sterling performance in both the 1976 and, especially, the 2006 iterations of the Judgment of Paris France v California taste-off...
...He introduces himself as Matt, and is a bundle of energy in a dark jacket, white shirt and a dark V-neck sweater, white flecks of stubble on his face....
...“The [London-based] V&A and the Crafts Council have them but, other than that, in the regions we’re very significant.”...
...Dugald Bruce-Lockhart’s Henry is a tough customer who seems to steel himself against sentiment, though his relief at the battle’s end suggests that his role has cost him much....
...Fifteen years ago I wondered whether “this feeling of constant calculation is attributable to the character or the actor” (then Jamie Glover), but Dugald Bruce-Lockhart’s current performance indicates that...
...The more fragile 1971 performed well at the famous Judgment of Paris France v California tasting in 1976 and was the overall favourite in the rerun 30 years later....
...Peter Draper, former marketing director of Manchester United, told me that in many Asian countries, English football had been televised for decades. That built loyalty....
...The big grey police Wolseley, bell clanging, raced to a halt in Oxford Street and out got Superintendent Lockhart (or possibly Fabian, or Gideon) of the Yard....
...Richard Lockhart, Edinburgh, Scotland MB: The International Energy Agency has recently raised some doubts about the ability of Russia to honour its obligations from long-term supply contracts....
...Coverage included Euro 2004 (with 24m watching the England v Portugal match) and the Athens Olympics (with 83 per cent of the population tuning in) as well as annual highlights such as Wimbledon, Rugby Six...
...But Mr Lockhart's comments seemed to represent the high-water mark in the Democratic camp's optimism....
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