Hints and tips:
...It also reminds us that Henry IV usurped the throne. “It occurred to me that Henry IV’s only been on the throne for four or five years,” says Icke. “And this situation was never the plan....
...Step up Henry’s Bar at the Botanic Sanctuary, a stunning new hotel that backs onto the city’s small, perfect botanic garden. Henry’s Bar has become something of a watering hole of choice....
...The checks on Henry Holland’s handmade ceramics are rarely uniform in pattern. “The imperfections and wobbles add a charm and sense of personality,” he says....
...Sir Henry, infamously, approved of the Nazis and, taken to see a Potemkinised concentration camp, found it “tidy, even gay”....
...First installed in 1893 and renovated six years later in anticipation of the 1900 World Fair, its historic interiors promise an art nouveau jungle of red velvet banquettes, sinewy mahogany panels, stained-glass...
...I make a black-velvet jelly with Guinness and then add the nose, tail and paws in panna cotta so that it has white tips. It’s irresistible!” she says....
...Those who did attend had yet to reach a consensus over backing Ukraine’s maximalist demands against the Kremlin, allying with disaffected Putinist technocrats and security officials in a velvet revolution...
...In the National Portrait Gallery’s oldest painting, a diminutive Henry VII by an anonymous artist gazes out astutely from the safety of an alcove....
...You know the one: the sovereign in his wide stance, arms akimbo, chin felted in that ginger beard, broad torso made even more massive by layers of velvet and fur....
...For the recent Fashion Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, complete with red carpet, I hauled myself out of the metaphorical hovel and wore a black velvet dress and lots of gold jewellery....
...When Henry Morton Stanley stopped off on his way to look for Livingston, he was delighted....
...The regalia — coronation robe, state crown, red velvet draping — are as expected, but the grand manner has become empty bombast....
...The necklace, however, could have been the result of a loving gesture by King Henry VIII....
...He was soon presented to King George III at Kew Palace, after being fitted for a velvet coat, white waistcoat and satin breeches....
...Juxtaposed colour schemes and fabrics chime and reverberate around the house, with swaths of velvet upholstery in luscious shades of peach, tomato and mushroom....
...You can feel Holbein thrilling to the black sheen of a tooled leather jacket, the delicate threads of embroidered collar, the glimpse of brushed velvet jerkin and the feathers gently floating above Simon...
...If you want to add extra sumptuousness to a scheme, her mohair velvet (£207 per m) is super-tactile....
...Coffee, which is brewed using Panther’s beans (and to their standard), is best enjoyed while sinking into the plush velvet and leather sofas with a pastry and a newspaper....
...The lace and embroidered black velvet has influenced me at Rabanne, giving a contemporary romantic element to a brand known for 1960s futurism....
...A playful 1920s theme includes rich velvet upholstery and acres of parquet....
...Simon Cundey, managing director of Henry Poole, says his clients have been ordering “evening robes and smokers” (smoking jackets, a shorter version of the wrap-around and belted robe) “for late night Zoom...
...One day that included a black velvet ring box. At home, I peeled off scraps of dried acrylic paint to make a water scene, and carved and painted a miniature figure to resemble my girlfriend....
...He was “The Velvet Hammer” in a feuding Reagan White House; the architect of groundbreaking tax reform as treasury secretary; and the most consequential secretary of state since Dean Acheson (though Henry...
...The glass conservatory-courtyard – dense with potted palms and a Gilded Age-inspired array of rattan and velvet settees – is almost too much for the remote Umbrian hills… but then actually, it’s not....
...The red velvet costume pays homage to his allure. Cromwell, in profile, is a cipher, his mouth pinched into a frown, his double chin sinking heavily into a fur collar....
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