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...But it was only from the end of the 19th century, when the Swedish Grace, art nouveau and arts and crafts movements illuminated the value of historic practice, that pewter was appreciated as a material worthy...
...And, with luxury menswear enjoying a return to beautiful tailoring, thoroughly impressive overcoats have made an Oscar-worthy comeback....
...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....
...Returning this month, I found the ruin reborn as a proud Renaissance residence worthy of a Scottish Highland laird. This transformation is the work of the Landmark Trust, a conservation charity....
...“Losing the shirt gives you a really clean V-section. It’s quite subversive but sophisticated. Showing a bit of skin in summer is about as racy as a man can get.”...
...In reduced version, Donatello is at Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie (to January 8), then arrives at London’s V&A in February; both museums contribute key loans....
...The cosy interiors are worthy of a Boho aficionado’s Pinterest board: think macramé wall hangings, natural wood and an expansive patio with plenty of greenery. thebutchersdaughter.com Taanya Garg Cookies...
...If I think they’re pieces that are worthy of an archive, I’ll donate them to the Powerhouse Museum, which is our version of the V&A....
...“There is a lot of false nostalgia about the martial law years — that they were golden years for the economy and for Philippine society,” said Mendoza....
...He loves it,” says Strong, the former head of the V&A and author of some waspish diaries in which few of the rich, famous and powerful are spared....
...The V&A in London is also in difficulties over treasures in its recent wonderful exhibition of Fabergé eggs, which ended some weeks ago....
...Now Krishna’s designs are, like the jewels from his family’s archive, worthy of an exhibition....
...The decor is pared back for maximum restfulness, but there are playful treats aplenty: a minibar hidden inside an oversized tweed travelling trunk, a dressing table worthy of Sophia Loren (who coincidentally...
...“We purchased a house in Kings Worthy on the [north-east] outskirts as a stepping stone.”...
...Tinniswood, an erudite historian of country-house life in all its anecdote-worthy vagaries, paints a sorry picture of the 1950s....
...For example, Doherty’s small Conical Vessel V is priced at £350. These independent artisans are, on the whole, seeing the benefit of social media platforms such as Instagram....
...Nicholas II of Russia, Edward VII and George V of Great Britain, Chulalongkorn of Siam and the Duc d’Orléans were among its early patrons....
...Above all, a relief fund or one-off cash injection is worthy of consideration. The latter could be in the form of a loan that would receive a return from commercial success....
...Meanwhile backstage, props, costumes and wigs need to be separated, and keeping cast members safe is a military operation worthy of Henry V. Shakespeare was not a man for a two-hander....
...Dear readers, Will the recovery be shaped like a V, a U, or Nike’s “swoosh” symbol? There is much discussion on this quasi-theological question....
...Robin Harding investigates the death of the market rentier, a financial whodunnit worthy of Agatha Christie....
...Business groups and think-tanks are making a mistake to cast Uber v London as a totemic fight to preserve capitalism....
...The first is a 1,200-year-old red stone V, one of hundreds that once formed a series of immense African henges along the Gambia river....
...Combative villagers, hapless Romans, groan-worthy puns — it’s all here....
...At the very dawn of Western civilisation, Herodotus recognised the human legacy as the subject most worthy of his explorations....
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