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...Muhammad Ali laughs as he enters the room. He’s taking in the V&A’s south Asian collection and the 16th-century Ardabil carpet on to which my brother and I have manoeuvred a low table....
...Paul Richardson’s new book ‘Hidden Valley: Finding Freedom in Spain’s Deep Country’ is published by Abacus (£20) Find out about our latest stories first — follow @ftweekend on Twitter...
...His gowns and opera coats have rustled through galleries at the V&A and the National Portrait Gallery, where one could almost imagine the pearl- and brocade-bedecked duchesses looking on in envy from their...
...“The bumper sticker would say, we’re past the V,” says Michael Gapen, chief US economist at Barclays, referring to the shape of the recovery since the shocking collapse last year....
...(Actually, the future is still up for grabs as cockapoos and cavapoos act out a Krays v Richardsons-style battle for control of the capital’s green spaces....
...Antoine GodinUniversité Sorbonne Paris Nord, France Michael JacobsProfessor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield Ronan PalmerDirector Clean Economy, E3G Dirk EhntsPufendorf-Gesellschaft Berlin e.V....
...Richardson grows more hesitant as she nears the present day....
...“It is the only one of its kind to be found in the UK, and one of only seven known examples in the world,” according to the V&A....
...Terryworld, for example, by the disgraced photographer Terry Richardson, looks somewhat awkward....
...Since Downton Abbey’s main character is Downton Abbey, the mountains must visit Muhammad. Cue King George V and Queen Mary bestowing a royal visit....
...Then, in 1974, came the Rumble in the Jungle: Ali v George Foreman....
...David Richardson, deputy chief executive, will take over from Cook until a permanent replacement is found....
...E&V is selling a two-bedroom floating home for $1.425m. Affronte says that location is everything....
...The V&A stages at least three large-scale exhibitions each year and numerous smaller ones....
...Lutalo Muhammad had dominated all opponents in making the final of the Taekwondo men’s welterweight class....
...It’s even said that Charles V came through on his way from Flanders to take up the Spanish throne....
...To be fair, there would have to be a computerised fight, just as that in 1969 between Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano. The computer determined that Marciano would knock Ali out in the 13th round....
...Figures of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, stand alongside pictures of King George V....
...I do not normally move in the company of boxers, probably because of fear of a left hook to the kidneys, but I was fortunate enough to meet Muhammad Ali once....
...Viewed as even more degenerate was the debutante Mary Blomfield, who when presented at court refused to curtsy to George V, instead kneeling to implore him to stop torturing women....
...Now, I don’t know any of your soccer players or any cricket guys but I bet you’ve heard of Muhammad Ali.”...
...On the shoreline of Richardson’s Bay in Sausalito, just five minutes’ drive north of San Francisco, is a small community of about 400 houseboats....
...… Mansha greets me in casual attire: a checked grey shirt, V-necked cardigan and denim slacks, with Asics running shoes peeping out below....
...The New English Garden , by Tim Richardson and Andrew Lawson, Frances Lincoln, RRP£40 / $60 I agree with writer/historian Richardson’s argument that English gardens are at a juncture....
...David Hockney and John Richardson were among those who testified to his insistence on being himself....
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