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...At the request of King George V, it mounted the 520-carat Cullinan I diamond, which is also known as the Great Star of Africa, in the royal sceptre....
...Instead, seek out a flattering V and adjustable strap. And don’t forget to have a magic trick on hand if things go awry....
...The first Pre-Raphaelite portrait Dante Gabriel Rossetti made of Jane Burden, Morris’s wife and muse, is here, with her voluptuous lips, wavy hair and sculptural features. She became Rossetti’s lover....
...They must have been the rock stars of their day, breaking all the rules and sleeping with each other’s muses; wearing quite strange clothes for the time, a lot of almost medieval kit....
...“It could be in the US,” he muses. “It’s actually my biggest market now, because of Netflix.”...
...At nearly 400ft, the new SpaceX rocket will eventually be taller than the Saturn V that carried Nasa’s Apollo missions to the moon, and its 33 engines will deliver twice the thrust....
...When he came to the V&A, he saw it as “a place to which the upper classes could go without losing face”....
...E&V is selling a three-bedroom villa with pool near Anacapri for €2.15m....
...he muses. The light in his eyes suggests he’ll find a way. The Prix Pictet exhibition “Hope” is at the V&A Museum, London, November 14-December 8; vam.ac.uk....
...“Millinery and bows have a long interconnected history,” explains Oriole Cullen, the V&A’s fashion and textiles director, who is currently completing its major retrospective Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams...
...“People like to put people in boxes,” she muses, when questioned as to the differences between her identity as designer and artist....
...A top might have a cut-out detail, and there were deep V necklines and some short skirts, but most of the women’s looks were sleeved, midi-length and long....
...She received her first camera at the age of 48 as a gift from her daughter and son-in-law, and within 18 months had persuaded Henry Cole, the founding director of the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A...
...Premiered in 1997, it paid tribute to two stars lost to Aids, Freddie Mercury and Béjart’s own muse, Jorge Donn....
...The team behind Yenza – a group of likeable young professionals comprising two architects, an art director and a stylist – are clearly evangelical about their project....
...Hermès also worked with the Four Seasons George V hotel in Paris to create a hand-built Rolls-Royce Phantom, custom-made to the hotel’s specifications....
...It can get touchy-feely,” he muses to mob fixer Richard Jenkins....
...Cycling, rowing, rugby, cricket – I want to bat for the critics in the “Artists v Critics” match, but the pitch is waterlogged....
...“Prices for Auerbach have plateaued a little since last year,” comments director Bona Montague....
...However, Karen Beauchamp, creative director of British wallpaper manufacturer Cole & Son, believes “wallpaper has always been a reflection of social history, mirroring many things”....
...Hook, a Sotheby’s director, is an astute and deliciously gossipy guide....
...This year 150-200 new independent films by up-and-coming filmmakers will be screened alongside works by established directors....
...With this production, the RSC’s artistic director Michael Boyd completes his grand projet of staging Shakespeare’s entire (accidentally accreted) Plantagenet history cycle with the same ensemble of actors...
...year, Jonathan Slinger was lauded for his performance in the title role of Richard III, the chronological end of Shakespeare’s eight-play history cycle in production by Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director...
...At Marni designer Consuelo Castiglione also takes herself as her muse, and this season she said she was interested in contrast: structured and delicate; light and dark; technical materials v natural – which...
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