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...Sir Jon Thompson, executive chair of HS2, told MPs on the transport select committee this month it was likely there would be “fewer seats on the route from London to Manchester”....
...Lucy Wood, a former senior curator of furniture at the V&A, has recently overseen a project to restore two chairs designed by the 18th-century architect William Kent....
...It forecasts that China’s colour cosmetics market, which includes products such as foundations, lipsticks and nail polishes, will hit Rmb111.3bn ($15.6bn) in 2028, up from Rmb71.6bn in 2022....
...Studio Nicholson has, since it was founded in 2010, garnered an army of fans – Jessie Buckley, Emma Thompson and Cillian Murphy have all worn Wakeman’s designs, as did Cate Blanchett’s very stylish, very...
...Like Xu, Ayana V Jackson is her own subject; she uses her body to question the history of photography....
...When a V-neck is deep enough to show a bra’s centre gore, she can steal fabric from a deep hem to fill it in....
...“Children have always chosen animals,” says Katy Canales, project curator at Young V&A, which reopens today in east London following a £13mn renovation....
...Treasure trove: Tim Harford explains what the price of a 2,000-year-old Roman nail tells us about value....
...His other hand holds the rod with the Hand of Justice made for the 14th-century king Charles V, destroyed during the revolution and remade in 1804 for its new sovereign....
...Nicola Thompson, who took over as chief executive of Made.com this year, apologised on Wednesday for the company’s rapid demise....
...Beresford nails the phenomenon of the online trend, with people jumping on a bandwagon they will be quick to abandon once the spotlight moves on....
...[submachine guns] and nail bombs.”...
...Helen Thompson’s observations of the energy structures driving the world’s political economy are must-reads....
...Two, first-time director Thompson sculpts it like a born film-maker. Three, how gracefully he also nails the heart of the project....
...The compacts, pencils and bottles look flashy and joyful in a red hue with gold details, such as the V logo, on the lipsticks....
...The V&A’s reconstructions of shabby but infinitely layered and complex ad hoc British mosques is very striking and among the most memorable displays....
...In Manhattan, perfectly blown-out hair, polished nails and a sleek Armani or Donna Karan suit were standard professional armour....
...“Our analysis suggests that financial crisis fears account for much of the gloom,” said Jamie Thompson, the poll’s lead economist....
...If you are looking to predict the shape of the US economic recovery — be it V, W, L or even K — don’t look at the markets....
...You can get your hair done but not your nails until Monday....
...But we must also note another casualty of the pandemic: it puts the final nail in the coffin of an economic philosophy that has dominated policymaking for over three decades....
...The parliamentary vote is set to be nail-bitingly close....
...Earlier optimistic hopes of a sharp V-shaped British recovery seem to be fading as new coronavirus spikes appear....
...And true enough, a V-shaped recovery is expected in earnings over the next four quarters when looking at what analysts expect for the S&P 500....
...With the dealer the picture of conservative masculine elegance, in his cashmere V-neck and tie leaning on an antique chair, a touch of melancholy in his eyes, the image has curious poignancy....
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