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...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....
...Like Xu, Ayana V Jackson is her own subject; she uses her body to question the history of photography....
...“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....
...As Rob Ford, politics professor at the University of Manchester, puts it: “It’s about getting to ‘us v them’ politics, to stimulate ‘Leave’ partisanship.”...
...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....
...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....
...Earlier optimistic hopes of a sharp V-shaped British recovery seem to be fading as new coronavirus spikes appear....
...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....
...Letter in response to this article: Oil price crunch could be bad news for Russia / From Andrei V Belyi, University of Eastern Finland...
...“I don’t think he directly wants that but he is running a purposeful strategy of people v parliament. This is the result....
...That is like eating a deflationary ‘nail sandwich' and it will surely hasten the end of this equity rally....
...Its 1911 tour, backed by business and media interests, coincided with George V’s crowning and the Festival of Empire....
...Bertha’s eventful journey on the Patent-Motorwagen No.3 included her cleaning of the carburettor with a hat pin, using her garter for wire insulation, and asking a shoemaker en route to nail leather on to...
...He pointed out that the V&A has a long-established arms and armour department....
...Other compulsions included burying “witch bottles”: beer bottles stuffed with debris such as hair, nail clippings and even urine, stoppered up and placed into the fabric of buildings....
...In an office above a nail bar in the Silicon Valley town of Menlo Park, the legal data business Lex Machina amasses as many rulings from US courts as it can get its hands on....
...When I was about six and in bed with measles, I spent one night cutting up the bedspread with nail scissors....
...Everybody acts the same – there is a saying ‘a nail sticking out will be hit’.”...
...The answer to this question is very significant, and very hard to nail down....
...The exhibition will run at the V&A from 16 June 2018 to 4 November....
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