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...Now in the V&A museum, but once housed in a Hertfordshire coaching inn, it measures more than 3m wide – nearly twice the size of the typical Elizabethan bed....
...“I had a dinner here once with Marsha Laufer, who’s probably the biggest Democratic donor in Florida, and I had her sit next to Thomas Peterffy,” he says....
...The V&A wisely acquired Thomas Thwaites’s “Toaster Project” — a physical record of his doomed attempts to build himself a working toaster, starting with the search for raw materials....
...“Some people are expecting pots,” says Wood, but she highlights this year’s contribution by deaf artist Nina Thomas. “She’s responding to the experience of former deaf workers in the ceramics industry....
...It is governed from what in today’s reality is still the Bloomberg HQ near St Paul’s, with the English parliament transferred to Warrington in Cheshire....
...Brandon Lewis, Northern Ireland secretary, told Sky News: “I was surprised to see that particular turn of phrase, I have to say.”...
...He joins from Paul, Weiss. Paul, Weiss has hired Megan Ward Spelman as a private equity partner in New York. She joins from Kirkland & Ellis....
...Patented: 1,000 Design Patentsby Thomas Rinaldi, Phaidon £29.95 Presented here deadpan in the black and white line drawings for their original US patent applications are some of the most familiar, famous...
...It kept emperors (Charles V, then Philip II) at suspicious arm’s length but wilted when their stewardship stiffened into close-up domination....
...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....
...“So far, retail sales data are painting a picture of a V-shaped recovery in consumer spending, but it is doubtful this momentum can be sustained,” said Jefferies economists Aneta Markowska and Thomas Simons...
...are winners of the Monday and Saturday puzzles Crossword 16,425: Bill Stewart, Leicester; R Harpur, Herefordshire; Martyn Abbott, Lincolnshire Polymath 1,065: P Johnson, Berwickshire Crossword 16,419: Paul...
...Meanwhile, cities, especially the great metropolises, are dynamic hubs for educated people and new activities, as Oxford university economist Paul Collier has noted....
...In 2015, Thomas Vinterberg shot an adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s story, Far from The Madding Crowd, the hype evident in the sudden ubiquity of Bridport beards (hirsute locals were looking to get cast as extras...
...Chart du jour: Piercing Piketty’s myths Former IMF chief economist and ex-Indian central banker Raghuram Rajan dismantles Thomas Piketty’s new tome on inequality in an FT review....
...France v Denmark was an outlier: possibly the World Cup’s dullest match since the deadly Switzerland v Ukraine game in 2006....
...In disparate styles, these paintings hold conversations in art across what the scholar Paul Gilroy has termed the Black Atlantic — and beyond....
...Top Republicans including Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House speaker Paul Ryan said this week the ideas would serve as “critical guideposts” as Congress worked to help middle-class families...
...Elliott v Arconic: Round 2 The nastiest proxy fight of the season concluded on Monday. Or did it?...
...Equities The first quarter of 2016 will enter the history books as a classic V-shaped recovery....
...(Fox) Campaign commentary How Clinton could knock out Trump (Thomas Friedman, NYT) Trump and Putin: a love story (David Remnick, New Yorker) The Lena Dunham v Duck Dynasty election (Michael Wolff, THR...
...‘Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear’ is at the V&A, April 16 2016-March 12 2017 Photographs: Sam Shaw/Shaw Family Archives/Getty Images; Catwalking.com...
...The V&A continued to acquire Cameron’s work, mainly from various donors, after her lifetime....
...Early inhabitants included Thomas Adams, the inventor of Tutti-Frutti chewing gum....
...“Thomas Crown Affair,” he said. “But actually Steve McQueen mixed with Paul Newman.” That was the sharp tailoring....
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