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...The V&A’s exhibition gives plenty of food for thought about all this....
...Now we remember those cargoes were more likely to be slaves than peacocks and sweet wine....
...From the peacock-blue tiles of the stair hall (a stuffed peacock perches on the mezzanine to amplify the colour) to the gold underneath the stairs and the delicate monochrome mosaic floors, this is an introduction...
...(Lilah laughs) It’s like Act V, Macbeth, and nothing good happens in Act V of Macbeth....
...Earrings, model’s own Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello wool polo shirt, £755, and V-neck vest, £620. Acne Studios wool skirt, £500....
...On loan from the V&A, it’s an intricate, flashy conundrum that mixes eras, ideas and techniques with breathtaking audacity....
...Nicholas II of Russia, Edward VII and George V of Great Britain, Chulalongkorn of Siam and the Duc d’Orléans were among its early patrons....
...Darren Waterston’s ‘Filthy Lucre: Whistler’s Peacock Room Reimagined’ at the V&A January 25-May 3; vam.ac.uk Follow @FTProperty on Twitter or @ft_houseandhome on Instagram to find out about our latest stories...
...If this period of lockdown has taught me anything (the ceaseless value of Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time podcast notwithstanding), it’s that one really must appreciate the small pleasures in life when and where...
...access to both a vibrant “vertical” community (with organic herb garden, curated cultural events and on-tap housekeeping) and East Bank, London’s major new cultural quarter, soon to house outposts of the V&...
...Ostertag is represented at New York’s Siegelson by a 1925 gold vanity case, its blue and gold enamel panel decorated with a peacock basking amid red flowers....
...E&V is selling a three-bedroom villa with pool near Anacapri for €2.15m....
...Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World, by Billy Bragg, Faber, RRP£20/$29.95 British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg turns author with a skilful history of skiffle, the 1950s craze that...
...Made of steel, 360-degree pivot optional. focus-fireplaces.com Peacock fan fire guard, £3,200 plus VAT Made in England in the late 19th century, this Rococo-style gilt brass guard is made up of panels...
...Mark Murphy founded V-TOL back in 1991....
...Devotees install a 36-feet-high cross ahead of Easter on Surprise View, at the top of Otley Chevin in Yorkshire, England Sunday, April 2 Cambridge celebrates winning the women's boat race in the Oxford v...
...Morrissey, you might argue, was a lot closer to the views of the ordinary working man than Bob Geldof on his chartered gin palace flicking V-signs at Brexit-voting fishermen....
...John Bragg Dorridge, W Midlands, UK...
...the V&A’s courtyard....
...Sheikh Hamad became interested in jewelled arts from Mughal India after visiting the V&A’s Maharaja exhibition in 2009....
...“The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man” was a trophy, acquired by 18-year-old Prince William V, last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic and a passionate collector since childhood....
...One commentator suggested that, next year, rather than our traditional opening cricket match of an Authors XI v the Rajasthan Royals, we should hold a match pitching an Extremists XI v the Rajasthan Fundamentalists...
...obvious names as we tumbled from the coronation of George V to the marriage of his granddaughter, Elizabeth Windsor....
...David Thomson is author of ‘The Big Screen’ (Allen Lane, £25) ‘Hollywood Costume’ is at the V&A, London, October 20-January 27 2013, www.vam.ac.uk...
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
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