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...Both Sheikh and Pakistani artist Zahoor ul Akhlaq studied at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s, and were astounded by the V&A’s originals after muted reproductions at home....
...“Elton John was playing with expressions of femininity in the ’70s and then Freddie Mercury and Prince.”...
...Some asylum seekers are staying in a squat on Brussels’ Rue de la Loi, just next to the headquarters of De Moor’s party, CD&V....
...Eventually Schwartz would buy a textile manufacturing company in 1954, which led to him making a substantial fortune; he sold it to Standard Oil of Indiana in 1968....
...In contrast, George V and George VI died in winter: some of the 305,000 who saw the latter lying in state had to put up with light snow....
...He loves it,” says Strong, the former head of the V&A and author of some waspish diaries in which few of the rich, famous and powerful are spared....
...The company has also set up repair and take-back schemes to help extend the lives of its furniture....
...Pragnell also is a company with a long history of connections with the royals. It owns Philip Antrobus, the company that was commissioned by Prince Philip to make the Queen’s engagement ring....
...The Prince Andrew service was the latter....
...Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup was used to kill native seedlings: the theory was that they would otherwise crowd out the commercially prized ones....
...The one pictured here contained the widely sold item of cigarettes, made by the leading tobacco company WD & HO Wills....
...It was subject to an export ban in 2004, which is how it ended up in the V&A, and that is testament to the craftsmanship of the London workshops.” She continues with barely a breath....
...Florian Thaler, OilX’s chief executive, said these refiners “have put in a real and proper V-shaped recovery . . . from the lows seen in August”....
...I imagine that would be the difference between Iranian and foreign vaccine,” said Tannaz, a 35-year-old employee of a private company, who did not want her full name to be published....
...Hungary is the only EU member to have approved both the Chinese-made Sinopharm and Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines....
...The EU drug regulator will launch an investigation next week into whether clinical trials of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine contravened ethical and scientific standards....
...Vladimir Putin said he would be vaccinated with the Sputnik V jab on Tuesday....
...Russia is seeking to manufacture its Sputnik V vaccine in Italy to meet a surge in overseas contracts....
...Andrew England explores the crown prince's pet project. (FT)...
...Uh, Virgil Louis V on my back, baby. Living fast, dying slow that's the catch, baby. Suicide doors fuck around and crash baby. I do the dash baby, uh....
...Mr Kulibayev came to western attention when he was revealed as the mystery buyer who in 2007 paid £3m over the list price to buy Sunninghill Park, the royal estate the Queen had given Prince Andrew as a...
...‘This smacks of Harry on his own’ Prince Harry took on the UK press this week....
...(SCMP, FT) Royal summit The Queen has summoned Prince Charles and his sons Prince William and Prince Harry for an emergency summit on Monday at the Sandringham estate, after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex...
...(FT) Business shuns Prince Andrew The Duke of York is losing corporate support for his charitable work, with companies including KPMG and insurance company Aon distancing themselves from the Queen’s second...
...Under his stewardship, the company moved from High Wycombe to a purpose-built headquarters and factory in nearby Princes Risborough....
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