Hints and tips:
...Does it make sense for the V&A to compete with a far richer institution across the Atlantic? For the museum’s director, Tristram Hunt, the answer is an emphatic “yes”....
...“We use a lot of craftsmen who work by hand,” says Folio’s production director Kate Grimwade....
...Lee Cain, then 1o Downing Street’s Director of Communications, also voiced concerns about the event’s appropriateness....
...V-10 Terrazzo Pierre Pekin, €125, veja-store.com Rock the kaftan Pippa Holt’s cult brand of holiday-wear now offers fabric belts and children’s kaftans....
...Energy Flash : A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture, by Simon Reynolds, Faber, £20, 560 pages Originally published in 1998, Reynolds’ superb dance music survey ended with the Prodigy leading the...
...Building upon his mother’s impressive collection of dresses, the museum has become a rival to established players such as London’s V&A....
...Robin Geffen, managing director, Neptune Investment Management 5,930 I think the FTSE 100 will rise by around about 13 per cent by the end of 2010....
...America, Empire of Liberty: A New History By David Reynolds Allen Lane, £30 When America looks in the mirror it sees “liberty”, never “empire”, says Reynolds....
...In The Nines, art cinema reaches out to Ryan Reynolds and he to it....
...The exhibition is curated by the V&A’s esteemed jewellery historian Clare Phillips who, scrupulously, will talk Tiffany only on the days she is not working at the V&A....
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