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...to Zürich from FT Globetrotter “It was like stepping into the future, a living exhibition of avant-garde design, a kaleidoscope of Constructivist billboards and modernist fonts,” recalled the designer Richard...
...David Pryce-Jones, whose biography of Hitler-loving Unity Mitford prompted a venomous anti-Weidenfeld campaign, thinks that “He needed love and he was looking for it all the time.”...
...The V and M Houses, so called because their footprints resemble the letters, have glass facades, allowing you to peer, voyeur-like, into the apartments, replete with their spiky balconies....
...Until August 25; further information and tickets here From Maria Callas to Elton John via Grace Jones and Cher, Diva celebrates “the power and creativity of iconic performers” across art, fashion, film,...
...Lily Cole, actor and activistThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut The best books I’ve read in the past year are all by Vonnegut....
...My style icon is Grace Jones. What sticks in my mind is when Keith Haring painted her body, and she was just naked with white scrawlings all over....
...And for Tocqueville21, Morgan Jones profiles Elon Musk from within the social media smog that caused him....
...The best book I’ve read in the past year is Richard Batterham: Studio Potter, which was published alongside a new exhibition of his work at the V&A....
...This is not just a recent phenomenon: Adam quotes Mark Jones, former director of London’s V&A, on Richard Wallace (1818-90), founder of the Wallace Collection, who “was an outsider, because of being illegitimate...
...On Sunday, the Czech Republic meanwhile, said it intended to approve use of Sputnik V. And Hungary has begun rolling out both Russian and Chinese jabs....
...From Richard Barwell of BNP Paribas Asset Management: If you understand how the PMI is constructed then the data imply an L shaped recovery, if you just look at the numbers they imply a V shape and the...
...In a courtroom in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Judge Richard Haaz grilled Mr Goldstein about 592 ballots he wanted to disqualify....
...When Carney spoke six weeks ago, many policymakers were still confident of a sharp v-shaped recovery....
...In US v Nixon and Clinton v Jones, appointees of the presidents involved in those cases ruled against them as the court presented a united front....
...Mr Trump’s efforts to keep his tax returns private have another unanimous precedent weighing against them: the 1997 decision in Clinton v Jones that sitting presidents are not immune from civil lawsuits...
...“Dan is the future of American capitalism,” declared Paul Tudor Jones, the hedge fund manager who founded Just Capital, which ranks companies on how they treat stakeholders....
...This time under new ownership and without the man who took a chance on the fantasy TV show — Richard Plepler....
...It’s a glamorous do at the V&A....
...Sign up for our Weekend Email here Photographs: Rory Gardiner; Peter Smithson/Smithson Family Collection; Kois Miah; Tony Ray-Jones/RIBA Collections; Metropolitan Workshop...
....), deconstructed Eugene O’Neill with techniques derived from Japanese kabuki and Noh (1992’s The Emperor Jones), and tried to bring Richard Burton’s 1960s production of Hamlet back to life....
...M & V Adriano 2016 Moscato d’Asti 5% £9.60 Vino Vero, Richard Granger Lightly sparkling and super-fruity. Very refreshing and whistle-clean....
...Learn how Meet Richard Reid, a psychologist and coach who believes he can ramp up charisma in everyone. Here is a crash course on the elusive quality everyone wants. (FT)...
...Among the asset sales the group has made are Kurt Geiger, the retailer and distributor of footwear, to the US’s Jones Group in 2011 for £215m, and Micheldever Tyre Service, sold this year for £125m to Japan...
...Corporate earnings reports and updates out today include Nestle, Roche, Gam, Publicis, Pernod Richard, SAP, Schroders, Travis P, Unilever, Genel, Rentokil and LSE....
...Charon: Nasa’s first detailed images by Clive Cookson• ICYMI: Twelve ways the world could end by Clive Cookson …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Jane Owen, House and Home editor, picks: • Tang v...
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