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...But there’s also a restless sense of postwar turbulence and Norris retains the scope of the novel with a silent chorus of people on the move....
...Visitors to the V&A can still peep through its window into miniature glass-painted scenes from nature, illuminated by candles, which the young Gainsborough artfully placed behind a light-diffusing silk screen...
...But the V&A wouldn’t give permission; neither would the Royal Albert Hall....
...Meanwhile backstage, props, costumes and wigs need to be separated, and keeping cast members safe is a military operation worthy of Henry V. Shakespeare was not a man for a two-hander....
...UK ministers and media branded Monday “V-Day” as the first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine were administered....
...A child who roams an airport lounge is no longer just a nuisance (or, according to taste, a delight) but a potential vector of contagion....
...Indian Textiles: Nature and Making (V&A) Google Arts & Culture were ahead of the game when it came to digitising art works and entire exhibitions, and this deep dive into the V&A’s lustrous textiles collections...
...Growing up above the north London school run by his father, a headmaster with progressive views on education, he and his two brothers had been encouraged to roam as they pleased from an early age and follow...
...A terrific climactic confrontation shortly before the end burns with a superficially noble brutality not unlike the newly crowned King Henry V’s rejection of Falstaff, yet even then and afterwards it becomes...
...There is a wealth of younger talent waiting in the wings: when Sir Nicholas Hytner stepped down from the leadership of the National Theatre last year, he was replaced by Rufus Norris (b 1965); Sandy Nairne...
...Quite distinct from the dynastic appeals of Shakespeare’s Henry V — it is easy to forget that the battle-cry “God for Harry, England and Saint George” is uttered in the play by the king himself — modern...
...The first half shows Norris at his best, peppered with witty one-liners and underscored by a poignant sense of loss, the friends mourning Frankie, themselves and a childhood suddenly ended. E.V....
...Suddenly, wherever I roam, everyone is talking about Cosmo....
...At one point they were almost brought crashing down by their own overgrown chins: the emperor Charles V found it hard to eat in public, while the Spanish king Carlos II could barely speak, besides being...
...Leonard’s later fiction roams far from Motown....
...Electronic Arts spent heavily promoting Battlefield 3, and games such as Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Activision’s World of Warcraft with advertisements featuring actors including Chuck Norris....
...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?...
...Most in the markets believe the global economic recovery will be anything but V-shaped – although such a scenario actually looks increasingly likely, says Barry Norris, partner at Argonaut Capital....
...However, he says he takes a contrarian view of markets, believing a recovery is likely to be V-shaped....
...Barry is a big believer in a V-shaped recovery and I am absolutely not. The case for the V is straightforward....
...Fact v fantasy: How farfetched is it? “If you believe in spooks, clap your hands.”...
...Clearly, Kapoor roams through the world of thought as freely as possible. Elsewhere in the room, an array of maquettes testifies to his prowess as a sculptor with a major international reputation....
...Rather, there is Miguel Adrover, Maggie Norris, Costello Tagliepietra and Duckie Brown. Yes, I know who they are, but it’s my job - I’m a fashion editor....
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