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...‘Philanthropy in the Arts: A Game of Give and Take’ is published by Lund Humphries...
...The Carlsen v Kasparov debate will continue. For Kasparov, it is argued that he was world champion for 15 years, and stayed No1 for a further five....
...by Rebecca Humphries Humphries is an actress, and one of my closest friends, who went through a very public break-up when her boyfriend [who was a Strictly Come Dancing contestant] was photographed kissing...
...The designer’s love of wood is explored through simple lines: his Ode chair references the tradition of workshop chairs with its generously rounded back and an inverted V-style base, while the archetypal...
...With an array of elegant 18th-century furniture (some on loan from the V&A), books, fittings and works by Gainsborough and his contemporaries, the rooms exude a quiet domesticity....
...Then, the FT’s wine columnist Jancis Robinson teaches us about the world of wine....
...My colleague, the art market writer Georgina Adam, digs into this question in her latest book The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum (Lund Humphries, £19.99)....
...Andrew Robinson is the author of ‘Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye’ (Bloomsbury) ‘Ray’ is on Netflix from June 25...
...This week, the fellowship announced its return with a new partner institution, V&A East, the museum complex soon to open in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park....
...“Customers are definitely more interested in leather alternatives, and the idea that an investment piece has to be leather feels old-fashioned now,” says Eleanor Robinson, director of accessories at Selfridges...
...His semi-abstract drawings are now considered works of art in their own right and have been exhibited in London’s V&A Museum....
...Bass Kevin Burdette, not always sounding comfortable, dips into Camelot for “If Ever I Would Leave You” and Morris Robinson grandly invokes “The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha....
...“Despite a challenging economic climate, there was a huge demand for property in the second half of 2020,” said Miles Robinson, head of mortgages at Trussle.v Howard Archer, chief economic adviser to the...
...Sporting chance A football fanatic, Mr Seagull has proved adept at answering Mr Humphrys’ questions....
...“Filthy Lucre” travelled to the Smithsonian in 2015 to be shown alongside the original where James Robinson, a V&A curator, spotted it....
...Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey, Swindon Crossword 16,099: Suzanne P Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc Sellier, California Polymath 1,010: Robert Jelly, Warwickshire Crossword 16,093: V...
A blind tasting shows there is no longer a gulf between the old and new worlds
...Instagram v influencers Instagram’s recent shift to facilitate more direct ecommerce on the platform is likely to provide a new source of revenue for influencers....
...From Bert Ely, Ely & Company, Alexandria, VA, US An image to conjure up in extraordinary times / From James Winpenny, Chipping Norton, Oxon, UK Not so new: MMT has distinguished precursors / From John V...
...Burgundy v the rest — some favourites These are the wines I scored 17 out of 20 in the Berkmann tasting, complete with suggested drinking windows....
...I am a regular Asia-based reader of FT for three reasons, in descending order: Jancis Robinson, Lucy Kellaway and the cryptic crossword....
...The artist Grayson Perry’s Brexit vases, which have gone on display in a different part of the V&A, offer a sophisticated variant of the same approach, drawing on crowd-sourced suggestions from Remainers...
...Youssef Squali, analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphries, said that Waymo would be “the next exciting story they’re going to roll out” for investors....
...Rotork has the single largest exposure in our coverage (~50% v 60% in 2014 though)....
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