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...Compared to the Chelsea deal, the United process — codenamed Project Ruby — moved slowly. The stock exchange filings go some way to explaining the drag....
...A hitherto uncatalogued games board by him here and the crucifix probably presented to Pope Paul V have also been added to the corpus of his works....
...He keeps topping up the sportsman’s glass with ruby-red Rooh Afza and offering him the biggest, juiciest pieces of meat....
...It “is cast out like garbage” from the country’s ruby mines, Doshi Shah says, but it is “a really beautiful stone”....
...Redman’s job, as the V&A’s senior conservator of metals in the collections care and access department for the last three years, is to decide what to do — or not to do — to help preserve the life of these...
...Once the private chapel of Dona Rosa, the lover of 18th-century king João V, Mesa de Frades is now one of Lisbon’s more bohemian fado clubs....
...Vintage gloves were appliquéd to elbows and the back of jackets — they flashed a V-sign, either for victory or peace. Simons achieved both....
...Among the treasures: a pair of gold anklets from the early 19th century, festooned with paisley-shaped flat diamonds; a 17th-century goblet encrusted with rubies and emeralds; and an 18th-century chapka,...
...Clips of Ruby Wax are from BBC. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
...A FTSE 100 mining company arranged for the family of the Kazakh prime minister to fly to France by private jet, visit Disneyland Paris and stay at the George V hotel, triggering scrutiny under the UK’s anti-bribery...
...Jones, who is one half of the transatlantic design studio Atelier LK with Ruby Kean, had an offer accepted on the house that same day, before it ever officially reached the open market – and the duo have...
...More loans were allegedly given by Cox & Kings to V Hotels, a struggling beachfront property bought by Peter and Urrshila’s father, Ajit, in 2001....
...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....
...WHERE TO SEEThe Jewellery Gallery at the V&A, London....
...(FT) Recovery, brought to you by the letter V, or maybe W Mapping economic output to familiar shapes makes a good deal of sense....
...The location she chose in 2013 is suitably grand: a listed 19th-century Haussmann townhouse ensconced in the golden triangle between avenues Champs-Elysées, George V and Montaigne....
...A long-time fan of knitting, the American artist Sterling Ruby launched a selection of sweaters earlier this year as part of his fashion line S.R. Studio. LA....
...Mozambican rubies and Zambian emeralds, provided by ethical stone supplier Gemfields, have been photographed in extreme close-up....
...“Historically, tie-dye is associated with the 1960s, hippies, free love, freedom and protest,” says Elisabeth Murray, fashion curator at the V&A....
...Alexander McQueen also has a soft ruffled knit dress with tiered skirt and a V-shaped neckline (£4,195, alexandermcqueen.com). Want an edgier look?...
...May 26-November 25, labiennale.org V-A-C Foundation Oligarch and collector Leonid Mikhelson has established a Venice branch of his Moscow-based V-A-C Foundation, which he launched in 2009....
...And the tyrannised pop idols all go out with a bang worthy of Dr Strangelove, singing “blast off” as V-2 rockets soar away on screens behind....
...The V&A stages at least three large-scale exhibitions each year and numerous smaller ones....
...Gemfields and gold What a twist of fate that tussles over Gemfields, the ruby miner, and Petropavlovsk — the gold group also known as Pog the Dog — should come to a head now....
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