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...Both Sheikh and Pakistani artist Zahoor ul Akhlaq studied at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s, and were astounded by the V&A’s originals after muted reproductions at home....
...In reality, “a lot of them ended up at the V&A”....
...at the Empire Exhibition in London, and the first commemorative stamps being issued in Great Britain....
...— an intelligent and Machiavellian orphan who inherits a weapons empire and pivots it into virtual reality technology. He is also Luckey’s personal hero....
...The great question now is about what purpose these museums serve today. Can they do more than offer empty generalities about the human condition, or tell dark stories about empire?...
...“Kingsway or Rajpath, the symbol of slavery, has become a matter of history from today, has been erased forever,” Modi intoned....
...“No, no, because Napoleon has been settled with treaties at the end of the empire in 1815.”...
...Known as Bertie in the family, he was the second son of King George V and expected his elder brother, known as David to the family, to become king....
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...In his testaments, emperor Charles V advised his young son — who became Philip II, head of the great Spanish empire in the 16th century — never to identify with only one faction at court or make decisions...
...He owns a property empire valued at more than £58mn, according to accounts filed at Companies House by his company Zahawi & Zahawi....
...(Lilah laughs) It’s like Act V, Macbeth, and nothing good happens in Act V of Macbeth....
...St Stephen’s in Vienna remains a cathedral today. As for the principal players, the “vistas of limitless wealth and influence” that beckoned both Ibrahim and Alvise open into a fearsome abyss....
...Although the British Museum’s widely acclaimed exhibitions in the first decade of the 21st century, 2005’s Forgotten Empire on ancient Persia, and 2009’s Shah ‘Abbas: The Remaking of Iran, marked a fresh...
...De Valera proposed a form of external association with the British empire....
...And today, once again, Whistler’s masterpiece will seal the restaurant’s fate, according to gallery insiders....
...Like thinking about building the Empire State Building out of children's blocks. Each block is quite small and quite inexpensive and mass-produced....
...Tristram Hunt is director of the V&A and a former MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central....
...And it's quite interesting to see the readout today from Beijing....
...The new Nest Hub costs $99.99 and can be pre-ordered in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France and Australia from today....
...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....
...Once Charles V was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, the Habsburg challenge became far more considerable....
...The first is a 1,200-year-old red stone V, one of hundreds that once formed a series of immense African henges along the Gambia river....
...Eventually, he was stabbed to death in a conspiracy backed by Charles V, and his body was hung from the window of his Piacenza palace....
...Today, Mr Trump’s empire is reeling from the impact of coronavirus. His golf courses in Scotland remain closed by government order....
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