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...Liv Luttrell, a sculpturally led artisan based in London, has channelled the “powerful tension in the metal” into her cool and sharp spear-tip earrings....
...Stacked with the X OOAK white diamond scatter band (£7,495) – a V-shaped crown with the quality of dripping candlewax – it could feasibly start a clan set-to....
...This passion goes back to shooting’s zenith 100 years ago, when success was measured by the size of a hunt’s bag: a party led by George V holds the record for killing 3,937 pheasants in one day....
...Lily Cole, inspired by her mentor, the conservationist John Burton, is planning to sell her flat, buy land and then return it to nature via rewilding....
...Vintage gloves were appliquéd to elbows and the back of jackets — they flashed a V-sign, either for victory or peace. Simons achieved both....
...Becky Fatemi, property agentEffortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown This was given to me by a friend, the designer Marc Jacques Burton....
...Through the sale of bracelets and pendants, the brand has raised more than $20mn to provide water, immunisations and educational tools to those in need. louisvuittonforunicef.com V is for Visual AidsAcne...
...Once successful for his industrial and railway work, only a few small buildings survive, including his green shelters for cab drivers — there is one rather battered version outside the V&A....
...petrol-powered two-wheelers since the age of six — and with a collection of 15 of them currently jammed into my garage — I can’t say I’m looking forward to the day when the mellifluous bark of my Ducati’s V-Twin...
...Suzuki’s contender is the V-Strom 650 (from £7,999 and £1,590 for a luggage kit), while Kawasaki weighs in with its £7,549 Versys 650 and Honda offers a choice of lightweight and middleweight adventure models...
...Despite her early success in the industry, Wek is vocal about how she has been pigeonholed and exoticised (she recalls jobs in which she was asked to pose with animal skins or a spear)....
...Former student Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, chose to showcase Tangye’s drawing process in a film last year – and the V&A has 56 of his artworks – but outside of the fashion world...
...It has five finger holes, with a V-shaped notch for the mouthpiece....
...Its prewar, V-twin-engined machines were famed for their success in board-track racing, as the favoured mount of daredevil riders on the Wall of Death and the official bikes of many a US police department...
...Should we expect the V&A’s exhibition to explore this difficult territory?...
...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....
...The flying tourbillon, so-called because it looks as though it is not connected to anything, is both the V of Vuitton and the Roman numeral five on the dial. It rotates 360 degrees every minute....
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...If your subsidiary pollutes its environment, the case can be litigated back in England,” says Suzanne Spears, a partner at Allen & Overy....
...he was “throwing spears in the jungle,” according to the Daily Telegraph....
...(Noyer v, to drown; noyer n, walnut.) “He’s not drowning and he hasn’t cracked,” quipped one observer....
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