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...The plaster panelling in the salon, for example, is a trompe-l’oeil parchment, hand-patinated by a young Belgian artisan, Mathilde Van der Schueren....
...The closest equivalent nowadays is Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. Von der Leyen’s China line is essentially Biden’s. Americans call it “decoupling”....
...European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will visit New Delhi on Sunday amid simmering anxiety over India’s relations with Russia. More details in Europe Express....
...But Tina Velo, an organiser of the protest group “Sand in the Gearbox”, which sought to blockade the event on Sunday, said: “Electric cars are far less ecological than the car industry is assuming....
...The best gift I’ve received recently is a bronze and glass vase from Hervé van der Straeten, who is a friend. He has beautiful, flawless taste....
...(Nato) EU virus strain strategy Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, is due to unveil plans to prepare for the threat posed by new coronavirus variants....
...We Are All Beirut encompasses art, design and jewellery, from makers including Palestinian installation artist Mona Hatoum and French fashion designer Hervé van der Straeten....
...A Taiwanese foundation carried off Baselitz’s “Der Bote (The Messenger)” (1984) for more than €2m at Ropac....
...Alternativlos is less combative than Margaret Thatcher’s beloved acronym Tina (There is no alternative)....
...As part of this culture, artists such as Axel Hütte, Tina Barney, Rineke Dijkstra, Hans van der Meer, Jim Dow and Hans Eijkelboom developed distinctive patterns of picture-making that could be consistently...
...The locomotive driver’s son became a pioneer of hard-hitting investigative journalism as editor of the Sunday Times, before crossing the Atlantic and forming, with his wife Tina Brown, one-half of New York...
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