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...His Lily of the Valley designs are exclusive to the V&A, as are the giclée prints of illustrations by Beatrix Potter and Edward Lear....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Harvest, by Jim Crace, Picador, RRP£16.99, 320 pages Crace’s 11th book begins with harvest celebrations in a remote medieval village....
...Chief players : Jeremy Zimmer, Jim Berkus, Tracey Jacobs, David Kramer....
...Charlotte Mullins is editor of the V&A Magazine....
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