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...Last year, it closed its flagship Asia V buyout fund after raising $7.1bn, eclipsing its targets....
...She pauses, then says, wistfully, “But the places we thought were safe are turning against us.”...
...England 50+ first team finished second to the US, who they narrowly beat last year. The two nations are currently closely matched....
...Around us, business meetings were in full swing with groups of (mainly) men in crisp white shirts and V-necks talking quietly over pots of coffee....
...Before most people knew what a camera was, the V&A was already amassing photographs....
...de Diamants collection, featuring motifs including celestial bodies, bows and feathers, that the London Diamond Corporation invited Chanel to design to help revive the diamond trade following the 1929 US...
...Raine was an adviser when Silver Lake invested $500mn into City Football Group, owner of Premier League champions Manchester City, in 2019, and on the sale of Olympique Lyonnais in 2022....
...“We want to make sure that the designers who work with us are fully recognised,” says Vannini....
...Back in the 1980s England were three times Olympiad silver medallists behind the Soviet Union led by Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov....
...The V&A’s presentation brings us fantastically close to that phenomenon; there’s no need to play down genius. To June 11, vam.ac.uk...
...This architectural casket combines panels of opaque, milky and translucent amber with fine ivory carving and marquetry and engraved silver-gilt....
...Lantink’s work has been acquired and shown by museums, including London’s V&A and the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, while celebrities such as Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Janelle...
...Deakin says his company had customers from Europe and the US “queueing up” for coronation cufflinks before their launch....
...The result is a hypnotic, hanging ossuary that begs us to fight for our freedom before we die....
...On loan from the V&A, it’s an intricate, flashy conundrum that mixes eras, ideas and techniques with breathtaking audacity....
...If you have a shorter neck, choose an open-neck or V-neck style, and wear your hair up. Don’t fancy a tulle skirt?...
...A 1585 watercolour describes the recent founding of Potosí, Bolivia, and its silver mines, against a mountain background with llamas and herders....
...“Here, the focus has mainly been on FMCG [fast moving consumer goods] products,” says Victoria Waugh, co-founder of V&V Sustainability Consultancy....
...Last Christmas, at six, she was the only English junior ready to travel to Serbia for the European under-8 rapid and blitz, and came away with two silvers....
...FURTHER READING: Complaint, Orlando Police Pension Fund v....
...“So I don’t think it’s a silver bullet because labour laws in this country are still very weak. A notice will only get us so much.”...
...An alternative, Risc-V, has gained a foothold, with Intel announcing its support this month....
...He loves it,” says Strong, the former head of the V&A and author of some waspish diaries in which few of the rich, famous and powerful are spared....
...Puzzle 2452 Jonathan Rowson v Simon Knott, British championship 2007. White to move and win....
...V, E, S, P, A: five letters with the power to summon a tourist-brochure-perfect Italy....
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