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...Puzzle 2569 Joseph Zeltsan v Ethan Sheehan, Chesterfield, USA, 2023. White to move and win. Click here for solution...
...But as conservation upholsterer Heather Porter explains, “tack hole history and brass nail history is critical”....
...Puzzle 2568 Wesley So v Alireza Firouzja, Chessable Masters 2024. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Guess USA leather corset, £229, farfetch.com Dior pearl-studded leather Saddle bag, £4,700 Gallery Dept denim jeans, £1,325, mrporter.com Church’s leather Pembrey loafers, £759 Louis Vuitton silk beaded...
...We can’t immediately recall a more egregious early-ish example than the Beastie Boys’ 1986 Brass Monkey, in which the party-rights-defending threesome deployed the name of Heublein’s premixed cocktail about...
...A long V-shaped fissure which cuts dramatically through the backrest, when seen from the front, reveals the silhouette of Batman’s horned mask....
...🤠 HMRC v Premier Foods Ltd (2007) is an epochally important case that considered whether a fruit bar was confectionery....
...This self-titled album starts with the declamatory brass of “Martini Sweet” supported by a bustle of back beats and testy double bass, and continues with the spiritual “Koko-v-Dank” unfolding over a two-chord...
...and marble Pyppe floor lamp, €921 Acne Studios wool scarf, £180, mrporter.com Louis Vuitton silk Diamonds V tie, £170 Ralph Lauren Purple Label linen and silk shirt, £320 Smythson leather-bound Chelsea...
...In the UK and the USA it is illegal. Users such as Cox don’t consider it to be “drugs” but “medicine”. “It’s not recreational,” he points out. “It is deep, healing, transformative work....
...“Antique brass is a finish that seems especially popular right now.” There’s clearly a bit of work to do on my crumbly old brick cellar. @alicelascelles...
...Chef Christophe Bellanca, Joël Robuchon USA’s former culinary director, gets to the essence of his ingredients....
...“But, actually, I think what we have now is rather brilliant,” Wood says of the Arts and Crafts-era space with soaring vaulted ceilings and brass pendant lights, the quarry-tile floor dappled with light...
...“Losing the shirt gives you a really clean V-section. It’s quite subversive but sophisticated. Showing a bit of skin in summer is about as racy as a man can get.”...
...The V&A’s Africa Fashion also has works by Ami Doshi Shah (pictured top), of Kenya, including her necklace of brass, sisal and salt....
...Puzzle 2479 Danyyil Dvirnyy v Judit Polgar, Yerevan 2014. Black to move and win. How did the all-time No1 woman exploit White’s exposed king?...
...The USA’s Hans Niemann, 19, famously defeated Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis, sparking an ongoing saga of withdrawals, accusations and lawsuits that remain unresolved....
...In the V&A’s latest annual review he also referred to talks with Ghana around the V&A collection of Asante court regalia, including gold ornaments, rings and badges, which entered the collection following...
...Puzzle 2481 Fabiano Caruana v Gukesh D, USA v India, Chennai 2022. Black to move and win. How did the 16-year-old defeat the former world No 2? Click here for solution...
...net-a-porter.com Vincenzo Romanelli bronze Sea Urchin sculpture, 2018, €7,000 Henry Holland Studio Tudor medium earthenware vase, £225, matchesfashion.com The Backward Vendor leather Hubbard Basket V,...
...It was the middle of the lunchtime rush in the Four Seasons, and the brass rods of Richard Lippold’s sculpture hung above, like abstractions of weightless swords. III....
...But in the USA v USSR match in New York Averbakh arrived late for one of his games against Donald Byrne, lost their mini-match 3-1, incurred the wrath of his captain Igor Bondarevsky, and was removed from...
...Puzzle 2475 Andrew Ledger v Andrew Paterson, 4NCL 2022. Black to play. Black’s next move was plausible, but it led to immediate disaster. With this clue, can you work out what happened?...
...Fetterman added: “Send me to the US Senate, and I’d proudly vote to codify Roe v Wade into law.” Republican leaders largely embraced the ruling on Friday....
...It kept emperors (Charles V, then Philip II) at suspicious arm’s length but wilted when their stewardship stiffened into close-up domination....
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