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...Lucy Wood, a former senior curator of furniture at the V&A, has recently overseen a project to restore two chairs designed by the 18th-century architect William Kent....
...For Charlie Porter of the online vintage and antique shop TAT, pewter is the perfect starter metal....
...People are responding positively: he recently met Robbie Williams on a weekend in Gstaad, and the singer instantly ordered some pieces, which he wore for his 50th birthday....
...Rewind to the 2014 Oscars when Pharrell Williams — who this month will make his runway debut as creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton — wore a tuxedo shorts suit....
...True blue denim was a big feature throughout — Hedi Slimane’s Celine show included 18 pairs of jeans, usually slightly faded and cut wide at the leg; at Givenchy, designer Matthew Williams paired simple...
...They also masterminded the original idea for ecommerce site Mr Porter (Torstensson’s partner is Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet)....
...Antoine GodinUniversité Sorbonne Paris Nord, France Michael JacobsProfessor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield Ronan PalmerDirector Clean Economy, E3G Dirk EhntsPufendorf-Gesellschaft Berlin e.V....
...Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey, Swindon Crossword 16,099: Suzanne P Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc Sellier, California Polymath 1,010: Robert Jelly, Warwickshire Crossword 16,093: V...
...Our house was built in 1889 by the heir to a steam-locomotive fortune, William Burnham of Philadelphia: all lathed cypress panelling, no expense spared....
...“Dresses by Clark, Rhodes, Thea Porter and John Bates are relatively rare.” Porter is an insider favourite....
...DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...Made in USA has now become so prestigious that international etailers such as Mr Porter and Asos have collaborated with LA brands including Golden Bear and Lot, Stock and Barrel for exclusive collections...
...Another first is the USA Pavilion — look out for glassware by John Hogan and the rugged furniture of Fernando Mastrangelo....
...(USA Today) Soundbites “This is just more evidence that Donald Trump himself is a fraud. He is trying to scam America the way he scammed all those people at Trump U....
...Professor Trevor Williams, visiting professor, University of Derby Growth to slow to 1.5% or less....
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...It’s advice not lost on Prince William, who was turned out neatly in a crisp white shirt and cobalt-blue V-neck sweater as he left the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital two weeks ago (as opposed to the pale...
...Gareth Williams SkyScanner British Williams and two friends founded Skyscanner, the flight-comparison website, in 2001, after struggling to find cheap travel deals online....
...‘Renaissance Velvets’, by Lisa Monnas, V&A Publishing, RRP£35 …………………………………………………………….....
...Some interesting points were made on this last week, by William Porter and credit analysts at Credit Suisse....
...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...
...William Baer, whose legal firm worked on AT&T’s bid for T-Mobile USA, is the White House’s prime candidate to head the Justice Department’s antitrust division, Bloomberg reports....
...Trevor Williams, Lloyds Banking Group: I think that he recovery is well entrenched, across, manufacturing, services and construction. It is geographically well spread around the UK....
...But as departing US fans chanted “USA! USA!” one of their compatriots said the result did not make the US world-beaters....
...Dudley’s rival William Cecil spread rumours that Dudley had Amy murdered so he could wed the queen, and Elizabeth herself was said to be implicated....
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