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...While William Caxton was setting up his printing press in London, Lodewyk van Bercken of Antwerp was cutting the city’s first major diamond, a whopper of 137 carats for the bling-loving Duke of Burgundy,...
...Napoleon III’s portraitist was not Manet, the era’s radical figure painter, but the tame Franz Winterhalter, also lured to Britain by Prince Albert....
...John Jacob Astor III’s house became a nexus for New York society and on his death in 1890, the site was passed to his son William Waldorf Astor (who later in England became a peer and bought Cliveden and...
...Foppish Charles II, frightened James II and the more politically restricted courts of William III and Anne could not attract such foreign talents, and there was as yet no native school....
...William Atkins is the author of ‘The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places’ (Faber & Faber, £20) Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...In summer, Isabelle Huppert arrives at the Barbican as the overbearing mother in Tennessee Williams’ heartbreaking The Glass Menagerie, directed by man-about-globe Ivo van Hove for the Odéon-Théâtre de l...
...William Atkins is the author of ‘The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places’ (Faber) Details William Atkins was a guest of Cathay Pacific and New Caledonia tourism....
...The composer William Walton was born in Oldham, the son of a jobbing musician....
...(iii) Such a property wealth tax would cause a large industry of tax avoidance....
...Two years ago, the Rijksmuseum acquired a copy, and not long after the NYPL was able to purchase the last known privately held copy of Volume III of British Algæ — a component of Atkins’ original project...
...William II died of smallpox in November 1650; a week later, Mary gave birth to the future William III of England....
...The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places , by William Atkins, Faber & Faber, RRP£20, 408 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FTBooksCafe....
...Another surprise is a striking nude by Sir William Orpen, at Master paintings and drawings dealership Jean-Luc Baroni....
...Michael van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, said the stalling of the deal was “bad news” for UK retail....
...This was especially hard on the actress Dorothea Jordan, who had borne the Duke of Clarence, later King William IV, no fewer than 10 illegitimate FitzClarences....
...In 1688, the British had a Dutch king — William III — who, with his wife Mary, had come to replace the reviled James II during the Glorious Revolution....
...William, Second Earl of Craven, made tree studies close to home on his estate, Ashdown Park, using a custom-built horse-drawn van that acted as both a camera and a darkroom....
...welcomed in the 1940s-50s — de Kooning’s aggressive smash-up of figuration, the toothy harridan “Woman 1”; Barnett Newman’s two-metre blood-red zip painting referencing sacrifice and atonement “Onement III...
...Norway for now), iii) no deal or iv) remain....
...At the end of March, UBS had a common equity tier one ratio of 14.0 per cent taking into account the full suite of Basel III capital rules....
...White Founder and CEO, FundApps Andy Atkins-Krueger CEO, Webcertain Group Ltd Andy Phillipps Co-Founder, Active Hotels (now Booking.com); and Co-Founder and Chairman, Reevoo Andy Williams Co-Founder...
...This epic, radical production from Amsterdam’s Toneelgroep is directed by the brilliant Ivo van Hove. barbican.org.uk, April 22-May 1 Celebrating Shakespeare National Theatre, LondonA day of screenings...
...The fifth in the series, set in Paris, has Bruno up to his neck in the court of Henry III as Catholic extremists under the Duke of Guise plan a coup. Well-crafted, exuberant fare....
...natural forms continue to have an impact on art today; this major new show explores her multi-faceted, changing relationship with landscape, and includes iconic pieces: “Stringed Figure (Curlew)”, “Torso III...
...Several companies provided their services, including Celtic, Hydrock and Hawk, while WS Atkins acted as engineering consultants....
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