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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....
...In 1969, Collingwood became the first living weaver to show at the V&A when a series of his rugs and wall hangings went on display alongside the work of potter Hans Coper....
...The exhibition Africa Fashion at the V&A in London was a barometer of this shift....
...Gainsborough was born and grew up here, the son of a weaver. As a successful artist he lived in Ipswich, then fashionable Bath and, finally, London....
...And finally . . . it’s the last chance to see three of only four existing textiles spun from the naturally golden silk of millions of orb-weaver spiders, at Oliver Hoare Limited in London’s Cromwell Place...
...What really interests both designers is reinterpreting classic menswear staples such as varsity jackets, skinny jeans, pea coats and V-neck sweaters through craft and manipulation....
...Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor to Mr Trump, said while the GDP numbers appeared to validate the president’s promise of a “V-shaped recovery”, they may have come too late in the campaign to help Mr Trump...
...years ago, couldn’t get approved for anything since, ‘begged’ me for a non Senate approved job, which I gave him despite many saying ‘Don’t do it, sir,’ takes the job, mistakenly says ‘Libyan Model on T.V....
...Additional reporting by Courtney Weaver in Washington...
...1,037: Michael Crapper, Whitchurch Crossword 16,254: Richard Heaton, London; Hector Langfeldt, Birmingham; Saira Kamaly, London Polymath 1,036: Eamonn O’Riordan, Ireland Crossword 16,248: Nicholas JP Weaver...
...Ms Schoen said she believed it was unlikely that the court would overturn Roe v Wade....
...“We’re escalating,” he says, raising his voice to be overheard over the strains of Nat King Cole’s “L-O-V-E”, blaring in the background. “This is basically day one.” courtney.weaver@ft.com...
...Spurs vs Arsenal: out in the wash To Smith & Wollensky’s steakhouse just off the Strand, for the fifth annual Spurs v Arsenal City dinner....
...Angus Patterson, senior V&A curator of metalwork, said: “The Courts are the strongest embodiment of the museum’s founding mission as a place of art education for both practitioners and the public . . ....
FT Washington writers analyse US midterm results and fresh challenges
...Ms Severino pushed back against Democratic allegations that the appointment of a conservative justice would lead to Roe v Wade being overturned....
...Courtney Weaver says his uncool profile counters that of his rivals for the nomination....
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...Mr Trump has previously said he planned to appoint justices who would overturn the landmark ruling Roe v Wade, which legalised abortion in the US....
...However, Mr Tinkler has about him something of Loki, the shape-shifting Norse god of mischief and an expert weaver of tangled webs....
...(Bloomberg) Team of Vipers Our US political correspondent Courtney Weaver has reviewed the latest tell-all book about the inner workings of the Trump White House....
...The rape resulted in a pregnancy, and Allred returned home to the US to have an illegal abortion (this was before Roe v Wade)....
...Her work includes Selfridges’ “Project Ocean” as well as exhibitions at the V&A and the RA....
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