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...V&A Craft Symposium (May 16) Panel discussions and keynote speeches on the topic of craft, as well as demonstrations of goldwork, featherwork, silversmithing and weaving....
...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...
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....
...(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....
...The Court will hear oral arguments for Gill v Whitford, a case that challenges the constitutionality of a 2011 redistricting of Wisconsin....
...The business community and foreign officials have quickly learned how to exploit the Bannon v Cohn battle in order to head off what they see as some of the most radical parts of Mr Trump’s economic agenda...
...— Accusations of sexual harassment and abuse are multiplying, but, argues Courtney Weaver, activists must decide which demand action and which merely merit censure....
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