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...A century ago, the London Society, an influential civic group, produced a plan for London’s future made up of contributions from such leading Edwardian architects as Edwin Lutyens and Aston Webb....
...Sweet potato is plated with tempeh and mango tahini sauce, while tasty rounds of smoked seitan “shorizo” can be taken away to be enjoyed at home....
...The furniture is a mix of old and (then) new: 17th and 18th-century pieces meeting bespoke designs by Webb and Morris himself....
...remaining sections of Webb’s screen....
...I’d also been to the V&A and seen one of his famous japonisme sideboards: the earliest versions may date from the late 1850s but it is a spectacularly modernist piece of geometric design....
...The lifelike fingers can wield most kitchen equipment — and are deft at manipulating the ingredients for a wide range of commonly home-cooked dishes, such as steaks, pastas and stews....
...Craig Menear, chairman and chief executive of Home Depot, said the pandemic had meant “the home has never been more important to the customer”....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek. Views are personal. merryn@ft.com. Twitter: @MerrynSW...
...From the safety of her home office, Merryn Somerset Webb is bucked by the sight of thousands of Londoners packed on Bournemouth beach and uses it to “hail the V-shaped recovery” (FT Weekend, Opinion, June...
...Clearly much of this will be pulled forward, but may be some benefit from people eating more at home than at office/restaurants....
...Yes, the numbers are bigger, but the shock, while not a V is shorter and sharper than that crash, and the pre-crisis fiscal situation was strong....
...Press Crtl+V. Add share-price forecast: “Market perform”. OK, so that is being rather unfair. And perhaps a tad hypocritical coming from a journalist....
...Big US tech makes up just 5 per cent in its home market. “Today, Ali and Tencent are so powerful....
...The four-bedroom home in Piney Point Village has some of the nicest bathrooms and best views I’ve ever seen. Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek Illustration by James Fryer...
...to London’s V&A....
...The V&A’s show on copying seemed a little disengaged; the Swiss pavilion, a solid cloud which visitors can climb into, manages to be both irrelevant and wonderful....
...For Nic Webb, an artist who specialises in sculptural vessels and spoons, working with unseasoned wood offers freedom....
...Corporate boards are paying increasing attention to cyber security after high-profile attacks on Sony Pictures, and US retailers Home Depot and Target....
...eliminated the need to challenge the precedent of FTC v Staples....
...“The [London-based] V&A and the Crafts Council have them but, other than that, in the regions we’re very significant.”...
...There is also a dedicated “A/V bar” for those with questions about purchasing video art and the technicalities of displaying it....
...And the year-on-year growth was strongest, at 8 per cent, for the big-ticket household items in which The Home Depot specialises. Vehicles also grew by 7.7 per cent....
...Despite being home to London’s free-to-all museum quarter, the street has remained remarkably dull until now....
...Their captain and man-of-the-match Thierry Dusautoir burst over the line for a try seven minutes after the restart – silencing the home supporters and setting up an enthralling final half-hour....
...exhibition – this year no longer in its former Primrose Hill home, but in Selfridges, Oxford Street....
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