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...Also, William Shakespeare’s birthday celebrated Wednesday North Macedonia: presidential election first round UK: former Democratic Unionist party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson appears in court in Newry...
...co-curator of Foot Print: The Tracks of Shoes in Fashion at the city’s Fashion Museum, where several of Cox’s designs featured....
...Acts announced so far include Andrea Bocelli and Robbie Williams — with plenty more to come. 2023’s line-up included Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Guns N’ Roses....
...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....
...The writer William Gibson’s famous line about the “future”, that it “is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed”, certainly applies to London....
...“Fun, ridiculous even, idiosyncratic and perfect for the period,” says co-curator Richard Chamberlain....
...The highest is a late-17th century portrait plate of William III in English Delft (£1,400-£1,800); among the lowest is an 1831 jug featuring a portrait of William IV (£30-£50)....
...The resurgence of tapestry can be attributed to a renewed interest in traditional crafts, says fashion historian and co-curator of the V&A’s recent Fashioning Masculinities exhibition, Marta Franceschini...
...It’s an exhilarating piece of theatre, nailing where we are and how we got here — and implicitly pleading for something better. ★★★★★ To February 18 2023, delfontmackintosh.co.uk Henry V Sam Wanamaker...
...William Hurt had a dark-star twinkle and the looks of a preppy fallen on moments of self-doubt: blond, lean and broodingly handsome....
...But then William Morris (1834-96) was a bundle of paradoxes....
...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...
...Monday The UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the governments of Kenya and Portugal, begins in Lisbon UK, the Wimbledon tennis tournament begins at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in south...
...To September 18, southbankcentre.co.uk Follow @ftweekend on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...Afterwards, I spent three years researching and co-writing a book, Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, with Mayer....
...Tim Bradshaw scores a fascinating interview with Serena Williams’ husband, Reddit co-founder, and crypto investor Alexis Ohanian, in which he talks about his bet that sports NFTs could be here to stay....
...He loves it,” says Strong, the former head of the V&A and author of some waspish diaries in which few of the rich, famous and powerful are spared....
...“It’s been a very difficult and disappointing time,” co-founder Harvey Sawikin said....
...Acrisure now brands itself as a “fintech business” that uses predictive technology to roll out services across different sectors, according to co-founder and chief executive Gregory Williams....
...The message from the V-A-C Foundation, which runs the recently opened and vast GES-2 House of Culture museum in Moscow, is more muted....
...The three-way wiring between media, crown and public that reshaped the modern monarchy did not, in fact, begin with Elizabeth II, but with her grandfather George V....
..., Birley shops in the City George BukhovCo-Founder, Burger & Lobster Restaurant Group Joel and Divia Cadbury Richard CaringChairman, Caprice Holdings Jean-Francois CasanovaCEO Dream International B.V....
...As William Bain, the BCC’s Brexit lead, says: “No one is expecting goods to flow as freely across the channel now as they did prior to Brexit....
...Ella Kilgallon, the third co-curator, says that their department also aims to look at “contemporary design”....
...Perhaps that will develop as Williams begins to experiment with haute couture for his debut in January....
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