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...YSP Centre until 11 June Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City at High Museum of Art, Atlanta Alongside William Eggleston and William Klein, German-born American photographer Evelyn Hofer was one of the first...
...But then William Morris (1834-96) was a bundle of paradoxes....
...In 1893, Chatsworth was one of the first large houses in the country to install electrical lighting. The shifting scenery seemed only to accelerate during the 20th century....
...From most others, a degree of style can be salvaged: slithery polyester soccer kit can be worn under a bomber jacket, the chunky V-neck cricketer’s jumper atop jeans....
...Ian Williams, chairman of the Charteris Treasury Portfolio Managers fund, said silver was just as good as gold as a hedge against inflation....
...Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey, Swindon Crossword 16,099: Suzanne P Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc Sellier, California Polymath 1,010: Robert Jelly, Warwickshire Crossword 16,093: V...
...Like Atighetchi, Cooper-Wright believes people think more about the notes they take when they write them down as opposed to typing them out....
...One has a curving V-shaped base (£12,000) and the other stands on a solid column (£8,000)....
...DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road The V&A returns as the LDF’s official hub and host of the Global Design Forums — a series of talks, including Merel Bekking on “Brain Manufacturing”, which explores...
...They began by designing furniture and lighting for clients including Isokon, Capellini and Flos....
...The clock was the talk of last year’s Masterpiece, and is now owned by the V&A. How does this diffident, shy character work such magic?...
...Last year at the end of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Henry IV Part 2, Falstaff crumbled into despair after his surrogate son Prince Hal (now King Henry V) saw him clearly and disowned him....
...● Related Lex note: Twitter: Second Jobs ● Related news story: Prince Alwaleed ups Twitter stake to 5% ● Related video: Twitter v Square: will a joint CEO work?...
...It attracted 6m people (a third of the British population) but it also appalled others including William Morris and Henry Cole who were repelled by the excess and decorative frenzy of the fruits of an exploding...
...‘Disobedient Objects’ runs at the V&A, London, until February 1 2015 Slideshow photographs: Getty; Ian Thomas/V&A; Mike Russell; Cat Mazza; The Scottish Gallery, Private Collection; David Cripps; Martin...
...“The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man” was a trophy, acquired by 18-year-old Prince William V, last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic and a passionate collector since childhood....
...Viewed as even more degenerate was the debutante Mary Blomfield, who when presented at court refused to curtsy to George V, instead kneeling to implore him to stop torturing women....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Moggridge moved to New York in 2009 to become director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution....
...The V&A will be opening new staircases so visitors can view the structure from various angles. The V&A will be home to a number of events and installations during the festival....
...Bryan then led a period of expansion unparalleled in Wedgwood’s history, taking over companies such as William Adams, Susie Cooper and Royal Tuscan....
...But take a writer who couldn’t be further from his self-conscious showmanship – William Trevor – and listen to a sentence early in his story “A Day”....
...In 1699 William III commissioned Christopher Wren to build a gallery devoted to the Raphaels at Hampton Court that was open to the public; when Queen Victoria created the V&A, she decided in 1865 to make...
...Under harsh strip lighting, they were asked whether they would join an autumn rally to protest against the looming cuts to public spending....
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