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...thought I had, until Harley-Davidson recently offered me a fortnight’s loan of its craftily named Freewheeler, a luxury trike powered not by feeble, four-year-old legs but by one of Milwaukee’s finest V-Twin...
...Among the more challenging shows was Mexican artist Sebastián Solórzano Rodríguez (a 2014-15 protégé) performing his work [÷] v.0.8 : Boléro, which involved him practising 15 minutes of amplified heavy breathing...
...This passion goes back to shooting’s zenith 100 years ago, when success was measured by the size of a hunt’s bag: a party led by George V holds the record for killing 3,937 pheasants in one day....
...Arrival is merging with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp V, paying a huge premium in order to add $300mn to its balance sheet. It is a desperate move that is unlikely to trigger a Spac revival....
...Vintage gloves were appliquéd to elbows and the back of jackets — they flashed a V-sign, either for victory or peace. Simons achieved both....
...Lily Cole, inspired by her mentor, the conservationist John Burton, is planning to sell her flat, buy land and then return it to nature via rewilding....
...Becky Fatemi, property agentEffortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown This was given to me by a friend, the designer Marc Jacques Burton....
...Mr Tucker indicated that economic recovery would come more quickly thanks to recent breakthroughs in vaccine development — although expecting a “V-shaped” recovery remained “beyond stupid”....
...Through the sale of bracelets and pendants, the brand has raised more than $20mn to provide water, immunisations and educational tools to those in need. louisvuittonforunicef.com V is for Visual AidsAcne...
...Once successful for his industrial and railway work, only a few small buildings survive, including his green shelters for cab drivers — there is one rather battered version outside the V&A....
...petrol-powered two-wheelers since the age of six — and with a collection of 15 of them currently jammed into my garage — I can’t say I’m looking forward to the day when the mellifluous bark of my Ducati’s V-Twin...
...Suzuki’s contender is the V-Strom 650 (from £7,999 and £1,590 for a luggage kit), while Kawasaki weighs in with its £7,549 Versys 650 and Honda offers a choice of lightweight and middleweight adventure models...
...Former student Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, chose to showcase Tangye’s drawing process in a film last year – and the V&A has 56 of his artworks – but outside of the fashion world...
...The laser-cut plywood stools are neat too, their V-shaped legs an echo of the stitching in the bellows, a detail picked up again in the delicately pierced patterns of the window shutters....
...Its prewar, V-twin-engined machines were famed for their success in board-track racing, as the favoured mount of daredevil riders on the Wall of Death and the official bikes of many a US police department...
...Should we expect the V&A’s exhibition to explore this difficult territory?...
...Appearing via video link from a locked down Madrid, Ms Botin said those estimates were based on a “V-shaped” recession — a sharp shock followed by a rapid recovery, but stressed this was only one possible...
...The flying tourbillon, so-called because it looks as though it is not connected to anything, is both the V of Vuitton and the Roman numeral five on the dial. It rotates 360 degrees every minute....
...Burton Malkiel’s dedication to his mission to champion index-based investing remains undiminished four decades after he wrote one of the classic finance texts....
...As the house that designed the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress, and was the star of an otherworldly exhibition at first the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and then the V&A in London, the public...
...PJ TUCKER: There's no shortage of fans, of people that want this stuff now....
...The exception is Alexander McQueen, led by Sarah Burton, who will present her winter menswear in intimate showcases starting in May....
...“Power means nothing without the support of the other women around you,” said Burton backstage. I’m with you, sister....
...The 1,000cc V-4 engine produces 157hp (or more than 212 with the “race kit” fitted) and sits in a frame made from raw aluminium, meaning the machine must be housed in a heated garage to prevent it from corroding...
...The biggest activist fight — Nelson Peltz v Procter & Gamble — was only recently settled, two months after a shareholder vote....
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