Tag: The Guardian
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How did Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty become fit for a princess?
From its starring role in the Duchess of Cambridge’s tour wardrobe, to a forthcoming retrospective at the V&A, the McQueen brand is riding high. So how did a label known for avant-garde fashion become the duchess’s go-to supplier of elegant pastel outfits?
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Will Young: Why I love Magritte
‘Magritte was smart on the outside, rebellious on the inside – and that’s kind of like me’
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British Library to unveil £33m newspaper reading room
State-of-the-art facility will store more than three centuries of newspapers and magazines dating back to the English civil war
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Joséphine’s letters to trusted Napoleon general to go on sale in Paris
Expert describes four unpublished letters to chief of staff Alexandre Berthier as ‘wonderful, intimate and revealing’
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Budget cuts threaten Kew Gardens’ world-class status
Up to 125 jobs to go at botanic institution after ministers impose £1.5m cuts despite warning of critical impact on research
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The common ground between coffee geeks and growers
With climate change decimating the harvest, caring about coffee is not just a hipster indulgence