Tag: UK news
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London flat ‘sells for £140m’ to become the city’s most valuable property
One Hyde Park penthouse believed to be taken by overseas buyer, ‘injecting new vitality’ into capital’s super-prime market
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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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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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Mario Testino returns home to focus on the beauty of Peru
The man made famous for his portraits of supermodels discusses why he has been drawn back to his hometown Lima
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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Expert describes four unpublished letters to chief of staff Alexandre Berthier as ‘wonderful, intimate and revealing’
