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The Princess of Wales to Gigi Hadid: How ultra-traditional tweed found a new fanbase

BBC

The Princess of Wales to Gigi Hadid: How ultra-traditional tweed found a new fanbase Getty Images Once synonymous with the aristocracy, the thoroughly British winter favourite is now in demand more than ever. "Tweed is a 100% natural, renewable and biodegradable fabric, minimising the environmental impact of manufacturing," says Martin Crawford, consultant at Anderson & Sheppard, the Savile Row tailor …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Kamala Harris claims to speak for the middle class — but what does that even mean?

Salon

Since replacing her boss atop the 2024 Democratic ticket, Kamala Harris has cast herself as an agent of generational change who would open "a new way forward" for the American people. In Joe Biden's acceptance speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, he uttered the phrase "middle class" just once. Harris has continued to use that refrain on the campaign …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Neelam Kothari's Heartwarming Journey: From Bollywood to British Aristocracy

ABP News

Neelam Kothari, a former Bollywood actress and star of 'Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives', returns for the third season of the show. This time, she joins forces with Maheep Kapoor, Bhavna Pandey, Seema Sajdeh, and new ladies from Delhi: Shalini Passi, Kalyani Saha Chawla, and Riddhima Kapoor Sahni. In this season, Neelam shares her challenging past, including her first marriage …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

High society

China Daily

Reader question: Please explain this sentence, with “high-society” in particular: The editor was not born into high society, but somehow broke into New York’s. My comments: The editor, whoever that is, was not born into a family of aristocracy or extreme wealth, but worked their way into New York’s high society. Nonetheless, Donald Trump’s life in the late 1970s through …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

The prime of Dame Maggie Smith left us a portrait of what it means to be a lady, upper and lowercase

Salon

Dame is a term that shifts dramatically in the cross-Atlantic translation between Britain and the United States. When we think of Dame Maggie Smith she fits that descriptor since, to the average American, she is Professor Minerva McGonagall from the “Harry Potter” movies or Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham on “Downton Abbey.” By the time those films and …

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4 months ago

Flying colours: How national flags took shape

Hindustan Times

In a month of flag-waving — the Olympics, protests and, of course, Independence Day — it is clearer than usual that few things define a nation quite like its flag does. Great Britain’s Union Jack is a combination of three crosses, those of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick. The drama and sweeping success of the French Revolution would …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

The history lesson in the nod for Moidams

Hindustan Times

The inclusion of the Charaideo Moidams of Assam in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ’s World Heritage List is a significant moment not just for Indian soft power but also for the country’s history. The announcement of the inscription of the 700-year-old burial mounds and shrines of the Tai Ahom dynasty that ruled large tracts of modern-day …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

In ‘The Gentlemen,’ Theo James stands in for ‘the dying power of British aristocracy’

LA Times

When Theo James signed up for Guy Ritchie’s Netflix spinoff of his 2019 movie, “The Gentlemen,” he knew the Netflix series would be action-packed: His character, Eddie Horniman, a captain in the British army, comes home to discover that he’s inherited his aristocratic family’s historic 15,000-acre estate, the title of the 13th Duke of Halstead and — surprise! He also …

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7 months ago

Retrieving history from the past

China Daily

A lacquer table found at the site. CHINA DAILY Significance The Chu features of the Wuwangdun tomb show the continuity of Chu culture, which is part of the Chinese civilization, according to Zhang. He says the Chu tomb in the last Chu capital of Shouchun has features borrowed from the Jiangling area in Jingzhou, Hubei province, the area the Chu …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

I’ve spent years trying to unravel the damage of boarding school - Charles Spencer and Nicky Campbell are not alone

The Independent

It is well known that British boarding schools are favoured by the aristocracy and deemed to confer social advantage on their alumni. open image in gallery Spencer with his older sister, Diana, in 1968 A pattern of symptoms and common behaviours emerged, and I named it “boarding school syndrome”. Trying to make sense of the feelings he experienced at the …

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9 months ago

Was Kate Middleton rich before marriage? Family life before she became princess

The Independent

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9 months, 1 week ago

Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are caught up in scandal over their elite Hillcrest Country Club that's been labeled a 'racist aristocracy' that 'disregards reports of sexual assault' and rejects anyone

Daily Mail

The reputation of one of California's most illustrious country clubs is now at the center of a furious race storm. Ultra-elite Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles is at the center of a furious race storm in a new lawsuit filed this week against the club and its leaders VP Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff is a member there and …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Americans left the British crown behind centuries ago. Why are they still so fascinated by royalty?

Associated Press

The pomp, the glamour, the conflicts, the characters: When it comes to Britain’s royal family, Americans can’t seem to get enough. “The monarchy becomes a kind of Holy Grail for everyone because that is the ultimate in terms of wealth, power, glamor, charisma — all of those things which you don’t have in that boring at-home situation,” says Maria Tatar, …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor

The Hindu

South Asia As the biggest democracy in South Asia with military and economic power on a par with China, India ought to have played the role of a big brother in the region like the US does in the West. The government should amend the rules to make it mandatory for the AYUSH industry to support ABS as an incentive …

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1 year ago

Bronny James’ USC basketball debut was just the beginning of a unique story

New York Times

Bronny James played in a college basketball game on Sunday, and now comes the fascinating part. Now there are 16 minutes and one made shot and a competitive disaster of an overtime loss to Long Beach State, and all of it serves to ratify LeBron Raymone James Jr. in a way mixtapes and myths and social media posts can’t. “Look …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Nuggets on silk

The Hindu

Origin of silk in China The production of silk, a natural protein fibre, typically made out of cocoons of silkworms, is believed to have originated in China a few thousand years ago, in early neolithic age, before reaching Japan and other parts of the globe. Legends of silk production Among the popular legends about the origin of silk is that …

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1 year, 1 month ago

‘Middle class’ has lost all meaning: we need new ways to talk about society

The Independent

With a general election imminent, a difficult truth for politicians is that the cost of living crisis is causing real hardship to what we refer to as the “middle class”. Worse than that, it’s being employed deliberately to stoke the anxieties of the genuine middle class – who might be defaulting on a mortgage payment this winter, or cancelling a …

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1 year, 2 months ago

How long do golden retrievers live? The answer could change our relationship with dogs.

Slate

In the early 1970s, Michael Lappin fell in love with a dog Americans had steadily embraced over the 20th century: the golden retriever. In his early days as a vet, golden retrievers were also, he remembered, notably long-lived for large dogs: He’d see them thrive well into their teens, up to 17 years of age. The first golden retrievers weren’t …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Pictures with character

China Daily

Portrait of Prince Murat, by Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet.LIN QI/CHINA DAILY A female perspective A section at the exhibition is dedicated to portraits of women to reflect the changes of feminine role in society. The Renaissance era saw a number of commissions from women of the high aristocracy, posed in a graceful and yet distinct manner. Throughout this trend, female artists tried …

1 year, 4 months ago

The rise and rise of white-collar salaried aristocracy in India

Hindustan Times

There were around 76,000 more so-called crorepatis by income tax returns in 2022-23 when compared to 2021-22. But even more illuminating is the publication of Income Tax Return data – this includes both income tax and corporation tax filings – for assessment year 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 recently. The Indian economy has seen multiple disruptions such as the Global Financial …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Bottling up their talent

China Daily

Evolution of the craft The development of snuff bottles was closely related to interior painting, says Zhang Guangqing, a national arts and crafts master. "Interior painting once relied on a bamboo brush dipped in pigments, making it difficult to control the thickness of lines and variations in solidity," Zhang says. Li was exposed to the charm of the art since …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Bottling up their talent

China Daily

Li Shaoyue's painted snuff bottles feature themes such as human images and landscapes. CHINA DAILY Evolution of the craft The development of snuff bottles was closely related to interior painting, says Zhang Guangqing, a national arts and crafts master. But a surprising turn of events happened when the snuff bottles gradually lost their practical value. The aristocrats started to see …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Everything you need to know about Queen Consort Camilla’s family tree

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Review: Believe the talk of the ton: ‘Queen Charlotte’ rules in this ‘Bridgerton’ prequel

LA Times

Clutch your bosom and reach for the smelling salts. “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” has finally arrived, and the prequel is the best “Bridgerton” yet. For the uninitiated: “Queen Charlotte” follows two previous seasons of Netflix’s whimsical drama about romance, matchmaking and carnal pursuits among England’s Regency-era aristocracy. Television Review: Jane Austen meets hookup culture in Netflix’s exquisitely silly ‘Bridgerton’ …

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The Princess of Wales to Gigi Hadid: How ultra-traditional tweed found a new fanbase

Kamala Harris claims to speak for the middle class — but what does that even mean?

Neelam Kothari's Heartwarming Journey: From Bollywood to British Aristocracy

High society

The prime of Dame Maggie Smith left us a portrait of what it means to be a lady, upper and lowercase

Flying colours: How national flags took shape

The history lesson in the nod for Moidams

In ‘The Gentlemen,’ Theo James stands in for ‘the dying power of British aristocracy’

Retrieving history from the past

I’ve spent years trying to unravel the damage of boarding school - Charles Spencer and Nicky Campbell are not alone

Was Kate Middleton rich before marriage? Family life before she became princess

Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff are caught up in scandal over their elite Hillcrest Country Club that's been labeled a 'racist aristocracy' that 'disregards reports of sexual assault' and rejects anyone

Americans left the British crown behind centuries ago. Why are they still so fascinated by royalty?

Letters to the Editor

Bronny James’ USC basketball debut was just the beginning of a unique story

Nuggets on silk

‘Middle class’ has lost all meaning: we need new ways to talk about society

How long do golden retrievers live? The answer could change our relationship with dogs.

Pictures with character

The rise and rise of white-collar salaried aristocracy in India

Bottling up their talent

Bottling up their talent

Everything you need to know about Queen Consort Camilla’s family tree

Review: Believe the talk of the ton: ‘Queen Charlotte’ rules in this ‘Bridgerton’ prequel