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My friend Diana Graves, who has died from pancreatic cancer aged 64, was for many years the head of metals conservation at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where she worked on items as varied as chain mail and the huge 19th-century gothic altar screen from Hereford Cathedral, which is now in the museum.
Diana, who used her maiden name, Heath, professionally, also worked at the Courtauld Institute and at Westminster Abbey, including as part of its restoration preparations for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011. Her last completed project before she became ill last summer was cleaning an intricately inscribed medieval Egyptian Mamluk ewer for the auction house Christie’s.
Teen stabbed in the back at V&A Waterfront in Cape Town 15 February 2021 - 11:54 Waterfront spokesperson Donald Kau said a fight between a group of youngsters broke out at the Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre on Saturday. Image: Screengrab of video
The V&A Waterfront in Cape Town has beefed up security after a stabbing incident involving youngsters at the weekend.
Waterfront spokesperson Donald Kau said a fight between a group of youngsters broke out at the Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre on Saturday.
“We don’t know the cause of the fight and are reviewing video footage of the incident. We will interview our own security personnel and get further details from their report,” said Kau.
Designers light up festive season with inspirational V&A decorations A South African story of light and hope is being celebrated at the V&A Waterfront through locally made festive decorations 27 December 2020 - 00:02 By Tracy Lynn Chemaly Tree Of Light at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. Image: MARK WILLIAMS When you think of light, it does not just illuminate a singular section or space
it lights up an entire surface, says Bonolo Helen Chepape of Lulasclan, one of the many local designers and makers involved in transforming the V&A Waterfront into a celebration of light and hope after a rather unfestive year.