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Last call for practising certificates

Members requiring a practising certificate have just over two weeks left to apply for one – and avoid the risk of disciplinary action.

Coco Chanel's Russian Period on Display in London

The retrospective show "Gabrielle Chanel Fashion Manifesto" at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London takes visitors on a journey that begins with the iconic designer’s first millinery boutique in Paris in 1910 and ends with her final collection in 1971. Featuring over 200 looks brought together in one place for the first time, the show shines a spotlight on both little-known pieces held by the Museum and showstoppers from the fashion house, Patrimoine de Chanel, and the Palais Galliera (Paris Fashion Museum).   The show and recent books on the designer also crack open a door to what few know about Channel: her fixation with Russian aesthetics in the early 1920s, inspired by or part of her fascination with the Russian émigrés in her social circle. “This interest manifested in her designs of the period,” says Oriole Cullen, the curator behind the show "Gabrielle Chanel Fashion Manifesto." “Chanel employed several Russian émigrés at her salon.

Practising certificates: get peace of mind this Christmas

Not long now until the new practising certificate (PC) guidelines kick in, it’s time to get your house in order before the festive break. Add checking whether you need a PC to your Christmas ‘to-do’ list.

15 William Friedkin Movies We'll Never Get to See

Letters: As long as there are dictatorships with nuclear weapons, the free world must have them too

SUSAN Martin (Letters, October 12) writes that “the only protection we have against nuclear weapons is to have no nuclear weapons”.