#London Graff

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London 2024

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"The illusion of democracy"

Seen in London

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Barking, East London by Will Bubba

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London, UK - Shoreditch Streetart, Tech is Hot (04/2016) #streetart #graffiti #urbanart #graffitiart #streetarteverywhere #shoreditch #eastlondon #uk #graff #london #mural #londres #graffitiporn #thisislondon #instagraffiti #sprayart #spraypaint #londonlife #instagraff #igerslondon #rsa_graffiti #england #streetartistry #urbanwalls #streetartlondon #visitlondon #londonstreetart #wallart #wall

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World's Second-Largest Diamond Found In Botswana

— Farouk Chothia

Botswana 🇧🇼 is One of the World’s Leading Diamond 💎 Producers

The Second-Largest Diamond ever found - a rough 2,492-Carat Stone - has been unearthed in Botswana at a Mine Owned By Canadian Firm Lucara Diamond. It is the biggest find since the 3,106-Carat Cullinan Diamond, Found in South Africa in 1905 and cut into nine separate stones, Many of Which are in the British Crown Jewels.

The diamond was found at Karowe Mine, about 500Km (300 Miles) North of Botswana's Capital, Gaborone. Botswana's government said it was the largest diamond ever discovered in the Southern African State. The Previous biggest Discovery in Botswana was a 1,758-Carat Stone Found at the Same Mine in 2019.

Botswana is one of the World's Biggest Producer of Diamonds, accounting for about 20% of global production. In a statement, Lucara said the stone was "one of the largest rough diamonds ever unearthed". "We are ecstatic about the recovery of this extraordinary 2,492 carat diamond," said Lucara head William Lamb.

The diamond was detected with the use of Lucara's Mega Diamond Recovery X-Ray Technology, said Mr Lamb. It has been used since 2017 to identify and preserve high-value diamonds so that they do not break during ore-crushing processes.

The firm did not give details of the Stone's Gem Quality or its value. The 1,758-carat stone found in 2019 was bought by French fashion brand Louis Vuitton for an undisclosed sum.

A 1,109 Carat Diamond, Unearthed at the Same Mine in 2016, was bought for $53M (£39.5M) by London Jeweller Laurence Graff, Chairman of Graff Diamonds, in 2017. Lucara has 100% Ownership of the Mine in Karowe.

Botswana's government has proposed a law that will ask companies, once granted a license to mine, to sell a 24% Stake to Local Firms if the government does not exercise its option of becoming a shareholder, Reuters news agency reported last month.

[spraydaily]

Bad Ideas , Worse Intentions. A London Graffiti Movie

40 minutes of puree action in London, watch tons of tubes and other trains getting painted in this full length movie.

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[livelybutterflyy]

introducing my kpop drself

EARLY LIFE :

Moon Seulbi was born October 8th 2004 to a lawyer mother & businessman father in Seoul , South korea. She is the youngest of three siblings , Moon Jinyoung & Moon Jisung are her older siblings , Jinyoung (Da’ah) is an actress while Jisung is a fellow idol.

During her childhood / teenhood , she traveled and lived in many places, for example , the first 5 years of her life were spent in Tokyo, Japan , where she began dancing . Then she spent two years in Paris , where she first witnessed Fencing, and she begged her mom to learn. 

here are a list of some of the places she lived in as a child:

Seoul , South korea (obv)

Tokyo, Japan

Paris, france

London, England

New York city, United states

SCOUTING STORY :

Her father was a prominent businessman and was friends with JYP , Jyp offered to train his daughter ( Seulbi ) to be an idol, and without her consent, He agreed, on one condition, he would have a manager street cast her first, to take the blame off him.

Seulbi was seven years old when she was walking with her mother to the park when a JYP manager came up to her and asked if she’d like to be an idol. Seulbi, who was extremely emotional and afraid of everything, immediately burst into tears. Her mother agreed on her behalf.

DEARLIE :

DEARLIE was a 4 member kids girl group under JYP entertainment, the group consisted of Minseo, Sieun , Jaylie & Sooyoung. They debuted august 16 2013 with the song “Gee”. The group disbanded in January of 2016 after their contracts were terminated. 

Dearlie was a highly successful group , even with the controversy of a 8 year old debuting, it was marketed as a “kids girl group” for that exact reason. It remained unknown until 2023 why their contracts were mysteriously terminated.

POST-DEARLIE :

Sooyoung was only 11 years old when DEARLIE disbanded, eager to stay in the kpop industry where she felt appreciated, Sooyoung partook in Sixteen, Idol school & Produce 101 , all in the time of 9 months. After failing to debut in the three groups, Sooyoung quit being a trainee but was hired as a producer, stylist, choreographer  and concept designer for JYP , she worked on groups like SKZ, MISS A, TWICE & ITZY. She was the "mind" behind Skz, as she created their concept & discography nearly by herself

During this time, she didn’t even live in Korea ! Sooyoung attended the most prestigious boarding school in the world , Lucent arts academy in England where she majored in dance and minored in mythology until her departure in 2019.

LYONU :

Sooyoung had been longing for her return to the Kpop industry for a while, so when TNS reached out and asked if she’d like to audition for them, Sooyoung said yes. By July of 2019, Sooyoung was a trainee at TNS, by September of 2019, she was in the debut line up.  !! She had quit JYP by then !!

The nowhere girls club (TNGC) debuted June 5 2020 with the song Generation , it was a massive hit both domestically and internationally, with Sooyoung serving as the songs producer & songwriter.

By their second comeback with the full album “Stay out of my secrets” and the double title tracks Girls never die and Girls capitalism, TNGC had secured their place as a force to be reckoned with, not just in the kpop industry, but with the global music industry itself, with being nominated for 6 grammys and going home with 5.

SOLO VENTURES :

Moon Sooyoung is a brand. She is the most popular female idol ever. She has over 200 million followers on her solo instagram account , and she's only had it three years.

Some of her global  brand deals include : vivienne westwood, YSL, burberry , alexander mcqueen & graff diamonds. These are my 5 favs out of her 17 accumulated over the years. She is known as : global it girl, 4th gen fashion icon, dancing prodigy & ace of kpop (there are many more.)

Sooyoung constantly sets trends , including ; Lucky Jelly , off shoulder tops, reverse mirror selfies, heart cheek pose, , Sooyoungism, decorated shoes , custom decorated mics & more !!

For the two year and the four year anniversary of TNGC, each member released a mixtape for the fans, Sooyoung released BE PRETTY as her first solo and released INSANITY! As her second. Despite having small promotions, be pretty went extremely viral and got 1 billion streams in only 89 days and received over 13 music show wins in a 2 week timespan. Insanity! Also went extremely viral, reaching 1 billion streams in only 76 days ! it also received 15 music show wins in the two week promotion period

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SPANISH MAIN AND CARIBBEAN PIRATE HAVENS c.1670 (x)

« A map illustrating the routes of the Treasure Fleet (the New Spain and the Terra Firma Fleet) alongside the Spanish Main (the parts of the Spanish Empire on the mainland of the Americas with coastlines on the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico) and the islands in the Caribbean (Spanish West Indies). It also depicts the most notorious havens of the buccaneers and pirates that prayed on merchant shipping and the flow of Spanish treasure from the region. »

PETIT GOAVE: on the southwest coast of Hispaniola, It attracted buccaneers from the 1670s after the decline of Tortuga and was particularly popular with French pirates and the notorious Dutchman Laurens de Graff, since it was far from the (non-corrupt) French colonial authorities yet close to the Spanish Main. By 1700, the buccaneers had been replaced by outright pirates, and Petit Goâve became a mere footnote in French affairs in the Caribbean.

ILE-A-VACHE: island off the southwest coast of Hispaniola, approx. 50 km², was used by many French pirates and the base to privateer Henry Morgan (c. 1635-1688). NOT really a pirate haven in the 1700s.

TORTUGA: island off the northwest coast of Hispaniola, approx. 60 km², became a haunt of cattle hunters and then a pirate base of significance in the mid-17th century when French buccaneers chose it for its proximity to the major regional shipping routes. The base had the additional advantage that there was plentiful meat from cattle and pigs introduced there by early Spanish settlers, and if necessary, the pirates could retreat to the interior’s mountains.

In 1642, the French authorities on St. Kitts appointed Jean Le Vasseur as the governor of Tortuga, but he built a fortress with 40 cannons and declared his colony independent. For the next decade, Tortuga became the most important buccaneer/pirate haven in the Caribbean. Le Vasseur grew rich from his handsome cut of all pirate business in his mini-state. A Spanish force again tried its luck in 1655, but an English fleet rescued Tortuga, and both French and English settlers were welcomed. The pirates had not gone away, though, and continued to be attracted by the advantages of the base. The French took over again in 1665, but they realised the pirates were an excellent deterrent to the Spanish and so left Tortuga pretty much as it was, concentrating instead on colonising the east side of Hispaniola. The island was repeatedly attacked by French and Spanish forces in the 1670s and so many pirates moved on to Petit Goâve by the close of the century, even if a few pirates remained loyal to Tortuga until piracy was banned there by the French authorities in 1713.

Illustration of the buccaneer and pirate base of Tortuga c. 1600s (x)

PORT ROYAL: on the southeast coast of Jamaica, it was the main port of Jamaica, a British possession from 1655. Known in its early days by its Carib-Spanish name Cayagua ('Water Island') and then anglicized as Cagway, it was given a powerful fortress by the British, but the withdrawal of the Royal Navy left it exposed to Spanish warships. From 1657, Governor Edward D’Oyley, encouraged buccaneers of several nationalities to make the harbour their base and concentrate their plundering on Spanish ships, issuing letters of marque as authority to do so. England’s war with Spain ended in 1660, but many of the buccaneers continued their attacks on legitimate shipping. Subsequent governors were wont to encourage piracy since the presence of many well-armed ships in the harbour significantly lessened the threat from Spain, the Netherlands, and France.

Port Royal became a pirate hotspot in the second half of the 17th century simply because it was so far from the authorities in London and those officials on the island were more pragmatic. Its advantages included a naturally protected harbour that could hold up to 500 ships and a strategic location right in the middle of the Caribbean-Americas shipping routes.

Buccaneers like Sir Henry Morgan, who repeatedly attacked Spanish ships and colonial ports, were based on Jamaica. Morgan was even appointed Lieutenant-governor in 1675. Port Royal became awash with goods and riches, so much so, one contemporary author described it as having more cash than London. By 1680, the haven’s prosperity is evidenced by the presence of over 100 taverns. There were, too, so many gaming houses and brothels that a visiting clergyman described Port Royal as "the Sodom of the New World" (Breverton, 260). This clergyman did not even bother to stay but returned to England on the very same ship on which he had arrived "since the majority of its population consists of pirates, cut-throats, whores and some of the vilest persons in the whole of the world, I felt my permanence there was of no use".

In 1681 the Jamaican authorities finally outlawed piracy, and the pirates moved to other havens such as New Providence. Port Royal was destroyed on 7 June 1692 by a combination of earthquake and tsunami. Several thousand people were killed in the disaster. Although half of Port Royal slipped forever into the ocean, the spot would eventually return to prominence as a place where several notorious pirates were hanged and operate as a British naval base.

Port Royal and Kingston Harbour, 1774. Port Royal is the town at the tip of the peninsula in the center of the map / Shoreline changes in the 1692 Port Royal earthquake (x)

NASSAU: main city of New Providence Island, it took over from Tortuga as the region's main base for pirates. The small island reached its peak as a pirate haven from the 1670s, first for buccaneers chased out of Jamaican waters and then, from around 1713, for pirates who attacked anybody they fancied regardless of nationality. There were good harbours, and plenty of freshwater, meat, timber, and fruit on the island. Called Nassau from 1695. Such pirates as Blackbeard, Jack Rackham (d. 1720), Benjamin Hornigold (d. 1719), and Samuel Bellamy (d. 1717) used the island as a base. In total, there were some 600 pirates sailing from Nassau who raided shipping and ports from the Caribbean to Maine. From 1718, Governor Woodes Rogers (1679-1732), a staunch enemy of piracy, rebuilt the fortress and stationed cannons at strategic points in the harbour to ward off any pirates thinking of returning. The Bahamas suffered another period of neglect under Rogers’ successor and became a minor pirate haven again until full colonial control was re-established.

ISLAND OF NEW PROVIDENCE (circa 1700-1750) (x)

PROVIDENCE: island off the coast of central america, had a good harbour, which was easily defended from its high cliffs. It was first settled by the English from 1630. As elsewhere, piracy was encouraged since it brought trade and a means of defence against Spanish attacks. Indeed, the islands came under Spanish control from 1641 to 1666, and it was not fully out of Spanish hands until Sir Henry Morgan used Providence as a base for his attacks on Panama in 1670 and 1671. The principal trading port had several small forts around the harbor and at the bay's entrance. There were about fourteen forts in all. It is possible pirates inhabited the island a while after that (nothing on its history in the 1700s), but when privateer Louis Michel Aury settled there in 1818, he found the island populated by white English-speaking Protestants and their slaves.

Drawing of the fortress of privateer Louis Michel Aury by Louis Perou de Lacroix (1821) (x)

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A quick #wip of the #ink going on the #pencilart #illustration piece. Still enjoying working on this, and I've got some ideas I'm keen to play with as I work on it.

#illustrationart #illustrationartists #artwork #artist #drawing #london #tootingbroadway #streetart #graffiti #graffitiart #graff #myart #workinprogress #pencil #pencilart #digitaldrawing #graphicdesign #design #illustrator #draw #firealpaca #illustrationartists #art #digitalillustration #digitalart

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ANASTACIA DOES POWER DRESSING FOR YSL BEAUTY EVENT IN LONDON

Anastacia of Graff Family for YSL Beauty, taking a minimalist approach to power dressing. The model wore a black blazer dress withside cutouts from Saint Laurent.

For beauty, Anastacia Scorsatto wore YSL Beauty's new eye shadow, Couture Mini Clutch, a long-lasting eye shadow palette that comes with satin, matte, metallic and shimmer finishes.

Anastacia Scorsatto was named a muse of YSL Beauty in November. She featured in a promotional shoot for the brand's Rouge Volupté Candy Glaze line of lipsticks.

"Thank you once again YSL Beauty for your trust and for naming the YSL muse, I will do my utmost to proudly carry this name. Thank you all" — Anastacia Scorsatto.

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London 2024

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London, UK - Old Spitafield, Alphabet Wall Art by street artist Ben Eine. (04/2016) #graffiti #streetart #uk #graffitiart #thisislondon #urbanart #graff #londonlife #igerslondon #england #graffitiporn #visitlondon #streetarteverywhere #mural #instagraffiti #sprayart #londoncity #london_only #timeoutlondon #londonpop #spraypaint #shutup_london #instagraff #toplondonphoto #london #ilovelondon #london4all #urbanwalls #londontown #lovelondon

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Graff around Heygate Estate (FLEM, OMAR...) South London, ~2012

[roysexton]

Thank you, The Sun Times News! https://thesuntimesnews.com/director-of-marketing-at-clark-hill-named-on-the-involve-outstanding-100-lgbtq-executives-role-model-list-for-2024/

“Roy Sexton, Director of Marketing at Clark Hill Law and 2024 International Immediate Past President of the Legal Marketing Association - LMA International, has been named to the INvolve People Outstanding 100 #LGBTQ+ Executives Role Model List for 2024. This is his second year in a row being recognized by the organization. Other honorees include David Hynam, Chief Executive, LV=; Dame Julia Hoggett DBE, CEO, London Stock Exchange PLC; Jen Carter, Global Head of Technology at Google; David Furnish, CEO/Chair of Rocket Entertainment Group/Elton John AIDS Foundation; Jen Carter, Global Head of Technology, Google; Emily Hamilton, Vice-President Change, RS Group; Suresh Raj, Chief Growth Officer, McCann New York; Eugenio Pirri, Chief Executive Officer, Dorchester Collection; Travis Torrence, U.S. Head of Legal, Shell; Josh Graff, Managing Director for EMEA/LATAM and VP Enterprise Solutions Group, LinkedIn; and Robyn Grew, CEO, Man Group.”

[ganhosdoelefante]

London, 12 de março do Ano 1 - Terça - Doc - 25 anos.

06:00 - Acordo e corro. 07:00 - volto, tomo banho e me arrumo. 07:45 - Tomo café em casa:

08:30 - Trabalho.

12:30 - Almoço com Anne na salinha, ficamos de papo:

13:00 - Voltamos ao trabalho. 17:00 - Saio do trabalho. 17:25 - Faço umas comprinhas: Fendi London Harrods Casa

17:40 - Outra: Graff London, Harrods

18:00 - Outra: BVLGARI

18:15 - Tomo chá da tarde com Camille: The Harrods Tea Room

19:00 - Chego em casa, tomo banho e fico confy. 19:30 - Fico vendo tv. 21:00 - Como só uma salada de jantar.

21:30 - Durmo.