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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a middle-aged woman in possession of a garden is in want of an RHS show. Not Chelsea this year ( see I Don’t Want to go to Chelsea ) but the brand new … Continue reading
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Preparations for the Storytelling tent at Crystal Palace Festival move on apace. Specifically, this last weekend, creating the physical setting for Storytelling. We have a bona fide Bedouin tent and lots of speculation about a magnificent Storytelling Chair. The tent … Continue reading
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So to the current exhibition at the British Museum – Hokusai beyond the Great Wave (£12 entry, concessions £10). Katsushika Hosukai, also known as Iitsu and Gakyo Rojin Manji, was a painter from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) painting in late eighteenth … Continue reading
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Dame Hilary Mantel has begun recording this year’s BBC Reith Lectures on historical writing. I am particularly interested in hearing them, not just because Mantel is one of our foremost writers, but because of the recent discussion in The Past … Continue reading
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It has happened again. First the 2015 General Election, then the Referendum, then the US Presidential election and then another non-politician without a party becomes President of France. Now this opportunistic General Election. An enhanced Tory majority was widely anticipated, indeed, … Continue reading →
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