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One of the finest times of the year to visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew is Autumn. Before the temperature drops sufficiently to denude the trees but reduces enough to change their colour. On Tuesday, although the leaves had … Continue reading
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It is said that there are only six degrees of separation between any two people. In his 1929 book of short stories Everything is Different, Frigyes Karinthy suggested in Chain Links that, as the networks which people used to communicate … Continue reading
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It’s Autumn and there’s lots of fruitfulness going on. Keats and the Romantics pretty much cornered the market on autumnal descriptions, so you will find none here. Autumn also features in so many books as a melancholic background, symbol of … Continue reading
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There are rain drops on my window panes and puddles in my garden. When I draw back the curtains in the morning I am greeted by a pendulous sky, not pearly opalescence, nor the thrumming, blue-black cloud of dramatic tempest-to-come, … Continue reading
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This year’s inaugural RHS Chatsworth Show had the misfortune to be held during one of the most inclement weeks of the Spring so far. But there were plenty of opportunities to get under cover, not including Chatsworth House. At the … Continue reading
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