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...The secretary of state for Ireland, Hamar Greenwood, a shameless apologist for the Black and Tans, was someone Collins had sworn never to shake hands with....
...In George V, the moment had met the man....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Just 10 per cent of flowers bought in Britain are British, reckons Jan Lloyd, New Covent Garden’s chief executive. But recently consumers have begun to ask for home-grown, seasonal flowers....
...One reinvestment, in Lloyds Banking Group, was a mistake. Its price has fallen by a third since then....
...From Westminster politicians and Whitehall civil servants to bus drivers, farm labourers and beady-eyed housewives, the author portrays a true sense of “community”....
...The Tories have gained Milton Keynes and Gravesham from Labour, while the Lib Dems unseated Tory Tim Collins in Westmoreland....
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