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...Yet for all its rock’n’roll energy, the collection felt weak. Italy’s longtime family-owned brands aren’t always able to seamlessly adjust to new realities....
...Euonymus fortunei Emerald ‘n’ Gold has green leaves with yellow margins, while Euonymus fortunei Silver Queen has white-edged foliage. Both have a pink tinge in winter....
...M-O-U-R-N . . . Tim Hayward Half mourning. M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G....
...Past a cordon of airport-style security, the recently renovated complex (called “Seven LKM” by his staff) has parading peacocks and inner courtyards with ornate flower displays....
...A decent rock’n’soul version, too. “We played Glastonbury for the first time!”...
...While her initiative is largely privately funded, Blair has supporters and special projects such as Deeda Blair: Food, Flowers & Fantasy (Rizzoli), with proceeds going to support her cause....
...Grand Hotel Son Net, s/n Puigpunyent, Mallorca 07194; sonnet.es. Double rooms from €800; suites from €1,200...
...May 26; further information and tickets here RHS Chelsea Flower Show “Chelsea”, as it is simply known, is a fixture in the London social diary....
...Foot binding was in flower for more than 1,000 years. I’ve read a few books about it....
...They have this silken texture and purple flowers. They contrast beautifully with the concrete blocks of my brutalist-style house, and the landscape of red Ibizan earth and dark-green pines....
...“When it rains and the lavender flowers bloom, you can smell that perfume in the milk,” said Lucía....
...Examples include Ca’n Beneït in the hamlet of Binibona, Toni Durán’s exquisitely authentic country house retreat with its orchards and flower-filled gardens; and Hotel Corazón, where British photographer...
...He would make little daisy-chain flower necklaces for me and draw pictures of himself on my hand like a tattoo. He had a wonderful sense of humour and liked to make fun of himself.”...
...Clay jars of architectural seed heads and wafting grasses and vases of flowers and greenery provide quiet altars to plant life against cool, lime-washed walls....
...Instagram montage Britney Spears produced of her daubing some flowers at home (not on the market yet, sadly)....
...Tash pours two glasses of extremely nice champagne and opens a big bag of salt ’n’ vinegar chipsticks. I calm down enough to start lighting candles....
...A burst of blue sapphires injected colour into another diamond solitaire, the design echoing one of Roemer’s high jewellery flower gems....
...Normandy-based Séverina Lartigue creates delicate fabric flowers from recycled materials....
...Played by 30-year-old Austin Butler in Baz Luhrmann’s riot of a biopic, the young king of rock ’n’ roll is transformed into an ethereal dandy....
...“The mind is its own place, and in itself/can make a heav’n of hell, a hell of heav’n,” Milton writes....
...Teenage brother and sister Joshua (Nickcolia King-N’da) and Gloria (Velile Tshabalala) are sitting on the steps, eating sweets from a paper bag and dreaming about their futures....
...Unusual salad leaves, herbs and edible flowers can transform staple ingredients into special meals....
...It’s all rather romantic and I remind my husband that McQueens did the flowers at our long ago non-royal wedding....
...By Yasmin Khan (Bloomsbury, £26) Bress ‘N’ Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes From a Sixth-Generation Farmer A Gullah Geechee phrase meaning “bless and eat”, Bress ‘n’ Nyam chronicles chef Matthew Raiford’s...
...Where we see flowers, plants and insects, Gabriel sees a pharmacy: a leaf that quells fevers, a biting ant used to clamp wounds, an eardrop of aloe oil in an unfurled Commelina flower....
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