Hints and tips:
...v=Ae1lCrnsm3k Robin’s outdoor winter suggestions for the UK are: the winter flowering cherry tree (Prunus subhirtella autumnalis)....
...Look out for Fallen Tree, a wooden bench that appears to sprout from the limbs of a tree, developed with Benjamin Graindorge; the Blister bench in folded leather by Normal Studio and the metal-pierced Belle...
...They bought the biggest Christmas tree possible, covering it with sparkling decorations, and splashed out on food and wine....
...This buttery texture is — along with their extraordinary shape — what sets a pear apart from its fellow tree-fruit, the apple....
...Bates has a silk-chiffon “Christmas tree” style (£1,800), named for its layered shape that would, she says, “appeal anywhere” – yet it’s also quintessentially British....
...Conservationists counted the number of tree rings in the wooden joists. “That dated their construction to the winter of 1604-05. It was very deliberate....
...The magic money tree has set down deep roots....
...“It is difficult to come up with a culprit other than climate change,” said one expert....
...We pass a yew tree where dozens of shiny berries lie tantalisingly on the ground....
...When today’s experts in the field were asked when that moment would come, only half picked a time within the next 30 years....
...Failing that, maybe the cash-strapped couple will find a magic money tree growing on Lakey Hill. We wish them luck....
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has appointed David W Blass as a partner in the Washington DC office....
...Mr Fishbein is recognised in this year’s report for his representation of Todd Newman in the landmark US v Newman case, which clarified the definition of insider trading....
...On my visit, I noted the paintings which related to gardens and flowers and vowed to study them more closely with the help of the expert catalogue....
...… Boyhood Island, by Karl Ove Knausgaard, translated by Don Bartlett, Harvill Secker, RRP£12.99 This third instalment in the Norwegian sensation’s six-volume My Struggle focuses on the anxieties and...
...… Everland, by Rebecca Hunt, Fig Tree, RRP£12.99 After her light-hearted debut Mr Chartwell , Hunt’s second novel is quite a departure....
...Until National Tree Service is introduced, ask experts like Bartletts to quote you for cleaning up the best trees in your garden....
...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...
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
...Eitz chayim hee la’machazikim ba, my remembrance sings, “A tree of life for those who hold on to it …” Somehow I still do....
...The patterned knit is also something that works well on the eco front (see People Tree’s hand-knitted Fair Isle cardigan, £95, www.asos.com – 100 per cent wool, 100 per cent worth it)....
...Miranda Carter, acclaimed biographer of Anthony Blunt and expert at analysing the subtleties of façades and realities, manages all three with style....
...The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One By Miranda Carter Fig Tree, £25 The parallel, interrelated lives of Kaiser Wilhelm II, George V and Nicholas II provide a grotesque...
...I can hear my heart beating as I scan the sky over the tree line, which Green has identified as the pigeons’ natural flight path....
...Mr Bartlett originally suggested it could have been food poisoning....
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