Hints and tips:
...The magic money tree has set down deep roots....
...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...
...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)....
...This year’s V&A tree by Boudicca has a modern edge. The fairy perching at its green tip is the Little Match Girl, Hans Christian Andersen’s impoverished urchin whose Christmas dreams come true....
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