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 is probably not the book to go to if what you want is a procession of military collisions, though Scurr’s account of the murderous fight, “tree by tree”, for the walled garden at Hougoumont — the decisive...
...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....
...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....
...In the hurly-burly, some subtleties and depths of this great play are lost but Dromgoole’s expert embrace of the crowd feels all too timely in a world blasted by wars....
...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....
...Money has been stashed in banks in the Gulf, experts say. Yet political tensions and warfare have dominated over reform and accountability....
...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?...
...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...
...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....
...In the Swiss pavilion at St Stae church in Venice, Urs Fischer had breathtaking paintings of dust at $250,000 each, shown with Ugo Rondinone’s white tree sculptures (also $250,000)....
...Jeremy Treglown is professor of English literature at Warwick university and author of ‘V.S. Pritchett: A Working Life’ (Pimlico)...
...He has cooked in Burma, Hong Kong and alongside David Thompson, the Thai food expert, inSydney....
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