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...In Florence I admired a different type of oak, the cork oak in its botanical garden....
...The one Romagna producer offered a couple of lively reds based on old Sangiovese vines aged in concrete rather than oak, with thoroughly contemporary results, as well as an extraordinary oak-aged Sauvignon...
...The council leader is battling to stop the Lib Dems from taking power in this solidly Tory county in southern England, in what will be the most keenly watched “blue wall” battle in local elections on May...
...Earlier this month, prime minister Rishi Sunak axed the northern leg of HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester but committed to building the full southern leg into London....
...I admired the beauty of the patterns in Indian mahogany and in lengths of local oak. The edges have been cut unevenly to leave a rift between the two halves when laid horizontally....
...At the event, Gérald Genta — the brand named after the legendary designer behind Patek Philippe’s Nautilus and Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak models, among others — will be presenting a fresh take on the Mickey...
...Garcé and Dimofski’s own work ranges from the softly angled Helios Sofa and curvy Mimi Coffee Table (both in oak or chestnut wood upon sculptural ceramic bases), to the ceramic Almond Sconces, handmade and...
...Other plants with allegorical value fill our park – oak trees, cypresses, as well as Rome’s symbol, the pine, Pinus pinea....
...at a new station at Old Oak Common in the north-west of the capital....
...Most UK nurseries do the same, including Architectural Plants in southern England, now owned and run by Guy Watts....
...Cristina Krug takes me into the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve on a decommissioned naval patrol boat that she bought online, steering inland through a delicate ecosystem of sandbanks, salt marshes, and holm oak...
...Earlier on Thursday Sunak’s announcement that the HS2 southern leg from Birmingham would run to Euston in central London was thrown into doubt after government officials said they could not guarantee the...
...Why Surrounded by oaks, pines and ancient cypresses, the property includes 90ha of woodland, 60ha of vineyards and 40ha of olive groves....
...Matured in ancient oak botti for three years and only released after a further decade in bottle, it’s as old school as they come....
...Sunak is expected to decide to end HS2 in southern England at Old Oak Common in outer London, rather than at Euston in the centre of the UK capital....
...Two decades on, the grassy scrub of Knepp’s Southern Block is punctuated by swaths of yellow fleabane, ragwort and thistle, browsed by beautiful and brilliantly docile Old English longhorn cattle, as well...
...Meeting one’s gaze are Greek fir, black pine, Aleppo pine and the mellower, broadleaf green of oak. Many of the plane trees – another arboreal staple of Evia – are dying....
...Southern Spain and the south of France are beset with it. While you recline by the Mediterranean, there will be images of fire and smoke in a hinterland, possibly one near your sunbed....
...Rooms My room was a harmonious mix of classic Roman travertine limestone, grooved oak panelling and diaphanous curtains made from recycled plastic (with blackout back-up behind)....
...My room was in a modern, minimalist style — white and cream fabrics, which pop against all that dark oak....
...The line could terminate at Old Oak Common, six miles from central London, rather than Euston, to save more money....
...at Old Oak Common, a London suburb....
...The Financial Times last week reported that the pair were discussing plans under which both the northern section of the rail project and its final stretch from Old Oak Common in west London to Euston station...
...Sunak confirmed that the high-speed line would link up with Euston station in central London, allaying fears the southern end of the line could have terminated at Old Oak Common in west London....
...For the latest, a sparkling white triangle of local marble thrusts through a finely crafted wing of oak that is about 3 metres long and 1.8m at its widest point. Anghel can’t give me measurements....
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