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Book review: A Shakespearean Botanical

Book review: A Shakespearean Botanical

READERS might wonder why Shakespeare would relate the pretty plant aconitum with ‘rash gunpowder’, as he does in Henry IV Part 2. 

Sat, 26 Sep, 2015

Back when gardening was a growing profession

Back when gardening was a growing profession

The Tradescants’ Orchard

Sat, 01 Jun, 2013

Movie reviews

DIRTY tricks and skulduggery at the heart of an election campaign?

Sat, 29 Oct, 2011