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And I hope that the Tate Gallery’s show ‘Art of Bloomsbury’ demonstrates that

And I hope that the Tate Gallery’s show ‘Art of Bloomsbury’ demonstrates that. I don’t see them as Picasso.SARAH DUNANT: But you see them as pretty good artists who deserve to be in the British cultural history?RS: Yes. I think we come to the great fault line now: because they happen to be associated with Bloomsbury, they’re often dismissed. Nobody has actually looked...

They’ll root more quickly at that time of year but I’ve found they root at any time of year except

They’ll root more quickly at that time of year, but I’ve found they root at any time of year except in the depths of winter Cut a shoot, or even a section more substantial than that. This year, when I pruned my box spheres in late spring, I took cuttings from 3in branched sections, and they rooted in a couple of months. Strip the bottom leaves and push them into their own individual pots...

Reject those disgusting bibs they offer you at all-you-can-eat seafood and barbecue-rib

Reject those disgusting bibs they offer you at all-you-can-eat seafood and barbecue-rib theme restaurants, as you will walk out with more dignity if covered in sauce. If they insist (in these litigious days, the restaurateurs may not want to be culpable for dry-cleaning bills), then say you will indeed wear one – but only if they play aeroplanes and feed you by hand.. THE VALUE of organic consumables...

It has its place in the general scheme of things – it shouldn’t scream ‘Look at me

It has its place in the general scheme of things – it shouldn’t scream ‘Look at me.’”"People like the idea of commissioning a new carpet,” says Adam Munthe, founder of the Asad Company. “It is no longer a case of, ‘Oh, we must find a carpet as background for this sofa.’ The exciting decorative qualities that a carpet offers in its own right are...

He’s a real charmer all right

He’s a real charmer, all right.”When he arrived in England on Christmas Eve, the war in Kosovo had not yet begun, so Elton, who at that stage spoke scarcely a word of English, was not regarded as a bona fide refugee. He should have been classified as an economic migrant and sent smartly home But in Yorkshire they admire pluck above all other things. To them, this skinny lad who had travelled...