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Et in Arcadia ego: Stephen Desmond admires the new planting of the wooded bank of Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
Seeds of change: Be brave and try the new seeds on sale now, advises Val Bourne.
Dear Miss Salley Gardens: Novelist Salley Vickers recalls her godmother and the beloved walled garden of her childhood.
Telegraph-pole appreciation for beginners: Some ignore them, others revere them. Andrew Martin examines the appeal of telegraph poles.
The need for English tweed: South of the border, makers are challenging Scottish supremacy in woven cloth, finds Mary Miers.
Charlie McCormick’s favourite painting: The garden designer chooses a celebration of clashing colour.
Silence of the geese: Jamie Blackett welcomes the hounds to the beach, but rues the loss of the wildfowl.
Telephone boxes: Once ubiquitous, now loved, the red telephone box is a work of genius, says Jack Watkins.
Potting sheds: Amelia Thorpe’s pick of sheds
Kitchen garden cook: Melanie Johnson on parsnips
Forgotten tools of the rural estate: Can you work out what these once-common objects are for?
English homes old and new: In the first of a 12-part series, John Goodall looks at the 12th- century residence of Archbishop Thomas Becket and his fellows.
The good stuff: Hetty Lintell takes to the slopes.
Interiors: Boot rooms to long for.
Forces of Nature: An astonishing alpine set heads the current theatrical highlights for Michael Billington.
From out of the ashes: Claire Jackson on the musical ways Coventry Cathedral is marking its 60th anniversary.
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'To exist in this world relies on the hands of others': Roger Powell and modern British bookbindingAn exhibition on the legendary bookbinder Roger Powell reveals not only his great skill, but serves to reconnect us with the joy, power and importance of real craftsmanship.
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Spam: The tinned meaty treat that brought a taste of the ‘hot-dog life of Hollywood’ to war-weary BritainCourtesy of our ‘special relationship’ with the US, Spam was a culinary phenomenon, says Mary Greene. So much so that in 1944, London’s Simpson’s, renowned for its roast beef, was offering creamed Spam casserole instead.
