Country Life 24 April 2019 looks at the fate of Notre Dame, Mary Quant's lifestyle revolution and East Anglian rum.
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NOTRE DAME: After the fire, architecture editor John Goodall looks at the history of this medieval masterpiece.
SOOTHING YOUR SOUL: How nature can help when things look bleak,
SUFFOLK: A look at the joys of the country's hidden delights.
RUM BUSINESS: The Caribbean booze is now being made in East Anglia.
ASPARAGUS: Melanie Johnson on making the most of this seasonal delight.
CHAUCER'S LONDON: Is the medieval heart of Southwark being lost forever?
WATCHES: Your timepiece says something about you, whether you like it or not. Robin Swithinbank explains.
FAVOURITE PAINTING: The opera singer Mary Plazas makes her selection.
GARDENS: Little Bentley Hall, where the stew ponds provided inspiration.
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Made with porpoise blood, eaten with beaver tail: The not-so-normal history of the black puddingAncient, but still popular, both very global and very local, much loved and at one point fiercely disdained. Bound up within the beloved black pudding there’s so much culture, so much history, and so many stories.
