In the week of the Chelsea Flower Show here’s a look at the humble suburban front garden. There’s something of the irresistible force of nature in a London spring. Whereas in winter it’s all brick and bluster, spring’s fecundity of growth and blooms seem to overrun the dreary, built-up up infinity, and the buildings rather
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Human casts in Mayfair and Soho Tucked away on the western side of London’s Regent Street lies Mayfair, famous mainly for being the most expensive property on the Monopoly board- and also in real life. Regent Street’s international brand exhibitionism separates Mayfair from the more visited Soho. On one side there is brash consumerism where money
Singapore Slings at Raffles Hotel In the days when social etiquette prevented women from consuming alcohol in public, Raffles Hotel barman Ngiam Tong Boon invented a cocktail disguised as a fruit punch: the Singapore Sling. Having a Sling at Raffles has become a rite of passage for tourists and visitors to Singapore. Add satays for
Dr D in Oz 