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Veteran Journalist and author, James Clarke, died aged ninety on Friday, May 17, after an earlier stroke developed complications.

Dilhan C. Fernando CEO, Dilmah Tea Writing in The Australian last week, Damon Kitney headlined coverage of a conversation I had with him a few days earlier, with my comment that ‘We’d rather leave than compromise.’ What followed publication of the story was a combination of anger, protest, criticism, misrepresentation and support; all of which […]

This weeks column looks at amsonia, beech leaf disease and The Music Tree.

How science helps us see, hear and fix things we can’t easily perceive

It’s a day of celebratory dishes, then back to weeknight cooking with pasta primavera, keema shimla mirch and more.

Exotic lumber salvaged from a remote forest in Belize is the world’s most coveted tonewood

Is the press too pessimistic about the pandemic? Yesterday, President Biden gave a speech at the White House and said that the US is on track to have enough vaccine supply to cover every adult in America by the end of May—a two-month improvement on his administration’s previous timeline. Biden announced that the federal government has taken steps to accelerate the production of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, including helping to finalize a deal that will see Merck, a rival pharmaceutical co...