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Acclaimed author Elizabeth Jane Howard said she would certainly have been a gardener had she not become a writer first. In Green Shades: An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners, first published in 1991, she brings together a diverse and fascinating selection of gardening writing spanning the centuries, the seasons and the species. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. The contents are eclectic and wide ranging, practical as well as lyrical - sh...

Bandcamp / Buy On their meditative new EP, Wading, Francis of Delirium confronts grief, acceptance, isolation, identity, change, failure, and self actualization—all within the confines of four short songs. Frontwoman Jana Bahrich and drummer Chris Hewett cast an equally wide net last June on their first EP, All Change, but it felt more like a pilot run. Not everything landed, but they generated sparks of brilliance that catch fire on their more ambitious and cohesive follow-up. Growing up the child of parents that taught overseas, the now-19-year-old Bahrich shuffled around as sh...

Many industries, including the arts and culture sector, have been badly hit by the pandemic. During this challenging period, the British Council has given out grants to promote British-Malaysia cultural exchanges and to develop innovative ways of collaborating digitally in the arts. Worth a total of over £80,000 (RM440,000), these grants are from three British Council programmes: Connections Through Culture, Digital Collaboration Fund and Literature Grants. Since October 2020,10 Malaysian beneficiaries have received these grants. “The grants will support work in various art forms ranging f...

March 30th, 2012 Given that I have to professionally wrap my head around roughly 1,267 new albums every week – or something like that – in my role as album reviews editor for BBC.co.uk, please do allow me this article of unashamed nostalgia (read: vanity). If nothing else, it’s a reminder to me that while most new music matters for a week, some from my own lifetime will sing its songs into future generations. Being in 2012 makes the sounds of 1997 seem ever so old on ‘paper’ – yet the year, for me, is yet to be bettered in terms of life-impacting long-play releases. Naturally my ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Payroll Protection Program has been a lifesaver to many businesses this year, but its quick roll out, and many generous features (including potential forgiveness) could tempt a borrower to treat the PPP as something less than a “real loan”. This, potentially, is a big mistake, as in the context of M&A transactions PPP restrictions, and the practical difficulties in working with those restrictions, have the potential to greatly slow or complicate a deal. This problem is acute for struggling businesses, who are likely to have ...