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JIM CRUMLEY: Snow, swans and a far from bleak midwinter by Jim Crumley © Shutterstock / Maciej Olszewski A whooper swan. YOU know the song of course, or at least the first verse: “In the bleak midwinter, Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone, Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.” Christina Georgina Rossetti’s verse displays a poetic verve a cut above the humdrum hymn-cum-carol in the Church Hymnary. Poetry was her day job, after all. I love “Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow.” The word “snow�...

Lewis then spent 18 months working alongside Christopher and baker Ron Lacey to learn his trade. Ron, like many of the 50 staff has worked at Dunns for decades, across bread, patisserie, confectionery & pastry, cake decoration, sandwiches and the shop floor. “We have a fantastic team, with a range of skills from masters of their trades to school children working at weekends,” says Lewis. Dunns circa 1900 - Credit: courtesy of Lewis Freeman Hornsey-raised Rebecca Stapleton, 34, has worked there since she was 16 - from a Saturday job with school holiday shifts, to supervisor and now manage...

Listed properties for sale From a Grade 1-listed 1780s townhouse in Bath with panoramic views over the surrounding hills, to a Grade II-listed 16th-century house with Victorian additions in Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire, eight of the best listed properties on the market right now. 11 Dec 2020 Folgate Street, Spitalfields, London E1. A Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse in the centre of Spitalfields, set on a side street just off Bishopsgate. The house is arranged over six floors and retains a wealth of period features, including shuttered sash Folgate Street, Spitalfields Next1/8 Lyndal...