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I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

Andrew Doyle is an author, journalist and satirist

John Hoyland never misses a chance to scour a second-hand bookshop for old gardening books, not only for advice, but for a glimpse into past gardening lives

Barendina Smedley says there is still much to admire, four decades on, in the timeless good taste displayed in the bestselling book The Englishman’s Room

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