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Photo of the Day: Kew Gardens

To distract you from the rain, a Kew tree in wintry sun.

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Photo of the Day: Lazy, Hazy, Crazy….

By Rinsing Agent To remind you of time spent in the park this weekend.

The finished artwork in situ. © Natural History Museum

NHM Gets Alternative Oak Ceiling

From tomorrow, visitors to the Natural History Museum can inspect this stunning piece of permanent artwork by Tania Kovats. The arborous ceiling adorns a first-floor gallery, up above the main hall. Kovats won the recent Darwin’s Canopy competition, beating off Turner Prize winners like Mark …

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The Saturday Strangeness

95. The Haunted Tree It is said that St James’s Hospital for Leprous Women, used the site, now known as Green Park, as a burial ground for victims. Little do we realise just how many bones have been eaten by the soil of the capital, …