Kew Gardens
Lord of the Plants
There is an extraordinarily dark and intoxicating scene in Sir David Attenborough’s bewitching new television trilogy, Kingdom of Plants 3D. It is filmed amid the eternal,...
Flower Show
She's Maid in Chelsea
The front of the garden is a stylised perennial meadow, with wild-looking perennials and meadow species, loose and naturalistic, and quite romantic in feel.’ Sarah Price is...
Eurovision
National anthems…
He's sold over 150 million records worldwide in a career that has spanned some 45 years. He has four Grammy nominations to his name, a Golden Globe for Entertainer Of The...
What's in a name?
The curse of the silly book...
In 1984, The Book Of Marmalade: Its Antecedents, Its History, And Its Role In The World Today, won the Diagram Prize, awarded for the Oddest Book Title Of The Year. In...
Films
The stuff of fairytales
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 3D Given the phenomenal success of Avengers Assemble (reviewed by Barry Norman next week), executives at Disney could quite easily spend the next few...
Chelsea Fringe
It's access all areas
Here we are, poised, ready and limbered up for the wonder that is the Chelsea Flower Show. Very little can rival it. It is horticulture’s Royal Ascot. The best of the best...
The Lady Bloggers
First impressions
All about Jill Halfpenny
Actress JILL HALFPENNY is best known for her TV roles, including Rebecca Hopkins in Coronation Street and Kate Mitchell in EastEnders, as well as appearing in Wild At Heart...
Garden shopping
The Lady Loves... Gardens
Above left to right: Wall candle holder, £29, Very: 0844-822 2321, www.very.co.uk FSC deckchair, £55, John Lewis: 0845-604 9049, www.johnlewis.com Eden bench storage...
Television
For the grown-ups
We're in the middle of an adult television renaissance. Broadcasters, and significantly advertisers, have seen a whole generation giving up on broadcast TV and starting to...
A feel for fungi
Make room for mushrooms!
Saturday Morning's James Martin has teamed up with the Mushroom Bureau in a bid to get us all eating more of the tasty little blighters. To get you started the celebrity...
Theatre Review
A school outing…
SOUTH DOWNS/THE BROWNING VERSION 'Will this new play be good or bad? Nothing else matters.' As The Browning Version transfers to the West End from last year's sell-out...
Home
Home Help: 18 May
It will be sunny. In fact, by the time you read this, the skies will be azure blue. So, it's time you got your Jubilee picnic stuff ready. Jubilee fever and the...
Books
Book reviews: 18 May
OUT NOW PEACHES FOR MONSIEUR LE CURÉ Joanne Harris (Doubleday, £18.99) The final volume in Joanne Harris's bestselling Chocolat trilogy fi nds the witchy heroine, Vianne...
Middle Eastern
Bethany Kehdy recipes
Bethany Kehdy’s first cookbook is due out next year and following in the footsteps of Yottam Ottolenghi she specialises in cooking fresh, modern Middle Eastern food, with...
Property advice
Broaden Your Buying Horizons
Most house purchases adhere to ‘two up two down’ convention and for good reason. Your average high street bank is likely to turn you down flat on a loan for a roofless...
The Daily
News round-up: May 21
Wine trains for BritainThe consumption rate of wine in Britain has reached such heights that many of the leading wine suppliers are abandoning traditional methods of wine...
Daily tip from the lady archive
“The charms of maturity may not lie so completely on the surface, but if looked for they are there all the same. What is lost in complexion may be gained in expression.”
The Lady. The Summer Of Life. 1st March 1923
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These unique lambswool pillows by White Cloud, the specialist in fine wool bedding, offer natural softness and support, while the crimp of the fibre helps to make the wool res... read more
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Over a chilled glass of champagne, Christianne Douglas, of Coleman Douglas Pearls in Knightsbridge, will share her knowledge and passion for pearls. You will learn how a pearl... read more
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