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Riverhill Himalayan Gardens: Views For Miles, But Be Prepared To Climb

The Little Everest viewpoint at Riverhill Himalayan Gardens Anyone local who s ever ridden a chugging double decker bus or, heaven forbid, cycled up Riverhill, can vouch for the Himalayan-esque heights it reaches. At the very top, as wheezing bus engines are at the point of gasping their last breath, a sign indicates the Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, luring explorers around a sharp bend, behind an intriguing hedge and into a gardener s paradise. Located in Sevenoaks, Kent, we re not quite in authentic Himalayan territory. The 12-acre gardens take their name from the Little Everest viewpoint located at the top of the hillside property, as well as the yeti which roams the grounds.

Covid-19 lockdown: The deer in the forest have been roaming around the lawn

Covid-19 lockdown: The deer in the forest have been roaming around the lawn By Colm Kelpie image copyrightLough Eske Castle image captionLockdown has seen deer roam around the lawn in front of Lough Eske Castle in County Donegal Keeping mothballed properties in good nick during lockdown has been difficult and at times ever-so-eerie for some of those tasked with the job. Hotels across the island of Ireland have had their doors shut to holidaymakers for almost five months now, but the task of keeping them polished, cobweb-free and maintained has been continuing. And often with just a handful of staff.

Anthony Thwaite, scholar, editor and gifted poet in his own right who was best known as the guardian of Philip Larkin s legacy – obituary

Anthony Thwaite, scholar, editor and gifted poet in his own right who was best known as the guardian of Philip Larkin s legacy – obituary
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Limited Editions of Emma and Sherlock Holmes Are Coming

Thomas Nelson/Amazon The publisher has already revamped other classics for its Winter and Summer lines, and this one promises to be just as exclusive. There will only be 10,000 copies made of each title, and they ll all be numbered for authenticity. Each one features a green laser-cut top cover, with a unique second cover underneath. The cuttings are designed to bring a scene from the book to life, like an intricate recreation of Notre Dame cathedral for Hunchback or a behind-the-back look at Sherlock Holmes, pipe and all. To explore the whole Spring edition collection, head on over to Amazon.

Illustrated Book Tells the Stories Behind Important Female Authors

Kaley Bales/Chronicle Books/Amazon In 1835, Charlotte Brontë took up teaching at West Yorkshire’s Roe Head School, where she herself had been a student several years earlier. To say she disliked the gig would be an understatement. “Am I to spend all the best part of my life in this wretched bondage,” she wrote in her journal in August 1836, “forcibly suppressing my rage at the idleness, the apathy, and the hyperbolical and most asinine stupidity of these fat-headed oafs, and on compulsion assuming an air of kindness, patience, and assiduity?” What she really wanted to do was write, which, as we know, she eventually did. But it wasn’t an easy road, in large part because she was a woman. Poet laureate Robert Southey once told her that “literature cannot be the business of a woman s life, and it ought not to be.”

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