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Why there are lies, damned lies…and coronavirus death statistics

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Every day, hundreds more lives are lost to Covid-19. Social media is awash with data and graphs, our death rate plotted against that of other nations.  And the graphs all seem to point to the same grim conclusion: that the UK is one of worst affected countries, with our death toll approaching a chilling 30,000. In … Read more

How does my garden grow? With broken fingernails, chilblains, rampant slugs and damned hard work

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BOOK OF THE WEEK  DIARY OF A MODERN COUNTRY GARDENER  by Tamsin Westhorpe (Orphans £20, 248 pp)   When it comes to gardens, no one does it better than us Brits. From Sissinghurst and Kew in the South to Harlow Carr and Chatsworth in the North, we have some of the world’s most dazzling gardens. A … Read more