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High winds during El Niño could be deadly for England’s stressed trees, say experts

Head of tree collections at Kew ‘very worried about this autumn’ as hot, dry summer has caused brittleness

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1

Heatwaves: why British trees are shedding branches and dying

If you visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, on the edge of London, you will see a brightly painted skeleton of a dead oak tree. The tree, known as the climate changed oak, succumbed in the heatwave of 2022. Instead of removing it, Kew left it in place as…

The Conversation · Jul 9

Country diary: A chilly tour of our historic churches (while the tourists are away)

St Kew, Cornwall: Midwinter is the best time for us to visit heritage sites and speculate on legends, starting at the secluded St Winnow’s church

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15

Spring flowers: 10 of the best places in the UK to see them bloom

Witch hazel and snowdrops, hellebores and daffodils – with the country set to burst into bloom, we find the best of the season’s first offerings

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2024

Three festive London walks to spot Christmas trees in the wild from Soho to Kew

Christmas tree too big for your space? Spruce up your winter with a walk around a pinetum

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2023

London Underground ridership surges as capital gears up for Christmas

Christmas at Kew, Battersea Park's fireworks and the West End's Black Friday sales have all led to spikes in Tube travel

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2023

Sought-after coins going under the hammer in Royal Mint auction

Highlights include a Kew Gardens gold 50p and a one kilo gold Queen’s Beasts coin.

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023

Kew Gardens Christmas lights 2023: Dates and how to get tickets

The festivities have begun in south-west London but tickets for the annual spectacle of light and natural beauty are disappearing fast

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2023

Rare 50p coin is worth 120 times its value and thousands are in circulation

The coin is more unique than the rare Kew Gardens piece

Liverpool Echo · Jul 11, 2023

'Madness stripped away the niceties': Tara Calaby imagines herself into a 19th-century asylum

Kew Asylum, when it opened in 1872, was the larger of two public institutions in wider Melbourne that housed people with mental illness. Grand and imposing, it opened a few years after the overcrowded Yarra Bend Asylum.

The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023