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Streets of purple haze: how the South American jacaranda became a symbol of Australian spring

Jacaranda season is beginning across Australia as an explosion of vivid blue spreads in a wave from north to south. We think of jacarandas as a signature tree of various Australian cities. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth all feature avenues of them.

The Conversation

Kew Gardens’ Alexandre Antonelli: ‘We may be losing species before we even notice them’

Ahead of the organisation’s report into the state of our flora and fungi, its director of science talks about his work as a biogeographer and how our diet can make a difference

The Guardian - UK

‘Mind-boggling’ palm that flowers and fruits underground thrills scientists

New species named Pinanga subterranea as Kew botanists admit they have no idea how its flowers are pollinated

The Guardian - UK

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Hawthorn, Kew: ‘It aims to fill and soothe’ – restaurant review

This is fine dining, but not of the painful sort when, by course nine, you wonder when real dinner will get going

The Guardian - UK

Intense downpours in the UK will increase due to climate change – new study

In July 2021, Kew in London experienced a month’s rain in just three hours. Across the city, tube lines were suspended and stations closed as London experienced its wettest day in decades and flash floods broke out. Just under two weeks later, it happened again: intense downpours led to widespread…

The Conversation

Victorian architecture’s lost giant, Decimus Burton, finally regains recognition

The designer of the glasshouses at Kew Gardens fell out of favour – but supporters of a new museum hope to change all that

The Guardian - UK

New Labour's woolly jumper bans and ‘ghastly’ away days revealed in archives

THE latest release of files from the National Archives in Kew have revealed new insights into the important business of government.

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‘Queen’s hedgehog’ fungus among 2022’s new discoveries recorded by Kew

Scientists at Royal Botanic Gardens say naming new species is part of global effort to protect Earth’s biodiversity

The Guardian - UK

Footage Shows A Melb Billionaire’s Dinner Guests Hid From Police Mid-Lockdown But No One Got Fined

Footage has emerged of Melbourne billionaire Anthony Pratt‘s dinner party during lockdown 2021 and, wouldn’t you know it, Victoria Police has ruled out taking any action against him.Police were called to the Kew mansion of the recycling and packaging billionaire on July 23, 2021 after neighbours dobbed him in for flouting…

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Police rule out action on party at billionaire’s mansion during Victorian lockdown

Officers attended the Kew residence of recycling magnate Anthony Pratt at the time but say further action impossible as ‘statute of limitations has expired’

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne’s eastern suburbs are ground zero in battle for Liberal party’s future

Hawthorn and Kew seen as vital seats for the Victorian Liberals, still reeling from their federal election rout

The Guardian - AU

Independent candidates take on high-profile Liberals in Victorian state election, but can the 'teal wave' be recreated?

The success of "teal" independents in blue-ribbon federal seats has spurred another wave of community independents in Victoria. But without a federal Liberal government to campaign against, will the teals have as much success at the local level?

ABC News

New Cold War papers show just how far Britain has come on LGBT issues

Today MI5 is releasing a massive number of its historical files into the National Archives at Kew. Among them are papers telling for the first time the inside story of its investigation of John Vassall — the notorious KGB spy in the Admiralty until his arrest in 1962.

Evening Standard

My London: Jeff Bridges

The Dude always goes straight from Heathrow to Kew Gardens, fancies a move to the London Eye and thinks our hash browns are things of wonder

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The Independent UK

Prescott ‘did nothing wrong’ over Clapham flat fiasco, Blair told Tory MP

Files released by the National Archives in Kew reveal how the Prime Minister backed his deputy amid allegations of a conflict of interest.

The Independent UK

New giant waterlily and ‘botanical wonder of the world’ discovered in Kew

Scientists have found a new, unique species.

The Guardian - UK

Newly identified waterlily species is world’s largest

Leaves of species grown at Kew Gardens can reach up to three metres in the wild

ABC News

Trio jailed over elaborate Melbourne roofing scam that fleeced elderly home owners of $434,000

From February to May 2020, the men approached home owners in wealthy Melbourne suburbs such as Kew, Hawthorn and Camberwell, pretending to be contractors and offering to fix faults in their roofs.

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Evening Standard

Storm Eunice: London battens down hatches as 70mph gusts approach amid rare red weather warning

The London Eye and Kew Gardens are shutting as Network Rail said disruption is ‘inevitable’

The Independent UK

Kew Gardens’ orchid festival to showcase stunning Costa Rican blooms

This year’s Kew Gardens’ orchid festival will exhibit some of Costa Rica’s most beautiful flowers, art, and folk dance from Friday.

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