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Mission Impossible
The gardens of Villa Frere, Pietà, Malta IN 1930, COUNTRY LIFE published a glowing article about the famous gardens at Villa Frere in Malta that had been created by the English diplomat John Hookham Frere (1769–1846). He had retired to Malta in 1820
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A Love Supreme
AN artists’ society seems an unlikely setting for romance, but it’s there that Emily Coppin (about 1803–85) met fellow painter Joseph Stannard (1797–1830) and fell in love. She was a young, but acclaimed painter of floral still lifes. He was an accom
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‘Eating Is An Agricultural Act’
THE public cannot fail to be aware of farmers now, following the protests about agricultural property relief, with banners proclaiming ‘No Farmers, No Food’. Among all the claims and counterclaims, this is one statement that is obviously correct, but

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