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Crunch time: a tale of two apple trees ? in pictures

When renowned landscape photographers Jem Southam and Barbara Bosworth decided to each document an apple tree for a year ? the former near Exeter in D...

Pesticides, antibiotics, animal medicines: the chemical cocktail seeping into our rivers

Rivers carry more than just water through Britain?s landscapes. A hidden cocktail of chemicals seeps out of farmland, passes undetected through sewage...

Along Came Love review ? l?amour, loss and lingering shame in eventful French relationship movie

The title of Katell Quill?v?r??s first movie, Un Poison Violent from 2010, was taken from Serge Gainsbourg?s song Un poison violent, c?est ?a l?amour,...

As seen in Canada, Charles has pushed the boundaries of politics as king ? and got away with it

It requires an effort to keep reminding yourself of the sheer historical oddity of monarchy?s healthy survival into the modern democratic age. Yet so ...

Lords watchdog investigates Tory peer over ?erroneous? travel claims

The House of Lords watchdog has launched an investigation into a Conservative hereditary peer who admitted he ?erroneously? made claims last year for ...

Look east: an exhilarating weekend in London?s new cultural quarter

There?s a collective intake of breath as the curator slowly unzips the white garment bag to reveal the treasure within: a white military-style jacket ...