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Showing reviews for April 2010.

The Ivington Diaries

by Monty Don on 06 April 2010

Monty Don and his wife Sarah moved into their semi-derelict farmhouse at Ivington, England,  in 1992, and their garden is the most tangible symbol of the spectacular way in which they have since thrived. Springing with amazing vigour from the soil behind the house, this space has been central... more


Talking about Jane Austen in Baghdad : the true story of an unlikely friendship

by Bee Rowlatt & May Witwit on 27 April 2010

May is a tough-talking, hard-smoking, lecturer in English. An Iraqi from a Sunni-Shi'ite background living in Baghdad,  she dodges bullets before breakfast, bargains for high heels, and battles through blockades to reach her class of Jane Austen-studying girls. Bee, is a London mum of... more


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