REVIEW: Where the grass is always greener
There is one modest oasis of green among the baked yellow-brown lawns which lie dormant under the relentless sun. The grass at Motcombe Gardens is still the correct English summer green. It is a startling sight to drought-weary visitors as a hosepipe ban comes into force. I only noticed this verdant phenomenon, pictured below, when looking […]
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SPOTLIGHT: Digging for history
Stand high on the South Downs at Butts Brow and you can try to imagine what it was like for our predecessors thousands of years ago. Their gaze would have taken in sparkling sea on two sides and rolling hills, curving down to valleys. Forests would have covered much of the land but the shape […]
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