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• ‘Imagine if walls could talk’: the comeback of the country pub

  10-07-2022 19:30
  
  Recent renovation projects reveal savvy hoteliers are doing their best to appeal to tourists and locals alikeSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityWho could forget the murals in Broken Hill’s Palace Hotel in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, or the Dampier Mermaid Inn where the legend of Red Dog was born? These far-flung watering holes are just two of Australia’s estimated 6,000 pubs, many of which have experie
  
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• The waterlily that changed architecture

  10-07-2022 09:15
  
  An amazing true story of elegant structures, aquatic plants and the Crystal PalaceOne of the most wonderful things about working as a botanist is the sheer number of plants that are out there. It is estimated that there are 400,000 species on Earth – I say estimated, because more than 1,000 are recorded as new to science each year so no plant scientist can ever know all of them.And it’s this incredible diversity that occasionally throws up something that captures our imagination &nda
  
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• Parliament is at risk from neglect, not fire | Letters

  10-07-2022 07:00
  
  The buildings will resist going up in smoke, but essential services are in most urgent need of replacementRowan Moore (“Parliament is falling down”, the New Review) raises the spectre of a devastating Notre Dame-style fire at the Houses of Parliament. There is an important difference. The Notre Dame fire started, alas like many others in historic buildings, when the builders were in. It rapidly took hold, consuming the roof timbers and melting the lead.At Westminster, Sir Charles Bar
  
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