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Ways of seeding: the designer changing the way we look at gardening

22-01-2022 12:00

With a background in fashion and art, Errol Fernandes brings a creative eye to designing outdoor spacesOverseeing the gardens of a city museum is a somewhat atypical post in the gardening world, but a fantastic one (as head gardener at London’s Garden Museum, I should know). Horticulture is combined with history, education and storytelling, which inform plant choices, design and presentation. Errol Fernandes, head of horticulture at south London’s Horniman Museum and Gardens, which h

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‘I want to capture everyday moments and their special magic’: Juuso Westerlund’s best phone picture

22-01-2022 11:00

The Finnish photographer on an intimate shot which captured his youngest son was unawaresJuuso Westerlund was passing his family bathroom when he noticed his youngest son, Antero, had climbed up on to the toilet seat. The six-year-old had just finished his evening bath; he didn’t notice his father in the doorway. As the boy studied his body in the steam-clouded mirror, the Finnish photographer snapped a silent photo. It would later become part of his Heartbeats collection, which is being e

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Judy Baca, the renowned Chicana muralist who paints LA’s forgotten history: ‘My art is meant to heal’

22-01-2022 07:00

Decades after she created one of the longest murals in the world, the Chicana artist and scholar is receiving long overdue mainstream recognitionJudy Baca still recalls the day in the 1970s when the curator of an exhibit showcasing the work of emerging Los Angeles artists told her she couldn’t possibly include Baca in the show. “These are only people touched by an angel,” Baca remembers the woman saying about the the all-male group of artists she had selected. The message was c

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From Nightmare Alley to Let’s Eat Grandma: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

22-01-2022 07:00

Whether it’s Guillermo del Toro’s noirish carnival, a gothic synthpop duo or the return of British art masterpiece, our critics have your plans for the week coveredNightmare Alley
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If you had to pick the best person to remake a cult 1947 noir about a sleazy carnival and the grifters, hustlers and femmes fatales who inhabit it, Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) would be top of many people’s lists, and with this electrifying new version of Nightmare Alley, starrin

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