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Broke and ill: Spanish idyll sours for ageing British expats
Posted by: | CommentsWilhermina Bickerton moved with her husband Edward from Surrey to Marbella seven years ago to look after her frail mother. It seemed like an ideal way to while away their twilight years but they have come to regret the move because of the falling value of sterling and by not qualifying for important benefits Read More→
Weeder’s digest: Tasks for late summer
Posted by: | CommentsWorried about whether you will have enough space to take potted or bedded-out succulents — naeoniums, cotyledons, crassulas— indoors this winter? Break off a shoot now, allow the wound to dry, then pot it up
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Weeder’s digest: Tasks for late summer
How to grow wildflowers
Posted by: | CommentsWildflower gardening is one of those things that gets hold of people and won’t let them go. It can become a mission, to turn us all into believers. What else, for example, could a man by the name of Charles Flower do but grow wild flowers, fully 25 acres of them, producing three quarters of a tonne of seed a year?
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How to grow wildflowers
Question time: phoenix palms
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Return of the bonus boys in the home market
Posted by: | CommentsA trickle of e-mails with the suffix “gs.com” is beginning to show up in the inboxes of the estate agents who deal with London’s more expensive homes. It seems that employees of the American bank Goldman Sachs, which announced bumper profits this summer, are feeling much more optimistic about their financial futures
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Return of the bonus boys in the home market
The impossible happens
Posted by: | CommentsWe have become used to unusual things happening, but 2009 could see something many consider impossible. House prices could show an overall rise this year even as mortgage debt falls. When the norm has been for prices to rise only in tandem with increased borrowing, this would be a surprise
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The impossible happens