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Gardening under lockdown
The history of houseplants explored with ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
The Eden Project in Cornwall
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
AS LIFE under lockdown continues, we’ve been turning to domestic hobbies. Those fortunate and wealthy enough to have a garden have had more time to spend in it, a particular advantage in the recent fine weather.
For many of those without a garden, houseplants have become an increasing source of solace.
Even before the pandemic, houseplants had seen a resurgence in popularity, with Swiss cheese plants the most Instagrammed plant, according to one 2019 survey.
The earliest attested usage of the term “house plant” to refer to the plants we keep in our homes is dated from 1824, in a botanical guide called Flora Historica by Henry Phillips, a botanist from Brighton.
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