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The buzz from Kew and greater goodness from Guinness

Plus France’s eternal heartsearching over its colonial legacy

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Colin Randall
Apr 09, 2024
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Inside the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, biodiversity and ecological rectitude rule. Ubiquitous signs remind us that without plant life, there is no life.

Above and outside, there are striking signs of man’s carbon footprint and tendency to pollute. For all its green splendour, Kew Gardens is surrounded by reminders of man’s inhumanity to nature.

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