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Tending and growing plants has always proved to be therapeutic for a troubled mind 

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BOOK OF THE WEEK THE WELL-GARDENED MIND   by Sue Stuart-Smith (William Collins £20, 352pp) Back in 1915 Alexander Douglas Gillespie, an officer with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, wrote a letter home from the battlefields of Northern France. He told how ‘a big shell suddenly swooped down from nowhere into the trench, killing five and … Read more

Windsor Castle staff tending to the Queen in ‘HMS Bubble’ are forced to spend a week in isolation

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Windsor Castle staff tending to the Queen in ‘HMS Bubble’ are forced to spend a week in isolation and pass a coronavirus test before each three-week shift begins. The monarch, 94, went into self-isolation at the Berkshire estate nine weeks ago alongside her husband Prince Philip, 98, who moved from Sandringham amid the pandemic.    They are joined … Read more