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Gardens in Autumn

With Gardens in Autumn, as so often in the past, Otar Iosseliani has made a delicately flavoured, gentle, charming movie, with a characteristic surreal tinge, about what happens to us when the perpetual distraction of work is removed from our field of vision. Séverin Blanchet plays a minister in the French government who has the traditional trappings and prerogatives of power: a huge official car and residence, and even an attractive mistress (Muriel Motte), although he is not a married man, having broken up with his fiancee. A catastrophic series of strikes and demos is blamed on him - though the political process by which this happens is not shown - and the minister is forced to resign. After this, he can cultivate the joys of leisure, a little bittersweet, perhaps, but no less delightful for happening late in life: these are the garden

Ashes in museum gardens

Staff at a Jane Austen museum in England have been shocked to discover human ashes scattered around the building's gardens.

Japan tour to gardens and art galleries

Springtime in Japan presents a picturesque array of colourful gardens, full of pale pink cherry blossoms and bright green new foliage.

Best Blogs of 08: Kylie Fleming, Botanic Gardens Restaurant

CHEF John Woods has cooked at The Botanic Gardens Restaurant for about 15 years which, like dog years, is a lifetime in the transient hospitality workforce.

Artists take to the trees at Gardens Magic series

For the first time in the history of the ASB Gardens Magic series, crowds coming in from the Founders entrance to the Botanic Garden will be greeted by public art installations.

Protecting the environment and building communities through arts was the theme for the Wasawasa Festival or Festival of Oceans at Thurston Gardens. more...

Protecting the environment and building communities through arts was the theme for the Wasawasa Festival or Festival of Oceans at Thurston Gardens.

The Banjo universe meets Piata gardens

MundoRare writes: "After the amazing Viva Piñata cards from the Tokyo Game Show or the ones hinting at a new Killer Instinct, it's time for the Banjo universe to meet the paper maché world!

Local sculpture finds new home in Sale Botanic Gardens

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MCC, Bengal cricket together mark first Test at Eden Gardens

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Living Green

Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble member Gloria Bond Clunie's world premiere tribute to Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" explores the experiences of upwardly mobile parents in 1995 Chicago who fear that they may have traded their kids' identity as African-Americans when they moved to the suburbs.

Silver lining for some bank customers

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (MarketWatch) -- Despite some dire financial predictions for 2009, good news is in store for savvy consumers -- if you have good credit and are proactive at looking for banks' deals and perks.

Painting MPs and media in true colours

Mr Daniel Adiala Rossvelt ‘Muafrika’ with an art work at Muliro Gardens in Kakamega. Photo/ ANTHONY NJAGI

Windies meet NZ in series decider

Substitute Jermaine Gray's late double strike gave End-of-Round finalists Tivoli Gardens a 2-0 win over 10-man Reno FC at the Edward Seaga Sport Complex yesterday and placed them - at least for a few hours - atop the Digicel Premeir League (DPL).

Invasive Ant Species Spreads Across Europe

Scientists have warned that a recently discovered ant species may soon be colonizing parks and gardens across northern Europe, including the UK.

Winter birds: Frozen feathers force feeding frenzy

The siskin, the waxwing, and the Siberian chiffchaff: Britain's birders are in paradise as the cold snap forces rare species into our gardens. What have you spotted out of your kitchen window?

Azharuddin's son for Kolkata Knight Riders trials

Mohammad Ashaduddin, son of former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin, has been selected for the trials camp of Kolkata Knight Riders on January 6-7 at the Eden Gardens.

2008: the readers' review

The critics have had their say about the arts triumphs of 2008, but what of Observer readers' highs and lows? From Dennis Wilson to the Big Chill and from Kew Gardens' Treetop Walk to the Francis Bacon retrospective, they choose their cultural highlights of the year

Bar fight: Android versus iPhone

A typical Saturday night at my favorite San Francisco dive bar: Zeitgeist in the Mission District. A filthy place populated with surly bartenders, with one of the biggest and best beer gardens in the city: An empty lot next door to the bar proper that’s fenced in from the street, where patrons sit at long picnic tables, drink, eat and smoke.

Dec 22, 2008 Belgium Unveils New Museum, Special Events for 2009

Belgium is offering a series of events that travel agents can book their clients around so they can truly experience the best the country has to offer. Belgium’s attractions include art, castles, gardens, cathedrals, festivals, beer, waffles, chocolate, and shopping. This coming year will see the opening of a new museum in Brussels that will be dedicated to the works surrealist painter Rene Magritte. The museum, located in the Palace Royal, will feature 200 of the artist’s paintings. It is set to open on June 2, 2009. For more information, visit www.montdesarts.be.

Sri Lanka's cricket tour of Pakistan unlikely

Tt was 1994 when I first wrote about my spiritual mother. I said then that Mother Meera is an extraordinary gardener, silently nourishing a steady flow of visitors to her tidy German home as though they were gardens deserving of the most tender care. Now, I add that Mother's nourishment continues as constant as rain and sunshine.

Invasive garden ants as new pest insects in Europe

Northern Europe has so far been free from invasive pest ants, but it seems just a matter of time until Lasius neglectus, a new ant that was discovered in 1990, will reach these latitudes and wreak havoc in parks and gardens of Northern Germany, Scandinavia and the British Isles.

Invasive Garden Ants As New Pest Insects In Europe

Northern Europe has so far been free from invasive pest ants, but it seems just a matter of time until Lasius neglectus, a new ant that was discovered in 1990, will reach these latitudes and wreak havoc in parks and gardens of Northern Germany, Scandinavia and the British Isles.

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