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...love affair with horticulture still thrives - an array of sublime landscapes awaits those prepared to venture off the proverbial[an error occurred while processing this directive] garden path. Classical gardens don't get much finer than those at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century, the grounds are so grand it's said they inspired Jane Austen's vision of Mr. Darcy's home in Pride and Prejudice; Chatsworth was used as the set of his house for last year's film adaptation. A huge maze, a rose garden and a 300-year-old hillside...
...From June 29 to July 2, some 300,000 oenophiles will make the pilgrimage to this Bacchanalian paradise, which has been producing wine since 300 B.C. From the bustling expanse of the 18th century Place des Quinconces, Europe's biggest public square, to the caf?-lined quays of the Garonne River, some 12 hectares of the city of Bordeaux will be devoted to gastronomic pleasures and wine tasting...
...finest in a century, heralding Bordeaux's comeback. From June 29 to July 2, some 300,000 oenophiles will make the pilgrimage to this Bacchanalian paradise, [an error occurred while processing this directive]which has been producing wine since 300 B.C. From the bustling expanse of the 18th century Place des Quinconces, Europe's biggest public square, to the café-lined quays of the Garonne River, some 12 hectares of the city of Bordeaux will be devoted to gastronomic pleasures and wine tasting. The region's 57 appellations will be on hand, including Bordeaux's prestigious reds and sweet...
...he’s a devotee of 18th-century English poet Samuel Johnson. “How many Wall Street lawyers are also experts on Samuel Johnson?” asks Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., the outgoing chair of Harvard’s Department of African and African American Studies...
...after a Soviet physicist working at the United Nations was charged with spying against the United States. And Daniloff was only freed after a complex series of negotiations resulted in the release of Daniloff, the Soviet agent, and several other Soviet dissidents.But not before spending two weeks in the 18th century jail. In his tiny cell, Daniloff was given meals of spaghetti and sugar, herring, and kasha. “My Russian grandmother used to feed that to me, so that was tolerable,” Daniloff says.A GENEALOGICAL JOURNEYDaniloff credits his grandmother with “infecting me with...