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Dance

Birmingham Royal Ballet (Sadler's Wells) Verdi winner Giannandrea Poesio A though Giuseppe Verdi's ballet music might not be every musicologist's desert-island choice, there are......

Gardens

Prodigal harvest Ursula Buchan I t seemed about as ill a wind as there could be. The highest autumn and winter rainfall since records began brought extensive flooding in its......