Winter and your garden Winters can present challenges to those of us blessed with a green thumb. But, perhaps, the challenges have, at times, been over-exaggerated. The Illustrated London News commented on an illustration of ‘frozen-out gardeners’ chanting out a street melody of ‘we’ve got no work to do-oo-oo’: There are few but what have heard this miserable chorus, bawled out by half a dozen wretched-looking fellows, bearing bunches of frozen greens on the tops of long poles, as they …
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Illustration of Christmas tree unveiled at Windsor Castle in 1840s | The Tatler | 11 November 1955 
Gathered around the Christmas tree | The Graphic | 30 December 1911 
Christmas at Children’s Hospitals | The Graphic | 4 January 1908 
Tie-ups for the Christmas tree | Britannia and Eve | 1 December 1949 
Yuletides of the Allies | Britannia and Eve | 1 December 1942
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Can there ever be too many Christmas decorations? A home offers ample opportunity for dressing it up for the holidays, and we’ve found both traditional and unconventional Christmas decorations highlighted in The British Newspaper Archive. Which would you use in your own home? Traditional decorations Unconventional decorations Jazz up your Christmas decorations with some unconventional touches. The Tatler highlighted a Christmas mobile in their 8 November 1957 issue: ‘Snow crystals airily floating in space or gaily coloured glass Christmas tree balls …