| Currents | Flatware: Serving the 1700s by the Spoonful A fruit spoon, handmade by a blacksmith, is the latest product from the small company Beekman 1802. feeds.nytimes.com |
The Gardens of Japan: earthly paradise Japan's social history can be traced through Kyoto's gardens, finds Helena Attlee. telegraph.co.uk |
Stephen Hawking's Universe: weird but rather wonderful James Walton reviews the weekend on television, including Stephen Hawking's Universe in which the physicist explores the idea of extraterrestrial life for the Discovery channel, and a new four-part ITV series, The Seasons with Alan Titchmarsh. telegraph.co.uk |
Gardening calendar: July 2010 week 2 Prepare to patrol your borders; project of the month and using tomato feed on late-flowering herbaceous perennials. telegraph.co.uk |
Baking the best cakes ever Baking is back. Call it a nostalgia trip, a feel-good pastime in humble times, or a desire to control exactly what goes into our food, but the oven gloves and measuring spoons are definitely out in force telegraph.co.uk |