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Gardening under lockdown
The history of houseplants explored with ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
The Eden Project in Cornwall
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JOANNE THOMAS welcomes the Employment Rights Act as an instrument for the much-needed revitalisation of trade union membership and activism
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JOANNE THOMAS argues that unions’ political voice remains vital to winning stronger rights and protections for working people
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AS LIFE under lockdown continues, we’ve been turning to domestic hobbies. Those fortunate and wealthy enough to have a garden have had more time to spend in it, a particular advantage in the recent fine weather.
For many of those without a garden, houseplants have become an increasing source of solace.
Even before the pandemic, houseplants had seen a resurgence in popularity, with Swiss cheese plants the most Instagrammed plant, according to one 2019 survey.
The earliest attested usage of the term “house plant” to refer to the plants we keep in our homes is dated from 1824, in a botanical guide called Flora Historica by Henry Phillips, a botanist from Brighton.
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