In times of crisis everyone has a cup of tea & in the darkest days of the War it was recognised that this most British of habits had to be protected. This illustrated map, packed with details of the journey from bush to pot was published to celebrate the culture & history of the much loved drink & to remind people that their cuppa was secur ...

Teas are now being acclaimed as superb roses for warm gardens. Bred for a century or so from 1820, they were descended mainly ...

Well-received drama based on the childhood memories of director Franco Zeffirelli. It is Florence, 1934. A diverse group of women meet each afternoon for tea. There is Lady Hester Ransom (Maggie Smith), widow of the British Ambassador to Italy; Arabella (Judi Dench), a singer & artist; Georgie (Lily Tomlin), an eccentric American archaeologist; Elsa (Cher), also an American, & brash & reckless with it; & finally Mary (Joan Plowright), who has virtually adopted a young Italian boy named Luca. As the political climate shifts towards fascism, the ladies must face some inevitable changes, & Luca must face his own responsibilities. ...

Pair of feel-good movies in the vein of what is now commonly referred to as 'the chick flick': ' Tea With Mussolini' (1999) is a drama based on the childhood memories of director Franco Zeffirelli. In 1934 Florence, a diverse group of women meet each afternoon for tea. There is Lady Hester Ransom (Maggie Smith), widow of the British Ambassador to Italy; Arabella (Judi Dench), a singer & artist; Georgie (Lily Tomlin), an eccentric American archaeologist; Elsa (Cher), also an American, & brash & reckless with it; & finally Mary (Joan Plowright), who has virtually adopted a young Italian boy named Luca. As the political climate shifts towards fascism, the ladies must face some inevitable changes
- & Luca must face his own responsibilities. In ' How to Make an American Quilt' (1995), Winona Ryder plays a young graduate who is spending the summer with her grandmother & great aunt in order to finish her thesis & mull over a marriage proposal. Complications arise when she meets sexy Leon
- & to help her decide who to plump for, the women of her grandmother's quilting circle tell stories of their own lives & loves.

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The range of the book: from wartime England to colonial Assam; from sapper training in India to jungle warfare in Malaya
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