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The School of Life is an organization dedicated to teaching a range of emotional lessons that we need in order to lead fulfilled and happy lives - and that schools routinely forget to teach us

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this vacuum-insulated tumbler keeps your drinks hot (80℃/176℉) for 6 hours or cold (6℃/43℉) for 6 hours

Pleasant Place 6: Topiary theschooloflife muting the colour and givingTopiary is the practice of trimming and pruning trees and shrubs into clearly defined and fanciful shapes. As an art form, it is a type of living sculpture, and its practice in Europe dates from Roman times. Featured in this issue are a history of topiary and the changing views of nature by botanical philosopher Norbert Peeters; a conversation with Chris Crowder, head gardener of the celebrated topiary gardens at Levens Hall; the ancient Japanese