Joséphine’s letters to trusted Napoleon general to go on sale in Paris
Expert describes four unpublished letters to chief of staff Alexandre Berthier as ‘wonderful, intimate and revealing’
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Budget cuts threaten Kew Gardens’ world-class status
Up to 125 jobs to go at botanic institution after ministers impose £1.5m cuts despite warning of critical impact on research
Halving meat and dairy consumption could slash farming emissions
Adopting a ‘demitarian’ diet would lead to a 25-40% reduction in nitrogen emissions from agriculture in Europe, report shows
Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty show to come to London
Fashion designer’s retrospective, the eighth most visited exhibition in Metropolitan Museum’s 142-year history, to be at V&A in 2015
Venetians fight to save historical, ‘haunted’ island from luxury developers
Poveglia, a deserted 7-hectare rock believed to be the burial place of plague victims, to be leased to help pay Italy’s debts
Makeup mogul Bobbi Brown to take over Yahoo’s beauty section
Founder of Bobbi Brown cosmetics will keep her role at makeup company while fulfilling new role as section editor-in-chief