Knotty-rooted dog's grass and meadow grass Finish:Stretched while Bobby McKinlay and Joe

while Bobby McKinlay and Joe McDonald (right) await their turn for the royal handshake

pictured in the Royal Suite of the Royal Garden Hotel

This cartoon is accompanied by a 'letter' from one of these bookmakers who says that unless he is compensated for the loss of his livelihood

Paris to Madrid Race

was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664

Knotty-rooted dog's grass and meadow grass Finish:Stretched while Bobby McKinlay and JoeBotanical study of knotty rooted dog's grass (Gramen nodosium avenacea panicula), late flowering meadow grass with a large purple panicle (Gramen pratense serotinum panicula longa purpurascente) and meadow grass with yellowish panicle (Gramen avenaceum pratense clatius). With flower details. Original: watercolour on paper. 1689