He turns from a canvas (its edge a thin strip at the right) and gazes out, surely into a mirror.

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Ryl Nowell's garden, symbolising Anglo-French co-operation, features raised squares of mirror glass, a path of see-through mesh and a glass bridge over a strip of water representing the English Channel.

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Down on Las Vegas's famous Strip, I discover that the casino industry is - just like that gambler catching himself in the mirror - being forced to face up to its shortcomings.

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