The ritual begins with local residents preparing thorny tree branches, tying them together as a bed, and securing it onto “Eight Immortals tables,” a particular kind of traditional Chinese ...

Geneva-based firm Giona Bierens de Haan has unveiled its “CEIBA” collection, a furniture line inspired by the unique thorns of a South American tree. Accompanying the opening exhibition at the ...

Share Lonely Planet’s popular online travel forum, Thorn Tree, has been temporarily shut down by owner BBC, reportedly after the discovery of paedophilia-related posts. A source said that BBC ...

2013 may be the year LP will have a new owner. Share The controversial closing of Lonely Planet's online Thorn Tree travel forum has entered a new stage, with its re-opening earlier today.

Aft hae I rov'd by bonie Doon, To see the rose and woodbine twine: And ilka bird sang o' its Luve , And fondly sae did I o' mine; Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, Fu' sweet upon its thorny tree!