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At the Snowdon Summer School, the future of design lies in the traditions of the past
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Nine of Britain's most beautiful staircases, as seen in the pages of Country Life
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Madonna, David Bowie, Elizabeth II and me — this is what it’s like to have your photograph taken by Rankin
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Retro rubbish: Waste from the 90s unearthed in 97-mile-long beach clean
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Items from the collection of Lady Glenconner are going under the hammer, including a nine-carat gold Cartier box gifted to her by Elizabeth II
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