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Tim Burton is selling the house he shared with Helena Bonham-Carter, a sublime home on the Thames that comes with three private islands
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The garden created by a forgotten genius of the 1920s, rescued from 'a sorry state of neglect to a level of quality it has not known for over 50 years'
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Why society needs snobs to tell us that 'actually, we've got this terribly wrong'
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For every new stone mason, seven retire: St Paul's plan to save heritage crafts — and itself in the process
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Richard Mille: The man who went from carving watches out of soap to making timepieces for Rafael Nadal and Lando Norris — and built a £1bn business in the process
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The Manner review: This New York hotel is bringing the 1970s back to SoHo, one colour at a time
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Property
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Tim Burton is selling the house he shared with Helena Bonham-Carter, a sublime home on the Thames that comes with three private islands
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A spectacular tower for sale that's a blend of Victorian folly, architectural marvel and 21st century family home
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The former stables — and recording studio for the Pet Shop Boys — transformed with a magical blend of city and country aesthetic, now seeking a new owner
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A spectacular, light-filled home on the Isle of Wight where you can see the water from practically every window
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The Good Life 2025? A development promising 'Britain's greenest homes' blends zero carbon, organic allotments and a touch of luxury in the Kent countryside
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Breathtaking views and gardens that run down to the water's edge at this delightful home in Cornwall
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The transformative renovation of a Grade II-listed property with an 'unusual footprint'
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I've seen the light: How a dark and gloomy kitchen in the Scottish Borders was reconfigured for 21st century living
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'Comfortable, cosseting and far from the madding crowd': The recently refurbished Cornish cottage that proves Victorian decor is making a comeback
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No strings attached: A brief history of swimwear, from heavy skirts of linen linked to women's drownings, to the skimpy two-piece named after a nuclear weapons site
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Brideshead Revisited (again): The 10 scene-stealing British country homes from film and television
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Sophia Money-Coutts: Is it ever okay to throw your dog a birthday party?
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Tuning in with the past: Monk music will ring out for the first time since the Dissolution after medieval manuscript is rediscovered
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Puffins and shearwaters, skuas and terns, gannets and gulls and guillemots and wings, these are a few of our favourite things (seabirds)
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The red kite is a soaraway success story, having escaped extinction to become a familiar sight in our skies again
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What it's like to come face-to-face with a great white shark, with Dan Abbott of Netflix's All The Sharks
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The garden created by a forgotten genius of the 1920s, rescued from 'a sorry state of neglect to a level of quality it has not known for over 50 years'
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Alan Titchmarsh: My garden is as pretty as I've ever known it, thanks to an idea I've rediscovered after 50 years
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The Hollywood garden designers who turned their hand to a magical corner of Somerset
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Sarah Raven: The flowers I have that are flourishing superbly, despite the battering heat
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The 'Rose Labyrinth' of Coughton Court, where 200 varieties come together in this world-renowned garden in Warwickshire
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'None of this would be here had the tithe barn not burned down that night’: How the terrifying destruction of a medieval landmark sparked the creation of the magnificent gardens of Bledlow Manor
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‘One of the most effective pieces of propaganda ever made’: the Bayeux Tapestry heads to Britain for the first time in almost a millennium
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‘They remain, really, the property of all of those who love them, know them, and tell them. They are our stories, the inheritance of the people of Scotland’: The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales
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Canine muses: Lucian Freud's etchings of Pluto the whippet are among his most popular and expensive work
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‘Reactions to the French in the 1870s varied from outrage to curious interest’: Impressionism's painstaking ten year journey to be taken seriously by the Brits
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‘To this day, it is as attractive as when Hercules first laid eyes on it’: How to escape the crowds on the Amalfi Coast, according to those in the know
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The 'strikingly beautiful, authentic and innovative' Highland castle that's been saved for the ages, and available to rent by the weekend
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‘‘In the silence, it is the most perfect blue I have ever seen. If my goggles weren’t already overflowing with water I might even weep’: Learning to freedive on the sparkling French Riviera with a five-time World Champion
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'Champagne is not simply a place, it’s a symbol of excellence': How a quiet rural region shrugged off war, famine and pestilence to become the home of the ultimate luxury tipple
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Sophia Money-Coutts: When is the right moment to put your seat back on a plane?
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Food & Drink
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Tom Parker Bowles: This 90-year-old Italian restauranteur makes the world's best sorbet and granita
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Brat behaviour: The chef behind Shoreditch institution Brat and Soho favourite Mountain is running away to Wales
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What do an order of Catholic priests and actor Hugh Bonneville have in common? They helped this West Sussex sparkling wine triumph over multiple French Champagne houses
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