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‘Large Welsh choirs have long been an obsession’: Accessories designer and ‘Sunday Times’ bestselling author Anya Hindmarch’s consuming passions
Anya Hindmarch reveals what gets her up in the morning, who her aesthetic hero is and the hotel she could go back and back to (sort of).
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The Ravenna Palazzo where Byron lived and loved is now a museum dedicated to his memory — and it's just been toured by Queen Camilla
On a Royal State Visit that coincided with her wedding anniversary to His Majesty King, the Queen found a moment to tour a newly reopened museum devoted to the Romantic poet.
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Good things come in threes: Sir Cecil Beaton's love of flowers, fashion and fabulous friends in a trio of exhibitions
It’s been 45 years since Sir Cecil Beaton died, but he has inspired not one, not two, but three new exhibitions this year.
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A 24-carat coin just sold for £20,000 — and the gold came from the same Welsh mine as the Royal Family's wedding rings
The Welsh gold mine synonymous with select members of the Royal Family are auctioning off three 24-carat gold coins.
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Film star, resistance fighter and civil rights activist: The life and times of Josephine Baker, 50 years on from her death
Josephine Baker was an American-born actress and dancer, who would go on to take France by storm and become one of Europe’s highest-paid performers. She also happened to be a Second World War spy.
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Meet the willow weaving artist whose work is popular on both sides of the pond
This summer, Laura Ellen Bacon's work stars in two different exhibitions.
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Chloe Dalton: The woman who swapped top-level geopolitics to rescue a baby hare
As an expert foreign policy adviser, Chloe Dalton's life revolved around international travel and walking the corridors of power. Then a chance encounter while out on a walk changed her life forever.
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From California to Cornwall: How surfing became a cornerstone of Cornish culture
A new exhibition at National Maritime Museum Cornwall celebrates a century of surf culture and reveals how the county became a global leader in surf innovation and conservation.
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Constance Spry, Harry Styles and rescue dogs: Florist and founder of the Wild at Heart Foundation Nikki Tibbles’s consuming passions
Nikki Tibbles reveals the possession she would never sell and who would play her in a film.
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British racing driver and F1 commentator Jamie Chadwick’s consuming passions
Jamie Chadwick reveals who inspires her, what gets her up in the morning and why she’d never sell one of her race helmets.
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Why do the English constantly say sorry?
What is that makes the people of this island so overly fond of apologising? Deborah Nicholls-Lee finds out.
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1775: The year Britain produced a dazzling generation who changed the world
From Jane Austen to J. M. W Turner, 1775 was a stellar year for Britain's creative industries.
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His Majesty The King shares the songs ‘which have brought him joy’
Grace Jones, Bob Marley and RAYE all have been give the royal seal of approval.
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The secret lives of the British aristocracy, with Eleanor Doughty
Eleanor Doughty has spent years getting to know the aristocracy of Britain — and she joins us on the Country Life Podcast to talk about their lives.
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How to leave London — and why
The gravity of the nation's capital can be difficult to escape from, but making the effort to do so can be entirely worth it.
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‘The original plan was just to buy a Land Rover and go on a trip’: Why Tati Reed and a battered Land Rover might be the only honest thing on the internet
The secret to gaining 450,000 followers in less than two years might just be breaking down a lot in an old Defender.
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Prophet, playboy, and provocateur: How meeting Peter Beard changed my life
Peter Beard's dramatic, bloody artwork and drug-fuelled partying might've shocked American society, but is was 'desperately important' to his biographer who recounts meeting him, aged 78, at the artist and diarist's Montauk home.
