This week in COUNTRY LIFE we are in London exploring the treasures of our great capital.
In architecture, Lord Cormack invites us into the opulent Parliament Chamber of the House of Lords, and also we burrow underground to follow the routes of some of the capital's fascinating secret rivers.
Clive Aslet visits the hallowed halls of the London Library, and Simon Hopkinson shows us how to make a proper tarte tatin.
Plus we locate the most genteel village in which to live in London - where is it?
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Can't you hear me S.O.S? Our treasured native dog breeds are at risk of extinctionDo you know your Kerry blue terrier from your Lancashire heeler? A simple lack of publicity is often to blame for some of the UK's native dog breeds flying dangerously low under-the-radar.
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'There are architects and architects, but only one ARCHITECT': Sir Edwin Lutyens and the wartime Chancellor who helped launch his stellar careerClive Aslet explores the relationship between Sir Edwin Lutyens and perhaps his most important private client, the politician and financier Reginald McKenna.
