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'It makes me feel as if I’ve done a good job as a father and that I did the right thing in wanting us to have a house here': David Beckham on why the countryside matters so much to him and his family
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A country house near Windsor that could be straight from the pages of a Jilly Cooper novel
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The factory that once fuelled the Victorians' insatiable appetite for pianos has become a set of gorgeous, characterful apartments
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At the Snowdon Summer School, the future of design lies in the traditions of the past
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'It makes me feel as if I’ve done a good job as a father and that I did the right thing in wanting us to have a house here': David Beckham on why the countryside matters so much to him and his family
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