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Glass half full: The beautifully fragile artform that has taken the world by stormCorinne Julius shines the spotlight on a little-known art form at which this country excels.
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A five-minute guide the little London engine that could (deliver the mail)This curious London attraction is the perfect way to keep your kids learning this summer holiday (and adults will love it too), writes Gilly Pickup.
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Athena: The best stage for contemporary art is inside our historic houses and gardensClaydon House in Buckinghamshire is hosting a new exhibition by White Cube gallery.
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What is everyone talking about this week: 'Tis the summer of the rural romp-fest. Meet the new Jilly Coopers responsibleA new generation of writers are paying tribute to the author whose stories, they say, 'allowed the countryside to be sexy'.
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Sir Nicholas Coleridge: ‘I went to Prince Andrew's 21st birthday party disguised as a chauffeur’The former media executive tells Lotte Brundle about working for a young Tina Brown, eating dog for The Spectator and how he definitely doesn't miss being a journalist, despite reading the papers at 5am each day.
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'Yes, it was awful, but there was also so much love': Francis Bacon and George Dyer at the Edinburgh FringeA new play looks at the vibrant, chaotic and passionate relationship between two lovers. Carla Passino talks to its creator Alistair Hall.
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The RA's Summer Exhibition is a lightning rod for artistic argumentsThe most famous exhibition in the world has been a magnet for controversy ever since its inception.
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'I wake up and still can’t quite believe that I live here': Sophie Conran on her first house in the countryThe designer, cook and gardener Sophie Conran spent years looking for her dream home in the country before finding Salthrop Manor, the ideal place in Wiltshire. She spoke to Julie Harding.
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Reeta Chakrabarti: ‘Some journalists put themselves at the centre of the story. I don’t think you should’Lotte Brundle meets the BBC journalist to talk about her fascination with the painter Amrita Sher-Gil, her shopping addiction and writing her first novel.
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The home of the 'British Oskar Schindler', who saved 669 children from the Nazis, is for sale in BerkshireSir Nicholas Winton's courageous and heartbreaking story only came out when his wife discovered an old scrapbook at the house they built together.
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‘My surname can be an asset, but it can also be a frustration’: Zoë de Givenchy on her famous fashion in-laws and love of Monty DonThe designer speaks to Lotte Brundle about her Consuming Passions.
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'My dad always said it was the blood of the maid who had been killed. The painting was like having a thriller on the wall': The art that will get your guests talkingLittle beats the picture of a murder victim as the catalyst for dining-room conversation, but, should you not happen to have one at hand, Melanie Cable-Alexander has alternative suggestions.
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Will Hosie: Are the blockbusters of Christopher Nolan the greatest artworks of our time?With 'The Odyssey', the director has not only made the film of the summer but perhaps that which best captures the anxieties of the 2020s.
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This 100-year library in Oslo is beautiful — but we won't be able to read its books until the year 2114Margaret Atwood and Elif Shafak are among the authors that have contributed works to the project, which is called Future Library.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Yikes! It's school-reunion season...For some, an opportunity to reconnect with old chums, is a fearful occasion during which old-school hierarchies rear their ugly heads. May the odds be in your favour.
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‘My wife inspired the whole thing’: Michael and Clare Morpurgo on the charity connecting children with the countryside and predestined loveLotte Brundle meets Michael and Clare Morpurgo to discuss love at first sight, the 50th anniversary of their countryside charity and Michael’s latest book.
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You can't rush greatness: 50 years of the stop-motion studio behind Wallace & GromitLotte Brundle journeys to the home of Wallace & Gromit to celebrate a very special birthday.
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A five minute guide to John Constable's most famous paintingHow much do you know about 'The Hay Wain' — the iconic, oil-on-canvas painting depicting an idyllic rural scene on the River Stour?
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Gyles Brandreth: ‘Who would play me in a film of my life? Kermit the frog’Ahead of his Edinburgh Fringe show, Lotte Brundle talks to the author, presenter and former politician about his podcast, hoarding issue and love of the Muppets.
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There is more to Lady Jane Grey — our shortest reigning monarch — than this, the most famous painting of herOn the anniversary of the crowning of Lady Jane Grey, Carla Passino analyses Paul Delaroche's depiction of England and Ireland's nine-day Queen.
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How Frida Kahlo’s life and image have become a global phenomenon — and what her self portraits really say about herFrida Kahlo painted her own image obsessively in gloriously confrontational pictures that unpick the wounds of her broken body, writes Jessica Lack.
