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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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'I sent my husband to buy a dining table. He came back with a vast statue of a lady on a horse': Oka founder Sue Jones on her first house in the countrySue Jones, co-founder of the hugely successful interiors company Oka, on her beautifully secluded house in the country.
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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.
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These are a few of Sarah Corbett-Winder's favourite thingsThe fashion stylist and 'bonkers mother of three' talks to Amie Elizabeth White about Gucci, sausage dogs and scent. Illustrations by Bryony Fripp.
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‘I see a snail, and I feel no animosity towards it. I'm perfectly happy for it to continue being a snail without being on my plate’: George the Poet’s Consuming PassionsLotte Brundle chats to the spoken-word artist about his most memorable meal, starting his career aged 15 and swapping grime music for poetry.
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What has the USA ever done for us? Quite a lot, as it turns outLet us give thanks for an open-hearted culture that will endure long after the politics have faded.
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'I climbed trees, built treehouses and had a sandpit — bucolic bliss': Timothy Bentinck, better known as David from 'The Archers', on his first house in the countryThe actor Tim Bentinck grew up in an idyllic spot in the country, but he almost became a real-life farmer on the other side of the globe. He spoke to Julie Harding.
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Anish Kapoor's five best, and most bonkers, installationsOur Art and Antiques Editor Carla Passino chooses five of her favourite installations from the British-Indian sculptor's new exhibition.
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The allure of irises lies not in their botany, but in their ability to express emotionThe striking iris, with its infinite palette of colours and habitats, has bloomed on the Great Sphinx of Giza, on Roman standards and in paintings from Leonardo da Vinci to Vincent van Gogh.
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A red sky at night is a delight for shepherds, writers and artists alikeA glowing red sky, shot with crimson and copper and streaked with the dusky blush of sunset, is a spectacle that has spellbound writers and artists since the dawn of time
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Jim Chapman: ‘I once signed an autograph as Andrew Garfield by accident’The YouTuber and creative chats to Lotte Brundle about moving to the countryside, content creators today and why he doesn’t read his own press.
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Monaco's answer to Scotland's NC500 is proof that it's the Riviera’s new culture capitalSteven King makes the case for walking the Principality’s open-air sculpture trail.
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What David Hockney said about art was rightThis week's Athena looks back at what the famous artist thought about his artform.
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'Culture is fundamental to how we think of ourselves': The head of the Courtauld Gallery on The Arts, AI and the impoverishment of the public realmErnst Vegelin van Claerbergen talks to Carla Passino how our approach to culture can define British identity, what makes him optimistic about the future and why he’s looking forward to the sounds of diggers and jackhammers.
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The Church of Scotland is perpetrating cultural blackmail on us all by threatening to sell St Marnock'sThe potential sale of a Scottish church would be extremely disappointing, notes Athena.
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From a white horse to a concrete house: Five major milestones in English art historyCharlotte Mullins, author of 'The Art Isles: A 15,000-year story of art in Britain and Ireland', looks at some of England's most vital artworks.
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‘They’re brilliantly bonkers, but who on earth would build a pier today?’In the face of ferocious storms and changing visitor tastes, how can the British pier survive and flourish over the coming decades, asks Jonathan Lee.
