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A Georgian lodge tucked away on a 900-acre National Trust estate in one of the most beautiful settings in Pembrokeshire
A Georgian lodge has come up for sale on a National Trust-owned estate, just a short walk from one of the prettiest beaches in Wales.
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‘I’m like: “Give me those tights, let me show you”: Ballet superstar Carlos Acosta’s consuming passions
Born one of 11 children in a Cuban slum, it’s been 36 years since Carlos Acosta’s career as an internationally famous dancer formally began. Lotte Brundle meets him at the Birmingham Royal Ballet, where he is the director.
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Penns in the Rocks: The East Sussex garden created by Vita Sackville-West, with a little help from the huge boulders that stood here when dinosaurs walked the earth
It’s not only the pre-historic rocks that set apart the garden of Penns in the Rocks, near Tunbridge Wells, says George Plumptre. It's the fact that the layout was created by two horticultural legends: Vita Sackville-West and Lanning Roper. Photography by Jason Ingram.
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‘Please, for heaven’s sake, not a pear-shaped diamond with a gold band’: Proposal etiquette for the modern man
Valentine's Day unsurprisingly ranks as one of the top dates each year for proposals. But how to make sure you are doing it right?
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Couples are changing how they holiday — even on honeymoon
Rising costs and limited airline capacity means the current generation of newlyweds are having to think before they book.
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RW Armstrong
RW Armstrong is an award-winning family business proudly building, renovating and refurbishing the finest residences across the South of England.
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Part Scottish castle, part French chateau, part Gothic fantasy: The $60 million home in the heart of the wealthiest village in Texas
The Lodge at Hunters Creek is an extraordinary blend of styles in a bucolic setting, yet it's just a short drive from one of America's busiest cities.
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How Coco Chanel's crush on a polo-playing Parisian inspired a revolutionary handbag and fine jewellery line
The launch of Chanel's 2026 Coco Crush jewellery collection was lauded in Hollywood, but its origins and inspirations lie hundreds of miles away, in the designer's home country of France.
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The Cotton House review: If you're going to be the only hotel on Mustique, you better be great
The definition of pressure is running the only hotel on the Caribbean's most famous island. Rosie Paterson checks in to find out how they're faring.
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Tom Parker Bowles: 'There is no dish more lusty and full blooded than boeuf à la Bourguignonne'
Our food columnist extolls the merits of the dish from Burgundy, France, and provides his perfect recipe.
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I absolutely hated 'Wuthering Heights', but the film sounds like fun — and so now I'm moving to one of these impossibly remote and romantic farmhouses
Every generation tells and re-tells the best stories, and the fresh treatment given to Emily Brontë's 1847 classic 'Wuthering Heights' will be enough to get even the strongest among us pining for the moors.
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Love is all around us, just ask the natural world
Ahead of Valentine's Day, the World Wildlife Fund wants us to celebrate the wild hearts that surround us.
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What have the Romans ever done for us? For one thing, taught us the art of seduction
More Britons are single, unmarried or living alone now than at any other point in history. Our predecessors might offer ways out of the rut — and into each other's arms.
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Love is in the air, and in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 12, 2026
How well do you know matters of the heart? Let's find out.
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Glovebox: Gaze upon the glories of the cosmos from the comfort of this Jeep
A stargazing Jeep, an electric Ferrari, an engraved Rolls-Royce and a Royal Audi. Another regular week in the world of cars.
