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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This landmark Hamptons home, in the most expensive post code in New York, is older than the Declaration of Independence ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 35, Sagg Road is a hard-to-come-by historic home in one of the Hamptons' most desirable villages. Rosie Paterson takes a look inside. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Overseas Properties]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rY2X8pBKY9qRzFRZnKeG4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The best letters feel necessary, as though the writer couldn’t not write them': Shaun Usher opens the envelope on 13 years of Letters Live ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From humble beginnings at a book launch, to events across the world, James Fisher investigates the enduring appeal of the letter from its greatest curator. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Fisher ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pF5S2Mm8nZMaQxPFSsKQ96-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fouquet’s New York review: Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to live inside a macaroon? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Country Life's Travel Editor visits the French hotel making waves in the Big Apple. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Places to stay]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xqNQLKUW4b7g4snaAx5WBY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Thomas Gainsborough means one thing in Britain. He means another in America ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gilded Age industrialists were mad for the quintessentially English artist. A new exhibition at The Frick in New York City, focused on fashion in his portraiture, sets the stage for a revival. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Art &amp; Exhibitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Holmes ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qsFaGLNS72Zcups7ix6cg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&#039;Mr and Mrs Andrews&#039; is an oil on canvas portrait of about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the National Gallery, London. Today, it is one of his most famous works, but little was known about it until 1960 because it remained in the family of the sitters.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Portrait painting by Gainsborough ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Surrey hotel review: The new kid on New York's Upper East Side ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson checks into The Surrey, A Corinthia Hotel, one year on from its grand opening. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:45:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fMaTTLuqx5KC7jhxZGikhj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Waldorf Astoria New York review: The Midtown hotel where Frank Sinatra once partied and the salad of the same name was invented emerges from a decade-long renovation ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Owen Holmes checks into the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:12:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Holmes ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MggKDQB4y8qxGk9b2hJcpG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ London has long been the private members’ club capital of the world, but New York is finally catching up. Here are five of the best ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New York members clubs are all the rage, but apply wisely, says Owen Holmes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Holmes ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a25F3XJD8iEAcCtnWYijj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Times have changed since Diana Ross took the mic at New York’s Studio 54 club in 1980.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Diana Ross takes the mic at New York’s Studio 54 club in 1980]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘To grasp the momentousness of the reopening, one must understand the place The Frick holds in the hearts of New Yorkers’: Inside the splendour of Fifth Avenue’s beloved gallery  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-and-antiques/to-grasp-the-momentousness-of-the-reopening-one-must-understand-the-place-the-frick-holds-in-the-hearts-of-new-yorkers-inside-the-splendour-of-fifth-avenues-beloved-gallery</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The beloved NYC art museum’s ‘renovation and enhancement project’ manages to both assure and astonish. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:58:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Holmes ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HNu4aJCcCheyKy3wGquys7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It’s the epicentre of ideas, entertainment and getting stuff done': The best hotels, restaurants and things to do in New York ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/travel/country-lifes-guide-to-new-york-133565</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson visits the Big Apple and reveals the best places to eat, drink, stay and enjoy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 06:00:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:12:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N3jyw6JnfCEStPH3WBDmHX-1280-80.jpg">
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