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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'You don't want to be cast out of Car Park One, do you? A snob's guide to Royal Ascot picnics ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Sophia Money-Coutts goes through the dos and don'ts of Royal Ascot. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophia Money-Coutts ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6dnc66aAMT9DKU6edjCTM7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ John Goodall: Every attraction has a visitor threshold and pushing beyond it is destructive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Natural History Museum is officially the most visited UK museum but, this week's Athena asks, how much do visitor numbers matter? ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fvvEkNQbdXQxdMVySJBJmj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Hope, the giant blue whale skeleton that hangs from the ceiling in the Hintze Hall in the National History Museum, is a popular attraction among visitors.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Inside The National Museum]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Under the arches of the Grand Palais, Hermès proves it's the master of leather   ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Photographs by Christope Taniere; videos by Louis Sheridan. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ssL3xzBg6r8k7h7VTU6dNV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘Never back a grey horse’: Where the Cheltenham Festival superstition comes from ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Jack Watkins breaks down this piece of Cheltenham folklore, as this year’s festival begins . ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Out &amp; About]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jack Watkins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YKhYJVxvYdmEkx3yw9cDpL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Grey Teeton Mill ridden by Norman Williamson clears the last fence at Kempton before going on to secure an easy victory in The King George VI Steeple Chase in 1998.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Grey horse]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It’s come to my attention that standards are slipping': Sophia Money-Coutts on how to behave at the theatre  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our weekly columnist is calling out badly-behaved theatre goers. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Out &amp; About]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophia Money-Coutts ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/94PbwE5rcdewkiYi63ENWP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The award-winning film &#039;Hamnet&#039; culminates in one of the first-ever performances of &#039;Hamlet&#039;, but we don&#039;t think this amount of physical interaction between the audience and actors would go down that well these days. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hamnet film still ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The real rock stars: Meet the makers of the Olympic curling stones ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ One of the most remarkable players in the Winter Olympics, Kays Scotland’s curling stones are both objets d’art and serious bits of sporting kit ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:42:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Pearson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7drw35XhUXEEdBzyxDm64c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Norway’s Kristin Skaslien (C) curls the stone as Norway’s Magnus Nedregotten prepares to sweep during the mixed doubles gold medal game of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games curling competition between Italy and Norway at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing on February 8, 2022]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Norway’s Kristin Skaslien (C) curls the stone as Norway’s Magnus Nedregotten prepares to sweep during the mixed doubles gold medal game of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games curling competition between Italy and Norway at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing on February 8, 2022]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ It has been hard to keep track of the cascade of good news about the Arts, so we've done it for you  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 2026 is shaping up to be a bumper year. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:53:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DTAng83MeS3Lr4DpMLuosQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Portion 37 of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the logistical preparations for the Norman invasion of England will be on display at the British Museum later on this year.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Portion 37 of the Bayeux Tapestry]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Don’t old towns need saving? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Out with the old and in with the new isn't always a good thing, this week's Athena argues. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Athena ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zAWKjiehSWhfjhyDw5oUE6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘They don’t just fling themselves at you — they choose you’: Everything you need to know about the Scottish terrier ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From Queen Victoria and Franklin D. Roosevelt to Rudyard Kipling and Humphrey Bogart — the Scottish terrier has been winning admirers for centuries, but it is a breed that chooses its people carefully. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Florence Allen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r2A5kHpupiKGWEyGMTyZcD-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[It was impossible to choose just one... so you get four!]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[‘A series of photographs showing Scottish terriers at different ages. Adult Scottish terriers with their distinctive upright ears and wiry black coats sit or lie beside young puppies on studio backdrops and grassy outdoor settings. One image shows a group of puppies, including a lighter wheaten-coloured Scottish terrier, posed together on a wooden surface.’]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jazz music has always made a case for revolution, and we're falling back in love again ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There’s more than a whiff of swing in the air–and on the airwaves. Will Hosie explores the resurrection of one of music’s most exciting genres ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yiwh5dMm5rfj9mconZXRCU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The suits may be gone, but the sound of jazz is still soaring, notably from the trumpet of Ife Ogunjobi of the band Ezra Collective.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ife Ogunjobi of Ezra Collective performs at North Sea Jazz on July 11, 2025]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Make sure you don't skip these South of England art and history highlights  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In our final instalment of Charlotte Mullins' fifty treasures series she journeys to the South of England and the Isle of White. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:11:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charlotte Mullins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aXaYhVR89LAUM5BTgv2sLL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford looks like a place from a different time.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The seven artistic wonders of the Midlands to put on your bucket list ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In the latest instalment of her fifty treasures of the British Isles series, Charlotte Mullins takes a look at what's to be found in the Midlands. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:11:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charlotte Mullins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9cye6Fg99Q6a76bdJCmUeh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Antonio Verrio&#039;s The Heaven Room is a treasure not to be missed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A magnificent painted ceiling]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Top arts and culture things to see in Wales — that give you a real sense of our shared history ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In our series, Charlotte Mullins continues her list of the fifty most important cultural and historical things to see in the British Isles –this time in Wales. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charlotte Mullins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5cF2GK4MwivNdPjQixjpWU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Murals by Frank Brangwyn — a celebrated Welsh artist.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Frank Brangwyn mural]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scotland's unmissable art and history touchstones — and where to find them ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As part of her list of 50 unmissable treasures in the British Isles, Charlotte Mullins takes a look at some outstanding pieces of our heritage, located in Scotland. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charlotte Mullins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LT46kG4xBapLg8qRjcZM6f-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Many Scottish treasures are a stone&#039;s throw away.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aberlemno Pictish stones]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The ultimate guide to London in the rain, from the best cosy pubs and restaurants to spas, saunas and cinemas, and what to wear   ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here's how to make the most of the British capital — even when its at its worst. Illustrations by Tom Jennings. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Richard MacKichan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ytEQrEhGuBmga63rypyPGH-1280-80.gif">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What to see in the North of England if you want to learn more about the artistic history of our country ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Charlotte Mullins journeys to the North of England for the fourth instalment of our series which highlights the 50 treasure's of the British Isle's which best encompass our artistic history. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charlotte Mullins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e3yLnE8MdvkztpAeFBrQxK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Lowry in Manchester is named after the artist L. S. Lowry.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lowry]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ London is teeming with things that define our artistic history —here's how you can visit them ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our capital is full of interesting sights and objects, finds Charlotte Mullins in the latest instalment of her list of fifty treasure that encapsulate the visual history of the British Isles. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:09:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charlotte Mullins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yGtebJpZ6iGRCep6Wbub9J-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Sir John Soane&#039;s Museum is located inside the house of one of the greatest English architects — who built and lived in it two centuries ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sir John Soane&#039;s Museum ceiling]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From a spectacular funerary monument to a victory Armada portrait: Here are our must-see treasures in the East of England ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In our new series, Charlotte Mullins explores the visual history of the British Isles in 50 treasures. Her second instalment looks at the treasures to be found in the East of England. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:31:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charlotte Mullins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P9UbUXBcF9Bb53QSdbRrcC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The artistic and historical treasures in Ireland that you must visit at least once in a lifetime  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In our new series, Charlotte Mullins explores the visual history of the British Isles in 50 treasures, from Ice Age caves to Sutton Hoo. Her first instalment looks at the treasures to be found in Ireland. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charlotte Mullins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LdUSBehVigiXZ82Rz9iqf8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Brú na Bóinne tombs in Co Meath are a testament to the ingenuity and creativity of our prehistoric ancestors as they began to form permanent farming communities.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A popular tourist spot in Ireland.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The good, the bad and the overblown: Michael Billington looks back at the year on stage  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The best, worst, most underrated and most irritating performances of 2025. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Billington ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mSUZMJjdvEfDuYbs7zH2eJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Herod’s catapult has been confiscated': The Nativity play that might be alright on the night ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Never work with animals and children, they say, but surely it isn’t a proper Nativity without them? ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kate Green ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UdJtX4qYVEdeqQ48Xac65f-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Two turtle doves: Why the endearing bird is an animal for all seasons, not just Christmas ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The beautiful, soft-voiced turtle dove is a symbol of courtship and love and must be saved, urges Mark Cocker. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Cocker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ymdqGvaShaHbzeBtADPEL9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In the 1970s there were an estimated 125,000 pairs of turtle doves in Britain, now there are much fewer.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Turtle dove]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A lifelong Londoner on how to beat the throngs and make the most of the city this Christmas ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Too few people know how to do Christmas right, says Will Hosie. Here are his tips and tricks for navigating the capital this festive season. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XtDKCYravnBU8ytEkoijeC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What on earth is the person who comes up with Annabels's otherworldly facade displays on? London's most magical Christmas shop displays   ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Photographs by Greg Funnell. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vpPZLEzpzcpf6xCojg5UFH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sweet civilisation: What do you get when you ask architects to compete in a gingerbread competition? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Gingerbread City is back in London’s Kings Cross. Lotte Brundle pays it a visit. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bQhhbrXuMaje8u8ijrt5wd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A gingerbread reimagining of the Olympia in London.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Building gingerbread form on a purple background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In search of London’s earliest pint ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Early houses — pubs open in the early hours to feed and water the market trade — have been a cornerstone of London for centuries. Yet, as Will Hosie finds, they aren’t stuck in the past. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x5eHLVDGMkRKARfxFcSSNR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Better than Ozempic? 50 years of the Brompton bicycle ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Owen Wilson, James May and most of the middle-aged men and condescending hipsters you know love them. As the iconic folding bike turns 50 Lotte Brundle hops on one with the company's CEO. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Xb7biCoLeknNUY5Cj6qQTB-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Brompton have released a limited edition bicycle to mark their anniversary.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Brompton bike]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ No more froths, no more foams, no more tweezers. Classic dining is making a comeback. Thank god ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From prawn cocktail and Arctic roll to starched tablecloths and ‘nicotine cream’ on the walls, it’s out with the new and in with the old in the restaurant world ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ David Ellis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TXR2rxBhqAyXJWJEm7bcfZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mount St&#039;s retro-menu arctic roll. Can make you visibly moved after eating.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mount St&#039;s retro-menu arctic roll]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It is hard to beat the excitement of watching a peregrine you have trained stoop from 1,000ft, going more than 100mph' — the complicated world of falconry ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A combination of spellbinding sport and profound empathetic connection, falconry–a partnership in which the bird maintains the upper hand–offers a window into ‘the deeper magic’. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mary Skipwith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/McdpZMTmACe5Lg6wfbw7HB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Baby, it’s cold outside (even if you have a natural fur coat): How our animals brave the winter chill ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When the temperature drops, how do Britain’s birds, beasts and plants keep the cold at bay? John Lewis-Stempel reveals Nature’s own thermals. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Lewis-Stempel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2tsJJcP59Gf9hjADAdLbj9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dangerous beasts (and where to find them): Britain's animals that are best left alone ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ John Lewis-Stempel provides a miscellany of our otherwise benign land’s more fearsome critters. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Lewis-Stempel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zGjs4QrQn52ShFLUWNFTnB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Horseflies do not restrict themselves to biting equids and, although they rarely cause human death directly, they do spread diseases such as rabbit fever. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Horsefly]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A true gent lets his hair down on a Wednesday: Inside our Savile Row party to celebrate the publication of Gentleman's Life  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 'The party marked the ten-year anniversary ofGentleman's Lifeand it was, fittingly, a party for the ages.' ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F5ZiHvCw8PAWrC5XVZsRGM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Harold Tillman, formerly head of Jaeger and Aquascutum, brandishes one of several cocktails provided by Savile Row Gin. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[2025 Gentleman&#039;s Life party]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Best in class: This year's Georgian Group Architectural Award winners revealed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Georgian Group’s Architectural Awards, sponsored by Savills, attracted another outstanding crop of entries this year. We reveal the winners, as chosen by a panel of judges chaired by Country Life's Architectural Editor, John Goodall. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Fisher ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GdgfCiH9WodFTuwvudBKSQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘Pope Paul V remains a popular effigy today, and gets blown up in Lewes most years’: A five minute guide to England’s wackiest Bonfire Night celebrations ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The market town of Lewes in East Sussex has not one, not two, but seven bonfire societies and its celebrations have been labelled the ‘only proper Guy Fawkes night left’. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jo Rodgers ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ejLnBtwkzt6QxJNiXWjzaV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ England and the 1966 World Cup — which was stolen and later recovered by a dog called Pickles ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In celebration of the footballing talents of Country Life's guest editor Sir David Beckham, we look back at the summer of 1966, when the England national team was on top of the world. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Fisher ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZpmPNqZZDrf5TpSYoNghzK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bobby Charlton raises the Jules Rimet trophy in the air following England&#039;s 4-2 victory after extra time over West Germany in the World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, in 1966. Team captain Bobby Moore is on his left.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Bobby Charlton raises the Jules Rimet trophy in the air following England&#039;s 4-2 victory after extra time over West Germany in the World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 30th July 1966]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A handy five minute guide to Frieze — and the things you really don’t want to miss ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The London art fair returns this week. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wsRQBLtmik9SkmNn4Scka5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Gilbert &amp; George exhibition at the Hayward Gallery is not to be missed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[People stand in a gallery and look at art]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How American political refugees, economic migrants and devoted Anglophiles are transforming London ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ One luxury restaurant, apartment and tennis court at a time. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FTviRzYM9CxFZpqsfPckT4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘Sex, Money, Race, Religion’: Unlikely pair Philharmonia Orchestra and Gilbert & George collaborate on one-off concert ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The artist duo once declared music to be ‘the enemy’, but this hasn’t stopped them from teaming up at the Royal Festival Hall for the orchestra’s 80th anniversary. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZrB4JGQkwwX9CcVAWgQPk3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Nowadays, little separates the literati from the glitterati': Britain's literary festivals are this season's hot tickets ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Britain is synonymous with the literary festival, says Will Hosie, and they are only growing in popularity. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LZAaasdDjuBQo7WPaCYHPW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Actor Jacob Elordi is no stranger to a good book on screen and in real life (he&#039;s regularly photographed out and about with a book in hand). ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Jacob Elordi in Saltburn]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 'professional hoarders' that have dressed everyone from Helen Mirren to Hugh Grant, and Madonna to Meryl Streep ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cosprop in London has been the go-to wardrobe for period productions of the stage and screen since 1965. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Deborah Nicholls-Lee ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f9N6UnGpYW2FVM7CGjNZsj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Accessories Room at Cosprop is the gateway to 1,000 stories from every time, place and world]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[the Accessories Room at Cosprop is the gateway to 1,000 stories from every time, place and world]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Behind-the-scenes at the French film festival you’ve likely never heard of  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The annual Deauville American Film Festival is a French-American institution. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Adam Hay-Nicholls ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/385noYwuYzUbzarBncZ6jN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lady Bamford's next act: The Cotswold Curated Craft Fair ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The inaugural Cotswold Curated Craft Fair will bring together the country’s leading artists, sculptors and designers. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E4o4wWXtrzPH7WxE5fNVoF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mastiffs: Gentle giants revered by Shakespeare, feared by thieves, adored by families ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The mastiff is England’s gentle giant. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Victoria Marston ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ztbXapMH7go37rRvhCqJiX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A world within a world… a community with an identity, a smoothly turning cog in the wheel of royal life': A look behind the stable doors of the Royal Mews ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Home to carriages, coachmen and craftspeople, Buckingham Palace’s Royal Mews is a village in the heart of London. It celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matthew Dennison ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GoSxm8MdN5K8upui97x53c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘We couldn’t go around digging holes in existing graveyards for fear of exhuming a real body’: The man who brought The Thursday Murder Club to the big screen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle caught up with James Merifield, the production designer behind the new Netflix film adaptation of the Richard Osman novel, to chat about the murder mystery. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HrZTZsFDSbnhHwDkJTvgBh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Thursday Murder Club stars Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Still from The Thursday Murder Club]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ If there's no fish, there's no fishing, with Robin Philpott ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The CEO of Farlows joins the Country Life Podcast. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Fisher ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SuGH5hzWNFsQkMehPXu7Gf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scenes of beauty like this mask the fact that almost all of the UK&#039;s rivers are in a terrible state.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fishing on Loch Glow ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What everyone is talking about this week: The problem(s) with cyclists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Week in, week out, Will Hosie rounds up the hottest topics on everyone's lips, in London and beyond. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7Kpu4zyyWxxKZyriSSS3ok-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Two months to the Moon, three for rest and refreshment and two more for the return': The English stork success story ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Long unseen on British shores, white stork chicks are hatching once again in the UK and a colony is now flourishing in West Sussex thanks to a pioneering restoration project. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jack Watkins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tEBPqFSefgrg3PrjAFu5Td-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From Lincoln to London, the crosses of Eleanor are a legacy of love ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A grief-stricken Edward I built a legacy to love across the middle of England in memory of his adored Queen Consort, marked by 12 Eleanor Crosses. The historian Alice Loxton walks in the footsteps of the epic funerary procession. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alice Loxton ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gXCUNk2qXKgg2zXdMcX9MM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Victorian replica of the final Eleanor Cross at Charing. The original stood on the site of Charles II’s equestrian statue in Trafalgar Square.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The eleanor cross outside of Charing Cross]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pier today, gone tomorrow: Blackpool pleasure pier up for sale ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A product of Victorian entertainment, piers are synonymous with the British seaside. But they need our help to survive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:01:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jack Watkins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xi8iQkgw2aDDiTgBqYKWP4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Blackpool North Pier is looking for new ownership.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[People cycle along the front toweards the north pier in the evening sunshine in Blackpool, north-west England.]]></media:text>
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