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The Oldest Sweet Shop in the world is a child’s dream and a dentist’s nightmareIt's got everything bar the Oompa Loompas. Harry Pearson pops in to the Yorkshire shop.
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Time well spent: The watch adverts from the Country Life Archive that chart 130 years of styleRosie Paterson uncovers 11 outstanding watch adverts from the Country Life Archive.
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How to cook up a storm with courgette flowers, the most delicate summer blossomsMelanie Johnson serves up two recipes that solve the pesky problem of what to do with your courgette flowers.
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'Their place in the hierarchy of a house has risen from faithful and obedient servant to kingpin': Grand Designs for your dogInteriors are evolving to accommodate the new roaming rights afforded to our four-legged friends.
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Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio: Help, I am covered in beesAlfa's rear-wheel drive super saloon is an overwhelming sensation. More please.
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Britain's founding father of narrative satire was obsessed with a pug called TrumpWilliam Hogarth owned several different pugs through his life, but his favourite was one called Trump.
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In a museum or on Zendaya: What to do with 3,000-year-old earringsDoes archival fashion belong on bodies or behind glass?
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'Caesar’s primary motive for invading Britain was that the country was a major source of saltwater pearls': A five-minute guide to Britain's best natural jewelRosie Paterson and Jonathan Self share some pearls of wisdom.
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In the great battle between Jaguar, Porsche and Lotus, which will win?Back in October 1985, David Tomlinson put the Jaguar XJS, the Lotus Esprit and the Porsche 944 through their paces in central Wales.
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'Doggy clothing is tragic': William Hanson's 39 steps to being a good dog ownerEtiquette? More like pet-iquette.
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Meet clownish, curious and charming Peggy, Britain's naughtiest dogThis bouncy miniature bull terrier also operates as a fiendish whirlwind of destruction.
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Feeling hot hot hot this summer? There's no cooling down with Britain's finest 'chilli-makers'Hot sauce is more mainstream than ever and it is, literally, addictive. Ben Lerwill meets the best makers in the UK.
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Can you put a price on loving your dog? Yes, it's £10 billionHow do we defend spending so much money on our four-legged friends? It's easy. It's because we love them very much.
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Plutocrats, presidents and pioneers: The watch maketh the man — or is it the other way round?The greatest watches ever made were often worn by the greatest men in history — but did the wearers bestow greatness upon the timepiece or vice versa?
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The Hippie Porsche is the pinnacle of performance and psychedelic powerA car developed to dominate Le Mans was revolutionary in more ways than one, and once again set tongues wagging at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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From wet shirts to war-worthy kilts, the costumes of Britain's best-loved dramas are worth a fortuneThe star power of film and TV costumes should not be overlooked.
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Sleek like a missile and just as fast: the JCB Hydromax prepares to break new barriers at BonnevilleForget traffic jams and diggers full of rubble, JCB is once again after a land-speed record, powered by nothing but hydrogen.
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Shakespeare, James I and Britain's Golden Age of men's jewelleryIn 16th- and 17th-century Britain, nothing communicated a man's power, wealth and love more eloquently than bejewelled hatbands, scent bottles, swords, belts, daggers and garters.
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From fresh Whitstable oysters to cracking claws in the Hebrides: Britain’s best coastal restaurantsHere are 15 of our favourite spots for a seaside feast.
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Britain's gold rush is very bad news for vintage and luxury watchesThe high price of gold is melting horological history, finds Amie Elizabeth White.
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Tom Parker Bowles: Ceviche may be minimalist, but it's a bona-fide masterpieceBring a touch of Peruvian zing to your table this summer with a dish of sparklingly fresh, zesty ceviche.
