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RMS QUEEN MARY: Jack Watkins on the splendid ship, a true masterpiece.
LISTED BUILDINGS: Important, but out of date: Roger Bowdler examines our system of listing buildings.
THE RESTORATION CONUNDRUM: Many of our best-loved houses exist due to architects making changes, but that wouldn’t be allowed now, says Hamish Scott.
NAMING FIELDS: reveal romance and history, believes Jeremy Hobson.
REJUVENATING FURNITURE: A light touch is needed to restore furniture, finds Arabella Youens.
FRUIT TREES: Start training your young fruit trees now, advises Val Bourne.
FABERGE EGGS: Fabergé’s creations still have the power to enthral, finds Mary Miers.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Timothy Mowl, architectural historian, picks a Renaissance mystery.
COME DANCING: Jamie Blackett whirls into a reel.
THE CLA: ‘We’re the solution, not the problem’ says Mark Tufnell, the new president of the CLA.
HALSWELL THAT ENDS WELL: Magnificent Halswell House, Somerset, and its landscape are benefiting from a major restoration project, finds Marcus Binney.
INTERIORS: New Agas and beautiful baths.
WESTOBIRT: The Gloucestershire garden has undergone a well-deserved revival, says Natasha Goodfellow.
And much more…
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‘To this day, it is as attractive as when Hercules first laid eyes on it’: How to escape the crowds on the Amalfi Coast, according to those in the knowThe Amalfi Coast is one of the world’s most famed holiday destinations, but, in recent years, mass tourism has made parts of it unbearable. Here’s our guide to making the most of it — in peace and in style.
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The garden created by a forgotten genius of the 1920s, rescued from 'a sorry state of neglect to a level of quality it has not known for over 50 years'George Dillistone’s original Arts-and-Crafts design at Knowle House, East Sussex, has been lovingly restored and updated with contemporary planting. George Plumptre tells more; photography by Clive Nichols.
