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London's past, present and future is hidden in the docksAs autumn beckons in the Docklands, Gio Fio reflects on what two neighbouring, yet contrasting areas on the Thames’s northern flank say about London’s knack for reinvention.
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'There was blood, graphic nudity, even a portrait of a murderer': A five-minute guide to the 1990's greatest and grittiest momentsAhead of a new Tate Britain exhibition celebrating the last decade of the 20th century, Carla Passino chooses five of her own favourite moments.
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The ghost stations of the London UndergroundWeaving alongside the ‘living’ London Underground is a ghostly parallel network of abandoned stations, former wartime hideouts and astonishing subterranean architecture. Emma Hughes steps back in time.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Why do art's insiders skip Frieze — and where do they go instead?The late David Hockney is among the artists exhibited as part of this year's show — a favourite for connoisseurs eager to skip the madness of crowds.
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Do we dress better when the economy is tanking?The seventies, the nineties and now the twenty-twenties are proving ripe for fashions that stand the test of time. Yet they also proved economically trying. Are the two things linked?
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Stop trying to make a pub something it isn'tIt doesn't need to be a restaurant. It needs to have a soul.
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If you Focus, you too can be inspired by the wit and wisdom of leading experts in the world of designThis month, events at Focus/26 and beyond will offer an opportunity to see new launches — and pick up some expert tips and tricks.
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If you want a hotel with history, then you can't put a price on funHotels risk losing their sparkle if they price out the very people who give them their place-to-be-seen allure.
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'The ground floor is a sweet shop for grown-ups': Country Life's favourite London spas and treatmentsLondon life moves a million miles per hour, so it pays to have somewhere to rediscover your inner peace.
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'We have concession rates for students and those who wear tartan': Meet the reel housewives of ChelseaThe lively Scottish folk dance seems odd and complicated to the uninitiated but is great fun, Will Hosie finds on a London dancefloor.
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A rare double-fronted home that's fit for a film star — on the street made famous by 'The Parent Trap'Numbers 39 and 41, Egerton Terrace is a standout on the London property market.
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A five-minute guide to the little London engine that could (deliver the mail)This curious London attraction is the perfect way to keep your kids learning this summer holiday (and adults will love it too), writes Gilly Pickup.
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The RA's Summer Exhibition is a lightning rod for artistic argumentsThe most famous exhibition in the world has been a magnet for controversy ever since its inception.
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From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to T.S Eliot: London Library's most literary members go digitalMembers of the public can now browse the institution's collection online, thanks to the recent digitisation of their membership records.
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'Typically British, and simply perfect': Dick Strawbridge on his first house in the countryDick Strawbridge has gone from Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army to TV stardom to life in a castle — but at the heart of his life there's always been a country home of his own. He spoke to Julie Harding.
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A billionaire's housing boom is here — and Lord Lebedev's £25 million home at Hampton Court is on the market just at the right timeStud House, Lord Lebedev's home in Hampton Court Park, is on the open market. Toby Keel takes a look.
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The Goldsmiths' £25 million London mansion is for sale, with 10 bedrooms, 2,500 acres of parkland on the doorstep, and endless stories to be toldOne of the grandest homes in London is on the market: Ormeley Lodge, the Goldsmiths family home adjoining Richmond Park, a veritable playground of A-listers, Royalty and billionaires.
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Darkness, meet light: A striking Victorian home for sale in London's most charmingly-named suburbThe gentle charm of Strawberry Vale is the setting for this house full of 'gloomth', where you can wander down your garden and straight on to the banks of the Thames.
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A £16 million 'miniature Kensington Palace' on the Thames in central London that was (probably) designed by Christopher WrenOnce part of a 200-acre estate, this seven-bedroom manor house overlooking Chelsea Embankment has hosted royalty and A-listers.
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The home of a Monty Python superstar, where Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher partied with the Rolling StonesIn the heart of St John's Wood, a magnificent period home has come up for sale that has been home to some of the biggest stars of the 1970s and 1980s.
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'For a penny, one could buy entry into a new way of thinking: egalitarian, restless and caffeinated' — London's enduring love of coffeeRupert Clague explores how caffeine-fuelled conversation in Hanoverian London’s ‘penny universities’ helped shape the modern world — and where that same spirit still lingers today.
