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Perched above the Mediterranean on the Côte d’Azur, medieval Hyères was once home to a who’s who of Modernists, and inspires ...

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Marie Antoinette—played by Kirsten Dunst in Sofia Coppola's stunning new film—used her distinctive personal style to defy the ...

Val Bourne finds the award-winning roses flourishing at Coughton Court in Warwickshire, where the historic garden is now in ...

By Jen Murphy Published on June 15, 2025 On the road to Vișcri, a Saxon village in Transylvania, with active-travel company Butterfield & Robinson.Credit: Ivan Šardi/Butterfield & Robinson ...

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New portrait alert! The Dutch royal family have released a set of stunning new family portraits, taken at Huis Ten Bosch ...

Thinking about an article he wrote almost half a century ago prompted Alan Titchmarsh to get sowing — and he's now reaping summer loveliness.

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