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The Silverstone Classic, which fêtes historic motorcars from across the globe, celebrated its quarter-century this weekend. The event lets classic…
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Meat grilled on skewers can be traced as far back as the 17th century BC, and Homer even mentions it…
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‘An English garden party with racing tacked on’ was how Edward VII described his favourite race meeting at Goodwood. Glorious…
ByZak Smith says that despite its chequered political situation Turkey is still providing top end luxury to global elites The…
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Mark Le Fanu on how smiling overturned a monarchy and Christopher Silvester on a sharp denunciation of our blind faith…
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The 2015 BBC Proms season is upon us: a quintessentially British festival with a unique atmosphere. The programming is varied,…
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Grilled chicken with spicy lemon garlic-Serves 4- (pictured above) Ingredients Whole chickenCherry tomatoes on the vineWild asparagus, one bunch2 lemons,…
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I have just returned from Washington, where an exhibition that I was curating opened at the British Embassy. Called ‘Savile…
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Two Fridays ago I returned to London for a flying 24-hour visit and, boy, was I going to make the…
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With the weather for once being appropriate for summer, heavy food is the last thing on my mind. The appetite…
ByWe bring you a proven’al dish for English sunshine With the weather for once being appropriate for summer, heavy food…
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It sounds like a riddle, but it isn’t one: what links a 94-year-old former serviceman living in Rochester, an artist…
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As the curtains closed on a thrilling Women’s World Cup, where the US team thrashed Japan 5-2 in a repeat…
ByTim Barber looks at the rise, fall and rise of a watch brand which has seen adventure in the icy…
ByZak Smith is annoyed that women’s teams, who have just provided so much enjoyment, earn so much less than men…
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Hands up! Hedgehog has been to young-philanthropist parties. They are, by and large, horrific: stuffed suits impersonating their parents’ grandiose…
ByJohn Underwood visits Marina Port Vell, where British investment has transformed a run-down expanse of harbour into the Med’s latest…
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How do you write a blog for Food Friday about a dinner that you missed? I had headed up to…
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Chuck Close, one of the most penetrating portrait painters of our time, was not somebody I knew well but he…
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Within the art world, there are two currents which flow in opposite directions. Galleries selling Contemporary works are rushing forward,…
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