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A study in scarlet
One hundred years ago, the first all-red telephone box, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was installed in London. Deborah Nicholls-Lee lifts the receiver on a very British icon
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January 28, 2026
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Having a wild time
BACK in 1994, I made a big mistake when I decided not to attend a conference titled Perennial Perspectives at Kew.
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January 28, 2026
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Offaly good
Forget fillet and pass on plastic-wrapped cuts: taking a nose-to-tail approach to dining offers the ultimate in magnificent, fully immersive eating, advocates
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January 28, 2026
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A ghost in the gloaming
The spectral emergence of a barn owl, silently drifting across the sky at dusk, is one of Britain's most magical sights. We must treasure their dwindling numbers
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January 28, 2026
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In the hot seat
A pair of comfortable Gonse chairs brought last year's sales to a splendid end, with Old Master drawings set to star at auctions and fairs early in 2026
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January 28, 2026
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A few of my favourite things
Born in Northern Ireland, food writer Diana Henry studied English Literature at the University of Oxford and was a BBC television producer for more than a decade, before following her taste buds around the world and starting to write. She has published 11 cookery books—her latest is Around the Table: 52 Essays on Food & Life, which gathers more than two decades of her work in one volume—and has weekly columns in The Telegraph Magazine and Waitrose Weekend. She lives in London with her children and, when not in the kitchen, can be found with her nose in a book.Edited by Amie Elizabeth White. Illustrations by Ollie Maxwell
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January 28, 2026
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RHS takes flowers to grand new venues
THE RHS will run two new touring shows in July, at Badminton, site of the famous horse trials in Gloucestershire, and at Norfolk's royal estate at Sandringham.
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January 28, 2026
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The way of the warrior
Samurai rose to be global emblems of honour and courage, but their story doesn't always match the myths they told about themselves, as a British Museum exhibition shows
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January 28, 2026
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A budding genius
Charles Quest-Ritson talks to Trevor White, whose Norfolk rose nursery is sought out by enthusiasts for the quality and variety of its stock
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January 28, 2026
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Woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown
There are welcome revivals of Ayckbourn and Stoppard plays, plus a brilliant production of a Western classic
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January 28, 2026
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Zinging in the rain
Every season brings with it distinctive scents to tantalise our senses. Laura Parker breathes in deeply
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January 28, 2026
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A fatal shot
JAMES BIRCH holds the buff coat once worn by John Hussey, the second son of Sir Edward Hussey of Doddington Hall, who was killed in fierce fighting on Foxby Hill at the Battle of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on July 28, 1643.
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January 28, 2026
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The taste of Britain Perthshire: Haggis
The ‘chieftain of the puddin’ race’ isn’t only eaten in Perthshire, of course, but with Burns Night fresh in the memory this feels like the ideal opportunity to celebrate it.
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January 28, 2026
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From lull to lift–Wessex awakens
After a subdued 2025, early smoke signals suggest a more active year lies ahead for the property market in Somerset and Dorset
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January 28, 2026
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Lucky for all
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS has been tapping into the celestial vault for inspiration since the 1950s, but the company's latest Zodiaque collection is the first to include bracelets and introduce pendants in white gold.
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January 28, 2026
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Here comes the sun
Known for lying on the surface 'sunning itself', the parasite-infested ocean sunfish is an enthusiastic jellivore that gobbles up jellyfish, together with the occasional plastic bag
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January 28, 2026
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Report raises questions about RSPB strategy
BRITAIN’S moors, especially those in the north of England, have long been a battleground between the RSPB and the shooting fraternity, but a new report, RSPB Uncovered: The Missing ‘Birdcrime’ Files, paints a damning picture of the conservation charity, accusing it of abandoning ‘its mission to protect birds’ in favour of activities such as ‘smear campaigns against anyone who threatens its status as the kingpin of conservation charities’.
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January 28, 2026
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A world of dreams
Schloss Charlottenhof, Brandenburg A property in the care of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg The desire for a retreat from the cares of the Prussian court and the formality of palace protocol created a neo-Classical masterpiece, as Aoife Caitríona Lau explains
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January 28, 2026
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Five, six, pick up sticks
Like a squirrel or a jay caching nuts, John Lewis-Stempel wanders the woods collecting fallen boughs for the fire, an exercise in freedom and self-reliance unchanged since the Stone Age
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January 28, 2026
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Humble, grumble, toil and scumble
From George Stubbs's golden vision of the labourer's place in society to Ford Madox Brown's heroically monumental celebration of manual labour, artists gave individual interpretations of work
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January 28, 2026
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Charlotte Mullins comments on Contending Group After Nature
SIR EDWIN LANDSEER came from a family of artists and was a child prodigy, winning the Society of Arts’ Silver Palette in 1813 for his animal studies, at the age of 11.
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January 28, 2026
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Kitchen garden cook Kale
Curly kale and potato terrine with buttery lemon sauce, pickled walnuts and roasted hazelnuts
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January 28, 2026
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Farmers move to tackle abattoir crisis
FARMERS are fighting back against the small abattoir crisis by building their own facilities, delegates at the Oxford Real Farming Conference heard earlier this month.
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January 28, 2026
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The legacy Ian Fleming and James Bond
THERE is only one recipe for a bestseller... you have to get the reader to turn over the page,’ Ian Fleming once told his editor William Plomer.
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January 28, 2026
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How much do you know about Greenland?
WELL now. That was, as they say, a lot. Storm Goretti, Venezuela, Valentino, Fiona from The Traitors—not for years have our heads rolled so much within a single calendar month. One item still appears to have trumped the others, however.
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January 28, 2026
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Glazed expressions
Why glass can offer the secret to creating multifunctional spaces
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January 14, 2026
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Charlotte Mullins comments on Crucifixion Mural
THE Hungarian-Jewish artist George Mayer-Marton spent the interwar years as part of the progressive art group Vienna Hagenbund, before fleeing to Britain in 1938 after the Anschluss, the German annexation of Austria.
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January 14, 2026
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Artificial sweeteners
AI is now reaching into every corner of our lives. We can -and must-very carefully choose how we engage with it
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January 14, 2026
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Peak performance
Tartiflette is one of the most gloriously indulgent après-ski centrepieces, but you don't need to have spent the day bombing down black runs to enjoy it
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January 14, 2026
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Setting the cat among the pigeons
LAST summer was one of the best I can remember for all those North American perennials that fill our herbaceous borders with colour.
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