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Alexandra Palace: How it’s survived fires, bankruptcy and even gang warfare in 150 years as London’s ‘palace of the people’

Alexandra Palace has suffered every imaginable disaster, yet remains enduringly popular even a century and a half after its official grand opening. Martin Fone takes a look at the history of one of Britain’s great public buildings. Dominating the north west London skyline, Alexandra Palace and its Park stands on ground that once was Tottenham […]

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Foresters Hall hotel review: The Isle of Wight’s biggest opening for a generation, with a soft spot for a certain Hollywood shark

Two Hollywood veterans — husband-and-wife duo Peter Sussman and Sara Curran — behind Schitts Creek, The Favourite and The Night Manager have finally cast themselves in leading roles, restoring and opening Cowes’s only boutique hotel. Agnes Stamp picks up her popcorn and checks in. Browsing the bookshelf in the library, I spotted a first edition […]

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2023 Chelsea Flower Show preview: What to expect from the world’s greatest garden celebration

Country Life’s former gardens editor Kathryn Bradley-Hole writes her 2023 Chelsea Flower Show preview — and she anticipates a confident return to form at Chelsea, with mouth-watering designs for productive gardens, aromatic Mediterranean planting and even a reinterpretation of the rock garden. The most recent shows at Chelsea revealed the great resilience and resourcefulness of British […]

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2023 Willinga Park Gold Buckle Campdraft won by Pete Comiskey | The Land

RINGERS WESTERN GOLD BUCKLE CAMPDRAFT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 Open: 1. Pete Comiskey, Ervine’s Just Jim 177.67, 2. Mark Buttsworth, A Little Turbulence 177.33, =3. Ben Hall, Marney’s North 176.67, =3. Ben Hall, Tarmaroo Jackson 16.67, 5. Hugh Miles, Destiny Playgirl 176, =6. Troy Palmer, Hells A Comin 175.67, =6. Hugh Miles, Spinaray 175.67, =6. Meagan Macintosh, […]

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