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The QUEEN of flowers
Surrey Life

The QUEEN of flowers

Be inspired by the beauty of the rose, with their rich variety of colours and heady scent, they are a quintessential part of any English garden

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7 mins  |
June 2020
ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL
Surrey Life

ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL

What makes a bag (quite literally) fit for the Queen? Gerald Bodmer, the Kenley-based CEO of leather good empire, Launer London, reveals just what it takes…

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4 mins  |
June 2020
Improve your home IN A DAY
Surrey Life

Improve your home IN A DAY

Never more have our homes been our sanctuaries and now a new service from design duo, Stephenson Wright, promises to help you find your style and transform your interior into a space you’ll truly love

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5 mins  |
June 2020
Food fellowship
Surrey Life

Food fellowship

The Clink Charity has been helping to reduce reoffending through its prison restaurants and graduate training schemes for over a decade. To celebrate the publication of the Sutton-based charity’s 10-year anniversary cookbook, here they’ve rustled up a few recipes for all the family to enjoy at home

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4 mins  |
June 2020
CULTURE VULTURE
Surrey Life

CULTURE VULTURE

Guildford singer/songwriter Riva Taylor is breaking away from her child star past with a new name and musical direction, Simone Hellyer finds out more

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4 mins  |
June 2020
Marshmallows & memories
Yorkshire Life

Marshmallows & memories

Do we dare to dream of family reunions, celebrations with friends and a sociable summer in Yorkshire? These are some spaces close to home to share with your favourite people

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6 mins  |
June 2020
Boomtime for the butcher
Yorkshire Life

Boomtime for the butcher

Hungry households are falling in love with meat as the cookbooks come out once again

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6 mins  |
June 2020
OH CLUCKY YOU!
Yorkshire Life

OH CLUCKY YOU!

The humble egg has proved itself a hero of the food chain with hens now sought-after pets. We meet the Yorkshire people re-homing the girls

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4 mins  |
June 2020
Goathland of open glory
Yorkshire Life

Goathland of open glory

Plan for this perfect post-lockdown leg-stretcher, which takes in the North York Moors, waterfalls and the odd well-known film location

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4 mins  |
June 2020
Smelling of roses
Yorkshire Life

Smelling of roses

With all this extra time on our hands, our gardens should be picture perfect come the summer months

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3 mins  |
June 2020
Doing it differently
Yorkshire Life

Doing it differently

We’ve all had to learn to live life at a distance in the past few weeks. Yorkshire folk tell us what they’ve learned from lockdown

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10 mins  |
June 2020
Culture catch-ups
Yorkshire Life

Culture catch-ups

Tony Greenway recommends iconic Yorkshire locations to visit during lockdown from the comfort of your sofa

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7 mins  |
June 2020
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
Yorkshire Life

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

The much-loved Olympian is spending her lockdown at home on the outskirts of Sheffild with a view of the Peak District

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4 mins  |
June 2020
Zoom in
Yorkshire Life

Zoom in

If you’re itching to get out and about with your camera, Janet Deacon offers a guide to picture-perfect places

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4 mins  |
June 2020
Lights, Camera, Location
Yorkshire Life

Lights, Camera, Location

Fancy having your home on TV? Louise Bates has created a business all around making that happen and Yorkshire is high on the list of favoured locations

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4 mins  |
June 2020
DIVORCED BEHEADED DIED
Derbyshire Life

DIVORCED BEHEADED DIED

Historian and best-selling author Alison Weir discusses her latest novel and her affinity to Derbyshire

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10 mins  |
June 2020
The show must go on
Derbyshire Life

The show must go on

How Derby’s arts and culture community are working to ensure there is no final curtain

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9 mins  |
June 2020
Working from home
Derbyshire Life

Working from home

Your next career move might just lie in your humble abode...

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2 mins  |
June 2020
Smelling of roses
Derbyshire Life

Smelling of roses

With all this extra time on our hands, our gardens should be picture perfect come the summer months

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3 mins  |
June 2020
Mind over matter
Derbyshire Life

Mind over matter

The mental wellbeing of the older generation has never been more important, but thankfully our care homes and retirement villages are stepping up to the challenge

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4 mins  |
June 2020
Repton revisited
Derbyshire Life

Repton revisited

John Plowright reviews Hugh Brogan’s A School in England and shines a light on Repton School’s illustrious and varied past

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3 mins  |
June 2020
No two are alike
Derbyshire Life

No two are alike

Mike Smith explores the unique and wonderfully idiosyncratic village of Edensor

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6 mins  |
June 2020
Lace up thy boots!
Derbyshire Life

Lace up thy boots!

Why crave foreign travel and distant shores when the paradise of the Peak District can so easily be yours

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5 mins  |
June 2020
Derbyshire reimagined
Derbyshire Life

Derbyshire reimagined

Andrew Griffihs goes in search of the future and finds some answers in his local town hall

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7 mins  |
June 2020
A helping hand
Derbyshire Life

A helping hand

It’s the staff behind the scenes at care and retirement homes that can make all the difference to our loved ones enjoying their new residence

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2 mins  |
June 2020
Do the white thing
Sussex Life

Do the white thing

Mark Winstanley, creative director of The White Company, cherishes his 17th century sanctuary near Lewes

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4 mins  |
June 2020
LIFE IN LOCK DOWN
Sussex Life

LIFE IN LOCK DOWN

Brighton photographer JJ Waller has responded to the historic lockdown conditions in the UK by photographing people social distancing at home

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1 min  |
June 2020
Mother love
Sussex Life

Mother love

In this engaging portrait of family life, mother-son relationships and bereavement, Nicholas Royle captures the spirit of his mother and post-war parenting.

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2 mins  |
June 2020
Out of Africa
Sussex Life

Out of Africa

The song of two migrant warblers transports our man to his days as a young naturalist

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2 mins  |
June 2020
Sharp lines
Sussex Life

Sharp lines

A lifetime’s fascination with the sharp lines of geometric patterns led Arundel-based Fraser Renton to create a kaleidoscopic collection of paintings and sculptures. Simone Hellyer speaks to the artist

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4 mins  |
June 2020