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Sneeringly dismissed as a middle-class commuterland cliché, Surbiton is actually a rather lovely place to live, work or take a break

The Madding Crowds performance of A Georgian Christmas raised £700 for the restoration of the bells in Ropley Church.

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Ursula von der Leyen is like those Americans who, due to the sheer speed at which they "do" Yurrup, makes her fall victim to the "if its Tuesday it must be Naples" syndrome. Ask the men who run the Thames pleasure boats. They say that confusion between the Tower of London and the Leaning Tower of Pisa is common place.

Terence Donovan's editorial photography captured the 1960s’ spirit like nobody else, photography historian Robin Muir tells David Clark. 

'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' author Thomas Hardy is best known for his novels of rural realism, but he started out as an architect.

The rhythms and rituals of rural life have seldom been conspicuous in British cinema. But in this feature from our August 2010 issue, Rob Young looks back to feature films of the 1960s and 70s, and to documentaries across the decades, and finds that traces of the ‘old, weird Britain’ can still be unearthed.

A major rewilding project at the Mapperton estate in West Dorset is being featured in a BBC One documentary this week.

A major rewilding project at the Mapperton estate in West Dorset is being featured in a BBC One documentary this week.

Almost overnight, as 1967's Summer of Love took hold, Pucci sheaths, calf-high boots, and bouffant hair made way for flowing skirts, velvet bell-bottoms, and long, straight tresses or exuberant Afros. Listening to an era's icons—Judy Collins, Mia Farrow, Gloria Steinem, and more—SHEILA WELLER reconstructs a fashion revolution