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This Russian firm beat better-known Lada to the UK market. What the cars lacked in style and sophistication they made up for in ruggedness

A lifelong love of follies inspired the chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum to send a daring email to royalty's favourite architect

Gunton Park in Norfolk has been recognised with a national award for its 25-year restoration project.

Country Life Trending: The Summer House folly at Warnford Park, Hampshire. ©James McDonald The Summer House at Warnford Park is an 18th-century bath house in a quiet corner of Hampshire that has found a new life as an idyllic weekend retreat, discovers Cosmo Brockway. What do an Irish countess, an American decorator and a Catalan lampshade designer have in common? They have all had a hand in the fortunes of one of England’s most romantic follies. The Summer House, hidden away in Ham...

Strictly Come Dancing star Daisy Lowe is distraught after witnessing a thug kick her beloved pet dog into the air while she was taking him for a walk in the park. The lingerie model says her white Maltese terrier, Monty, was left with a broken knee, severe bruising and suspected internal bleeding after the horrific attack. ‘He kicked my dog in the stomach, who went flying,’ she says. ‘I really wish I had caught that horrible man.’ The incident happened earlier this week in Primrose Hill...

While we must wait to sun ourselves in the Mediterranean, Sir Mick Jagger is already there. And now his girlfriend, Melanie Hamrick, appears to have joined him. British tourists have been forbidden from entering Italy since December but the singer, 77, sneaked into Sicily before the ban. This week, Hamrick, a 34-year-old American ballerina, shared this photo of herself sunbathing. Mick Jaggers ballerina girlfriend Melanie Hamrick has joined him in Sicily this week and (right) the couples son De...