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  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    FT SeriesThe world’s best house museums
    House museums #71: Bertolt Brecht

    The Berlin flat of the star socialist playwright hasn’t changed since his death in 1956, down to the jackets hanging in his closet

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    Rhododendrons enjoy a Himalayan spring in Wiltshire

    This year’s cool and wet weather has helped the plant’s vigour and proliferation at a wooded haven of rarities

  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
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    The bohemian London village on the river Thames, begun as emergency postwar housing, is having its values challenged

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  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
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    How the Bloomsbury Group broke convention in art, love — and gardens

    Virginia Woolf and cohorts found beauty and passion in their bohemian retreats, but there was also sadness, as a new exhibition shows

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  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    The still lives and distant voices of old family photographs

    Deciphering mysterious faces, unknown places and unresolved history is time consuming — but irresistible

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  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
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    Jane Hartley, US ambassador to the UK: ‘I call it the essential relationship’

    She talks to Gillian Tett about transatlantic friendship, night walks with her dog, Barack Obama’s envy of her house, and echoes of her life in Netflix’s ‘The Diplomat’

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    22 fabulous Father’s Day gifts

    Because Dads deserve the best this year

    The inspiration: Robert Redford with his children David and Shauna in Central Park, 1966
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
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    Is it art — or is it interior decorating?

    When we acquire a painting surely we are asking, where could I put that? Where would it fit? Does it go with the sofa?

    Modern living room interior with a beige sofa adorned with cushions, a knitted throw blanket, and stylish abstract art prints on the walls. A large potted plant adds a touch of greenery to the space
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    European prime property
    Why Paris property is a tale of ‘deux villes’

    Prices are falling in outer areas where supply is high, but prime central arrondissements remain competitive and expensive

  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    European prime property
    Hot property: five homes for sale in the Cyclades, Greece

    From a villa on the coast of Mykonos with own private dock to a traditional house on Santorini

    The view of a town and sea from the sundrenched terrace of a whitewashed villa
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
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    The cleaning guru is back with a new eco-range, The Fill

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  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
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    Inside London’s WOW!house 2024

    The annual showhouse exhibit opens with a spectacular installation in which interiors run wild

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  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
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    Hidden treasures: a short history of the mews

    Originally built to house animals, the tiny properties are now beloved of celebrities and artists, a secluded oasis of peace in the city

  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
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    Unveiling the benefits of window shutters

    From traditional to modern, the solid screens offer privacy, security and airflow

    Sunlight streams through an ornate arched window screen into a darkened room with red sofa and two small wooden tables
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
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    Table staples for summer meals

    This selection of tableware will add cheer and elegance to every occasion

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  • Saturday, 1 June, 2024
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    How to choose antique garden furniture, from Roman to wrought-iron

    Urns, benches and tables with the patina of time can set a romantic and whimsical tone

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  • Saturday, 1 June, 2024
    FT SeriesThe world’s best house museums
    House museums #70: Strawberry Hill

    Horace Walpole’s Gothic Revival house became hugely influential as an English architectural style

    The exterior of a white castle with spires and towers in front of a green lawn
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
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    Betting on the weather for bedding out plants

    Daisies, petunias, fuchsias and salvias are ready to inject colour and drama, as long as frost is at bay

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  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
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    House & Home Sunshine Living Special

    In this special edition, explore the cultural history — and uncertain future — of the swimming pool; the joys of jamming with nightingales; and the perils of being an Airbnb host. Enjoy the exotic homes of Tangier tastemakers and glorious properties for sale on Italian islands — and more

  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    FT SeriesHouse & Home Sunshine Living Special
    Troubled waters: what is the future of the swimming pool?

    Long a symbol of affluence and desire, a pillar of Hollywood and the American dream, its fortunes are changing in a drought-plagued world

    oil painting of a woman reading outdoors by a pool in the evening; a figure can be seen in the lit interior of the house nearby
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    FT SeriesHouse & Home Sunshine Living Special
    Inside the homes of Tangier’s tastemakers

    Creatives from Europe and the US who live and work in the Moroccan city are inspired by its multicultural eclecticism

  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    FT SeriesHouse & Home Sunshine Living Special
    Landscape designer Fernando Wong: I always start with a tree

    An architect by training, he creates outdoor ‘rooms’ on tropical estates in Florida and the Bahamas

    large tree, hedges and water pool
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    FT SeriesHouse & Home Sunshine Living Special
    The joys of jamming with nightingales

    At a woodland retreat, musician Sam Lee improvises with the songbirds amid efforts to understand why they are declining in the UK

    black and white photograph of woman playing a cello in a garden
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    HTSI
    Feed your candy crush

    18 reasons why you need something sweet this summer

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Guy Kennaway
    Are you renting your soul to Airbnb?

    ‘The Airbnb employee, a terrifying figure who haunts the poor owner, can delist us with a click of a mouse and suspend our livelihoods’

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