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Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

For Batia Ofer, the Art of Wishes founder and Royal Academy Trust chair, a magnificent Madrid property and its expansive gardens offered a blank canvas for a beautifully curated display of art

I’ve just returned from three magical days in the Lake District. Craggy mountains, mist over the fells, and the gentle hum of a Herdwick sheep or two. I stayed near Hill Top, once home to Beatrix Pott

Lee Miller threw herself into life, dancing at Surrealist balls, taking fashion to Blitz-torn streets and dreaming up blue-spaghetti recipes, all the time intoxicating men and fighting inner demons, as Mary Miers reveals

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