PETER JACKSON AND PHILIPPA BOYENS TELL US ABOUT THEIR EPIC QUEST TO FORGE A FAMILY – AND HOW THEY PUT TOGETHER A CREW THAT ENDURES TO THIS VERY DAY…

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Design Master Yoel Mazur builds LEGO City racers as he tells Blocks Editor Graham E. Hancock how being persistent led to his dream role, what it is like to create new elements every day and the advantages that come with making concept models

PIPE-WEED AT THE READY… AS THEY REUNITE FOR EMPIRE , IAN Mc KELLEN , ELIJAH WOOD , SEAN ASTIN , DOMINIC MONAGHAN AND BILLY BOYD LOOK BACK AT THEIR UNBREAKABLE — AND ENDURING — FRIENDSHIP

Leaving London behind, Sophie and Richard Vermont transformed an 18th-century stable block on their farmstead into an idyllic rural retreat

This early 19th-century cottage in Padstow, owned by Jess and Ash Alken-Theasby, has lived a long and varied life. ‘It was originally a little fishing cottage, but it’s had several interesting uses si