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BRANXTON, ENGLAND 9 SEPTEMBER 1513

A spirit of defiance and a mysterious culture endure on the French island of Corsica, intertwined with the timeless beauty of its fragrant shrubbery, rugged mountains and medieval villages

Paris in springtime was the perfect setting for one of this year’s highest-grossing French auctions. The location was Hôtel Drouot in Quartier de l’Opéra, a hub of salerooms which are at the heart of

CHEMIN DES DAMES, FRANCE 16 APRIL – 9 MAY 1917

Gin, witches, regicide, boats, nudists, an Egyptian curse, Spitfires, the invention of windsurfing and more writers and vineyards than you can shake a fishing rod at: this beloved English county has it all. Here are 13 stories you may never have heard about Hampshire

Prior to 1920, yacht cruising was an occupation indulged in by precious few. If you wanted to go sailing, you raced off Cowes with a professional crew and captain. The concept of slumming it in some s