Dust off the Dubonnet: old-fashioned drinks-cabinet staples deserve to be moved from Christmas past into Christmas present, believes Will Hosie

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The nuances of modern perfumery now allow a single drop to evoke an entire landscape. Amie Elizabeth White explores the native houses hitting the right notes

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France may be synonymous with fromage, but the terroir of our green and pleasant land gives rise to all manner of magnificent varieties of our own, declares Tom Parker Bowles, who picks his favourites