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Two children holding hands approach English garden

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THE ENGLISH GARDEN Part 1

THE ENGLISH GARDEN Part 2

Girl and horse

Protecting Animals

THE UNSTOPPABLE RICHARD MARTIN AND THE RSPCA

Gerald Durrell lovingly holds tiny monkeys

Gerald Durrell

HIS FAMILY OF ANIMALS

His mission is to save animals from extinction, a vocation that begins when he is a boy.

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Glass of whisky and fire in hearth

SIPPING WHISKY

FUTURE FEATURES

STYLE AT HOME

From cottage to castle, from Windsor to Bombay, Brits have a way of being comfortably ensconced at home wherever they happen to land.  They display a quintessential flair for furnishings, perhaps particularly in tents on camping expeditions.

FANTASTIC FASHION

Cashmere capes, patent leather Chelsea boots, and tartan mini-skirts with velvet jackets – when Boho-hippy and Highland plaids bewitch Savile Row, Brit traditional goes romanticf.

ALL THINGS BRIGHT, MUDDY, AND BEAUTIFUL

Of horses, dogs, and country living – the modern mystique and the ancient, enchanted ways.

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English bulldog puppy

 

Aston Martin

TAKE OFF IN A
BRITISH SPORTS CAR

 

James Bond in a black suit

THE BLACK SUIT

 

Boy scouts looking at wilderneess

THE SCOUTS

Robert Baden-Powell, Zulus, and the Scout Motto

 

Yellow roses

THE MAN WHO LOVED PLANTS
Graham Stuart Thomas

 

David Austin closeup

DAVID AUSTIN'S ENGLISH ROSES

 

Hidcote Manor Garden

HIDCOTE MANOR GARDEN

 


Canterbury Cathedral at night with creche and Christmas tree

A BRITISH CHRISTMAS