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...of Light: Magic & Mystery show at Edinburgh Castle (£22 for adults, £12 for children, edinburghcastle.scot)....
...The centrepiece of the occasion is the magnificent Spalliera – a 20m-tall glowing installation modelled on Mesola Castle in the Italian province of Ferrara....
...A fairytale castle with the prospect of becoming a money spinner may even be on offer if Leggett’s château in Albertville is a benchmark....
...If you can find it, I recommend Carol Klein’s Grow Your Own Garden, published by the BBC at £25 in 2010....
...Dozens of properties run by bodies such as the National Trust and English Heritage run “meet Father Christmas” sessions alongside Christmas markets and carol concerts....
...Younger buyers are largely uninterested in idling their holidays away by drifting around crumbling castles or lying next to sunny lakes. Wealthy millennials want action, says Thistelthwayte....
...Tradition dictates that the carol is not sung at any point of the year until this moment....
...Christmas trees had become popular during the 19th century, prompted by heart-warming prints of Queen Victoria’s family celebrations at Windsor Castle....
...One critical sector championed Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre, another Todd Haynes’s Carol. I loved China’s Mountains May Depart....
...That embrace is symbolised by Balmoral Castle, the tartan-heavy Highland home built for Queen Victoria in the 19th century and still the royal family’s summer refuge....
...We learn that it was Li, in fact, who expressed his admiration for the series, and even wished to visit its Hampshire location, Highclere Castle. How devilishly clever....
...Shi Cheng: Short Stories from Urban China, edited by Liu Deng, Carol Yinghua Lu and Ra Page, Comma Press, RRP£9.99, 224 pages Comma Press’s website tells us that this anthology of Chinese stories was launched...
...To mark the Queen’s diamond jubilee, the fair is hosting an exhibition of 50 pieces of diamond jewellery from different houses, curated by Vogue jewellery editor Carol Woolton....
...Moreover, while medieval cathedrals and castles were built with revenue, the barn shows the process by which revenue was extracted: it is a kind of medieval factory....
...(You can download A Garland of Carols, Bolton’s album of harp and piano songs, from iTunes.)...
...For villas in the area try www.cottagestocastles.com, www.cvtravel.co.uk, www.gamberorosso.it … Carol Marlow, managing director, P&O Cruises I’ll be going to California....
...In all, Clare plans to spend £50m on 20 properties, so he and his wife Carol currently spend much of their time touring the country looking for property. “It’s proper Playboy stuff!...
...A suitably tearful farewell was organised, where she was given the accolade of a poem written for, and about, her by Carol Ann Duffy....
...Also due this year are two other Disney films with specs appeal, A Christmas Carol and a 3D-refurbished Toy Story....
...“They’re going after Google where they live – they’re going right for the front gate of the castle,” says Mr Dagres. “Only Microsoft would do that.”...
...His knowledge of the construction and design of period features in properties ranging from cottages to castles has made him a widely sought-after consultant to conservation institutions such as the Victoria...
...The Shropshire market town of Ludlow hosts an arts festival each June and July, the flagship event of which is an open-air Shakespeare production in the Norman-built inner bailey of Ludlow Castle....
...It owns 621,051 acres, 707 miles of coastline, and an inventory of buildings ranging from 27 castles to 36 pubs....
...Carol Goodman is a short-story writer with a rustic cabin in Vermont that she sometimes rents to skiers....
...THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK by Alice Munro Chatto & Windus ₤15.99, 368 pages The acknowledged mistress of the short story transforms the raw material of her family history into a treasure-trove of pieces...
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