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  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
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  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
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    Safe as houses? War rips apart the sanctuary of home

    The barbarity in Ukraine challenges our complacency about the security and permanence of our homes

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    The ‘boomerang’ generation may have special ties to their parents’ palaces — but unlike the Queen, most will have inheritance tax to consider

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    Why Insulate Britain leaves us out in the cold

    The anorak activists are causing traffic chaos and have made home insulation a political issue

  • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
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    Expanding the city’s zone for lower emissions encourages the move to electric vehicles but comes with costs

  • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
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    How Soho went from rough and ready to sleek and sterile

    The showroom-ification of ‘London’s playground’ is bad news for locals

  • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
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    We can no longer say floods are an act of God

    ‘One law of physics still holds: the warmer the air, the more moisture it can hold. The more moisture, the more rain’

  • Tuesday, 22 June, 2021
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    Tesla’s tech prophet has proclaimed homes have no value to him. Could he have a point?

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    How the lawn became a no-mow area

    An environmentalist campaign exhorts us to let the grass grow long, a boon for wild flowers, insects — and the lazy

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    Visual Arts
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    Life & Arts
    How best to do Christmas this year?

    While many of us may defy Covid rules to be with family, others will find a handy excuse to avoid tiresome relatives

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