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Chiswick High Road, London W4

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Courtfield Road, London SW7

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Peterborough Road, London SW6

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Farm Yard, Windsor SL4

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Maine Road, Manchester M14

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Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7

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Torpoint, Cornwall PL10

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Bloomsbury, London WC1X

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Woburn Place, London WC1H

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Ludlow, Shropshire SY8

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Deansgate, Manchester M3

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Queenstown Road, London SW8

A one-bedroom 554sq ft property with a sizeable balcony located at the foot of Chelsea Bridge. £485,000.

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Newcraigs Drive, Carmunnock G76

A six-bedroom house built circa. 1800 in a secluded location with extensive gardens. £995,000.

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Brighton, East Sussex BN1

A five-bedroom residence with indoor swimming pool and views over Brighton. £1,799,999.

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Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13

A five-bedroom detached, stone built, family house, in about 2.07 acres. £1,250,000.

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Philbeach Gardens, London SW5

A two-bedroom flat on the lower ground floor of this period conversion. £799,950.

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Blackheath, London SE3

A four-bedroom semi detached house with garden and off-street parking. £350,000.

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Gibraltar Lane, Maidstone ME14

A four-bedroom house alongside the river including a private island with entertaining space. £1,350,000.

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Wynyard TS22

A six-bedroom detached residence with games room and views across Wellington Golf Course. £760,000.

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Stroud Green, London N4

A one-bedroom ground floor flat with a private rear garden. £365,000.

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Young, gifted, and jobless

Young, gifted, and jobless

Frustrated by the dearth of good parts for black actors, Nathaniel Martello-White decided to remedy the situation. The result, Blackta, opens at London's Young Vic this week

Water, water all around, but does it make you think?

Water, water all around, but does it make you think?

Christina Patterson gets caught up in the rain at the Barbican's strikingly immersive new art installation

Hot but healthy Caribbean holidays

Hot but healthy Caribbean holidays

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Cruising: More than the bare necessities at sea

More than the bare necessities at sea

Celebrity Reflection set sail this month with a mission to leave old-school stuffiness in her wak

The 10 Best men's football boots

The 10 Best men's football boots

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Grizzly Bear, Brixton Academy, London

Grizzly Bear, Brixton Academy

Grizzly Bear, it seems, don't do straightforward. Their output is layered and intricate, characterised by haunting harmonies and Daniel Rossen's signature pealing guitar sound, honeyed but oddly distant.

Lost, Apocalypse Now and the Hudson River School – Brian Horton on Tomb Raider's 'weird influences'

Lost, Apocalypse Now and the Hudson River School

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Can the City drive Britain back to the fast lane?

The City in crisis

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Staycation, staycation, staycation: Why Britain's holiday homes cast a dark cloud over our coastal resorts

Curse of the staycation

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What's all the snus about? Swedish MEP dealing snuff in Brussels

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The day we did not think would come: Fergie eats humble pie

Fergie eats humble pie

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Ugly is the new beautiful: From aesthetic monstrosity to design masterpiece

Ugly is the new beautiful

From aesthetic monstrosity to design masterpiece

New house, Audi, Jacuzzi (then back to work) – what Lottery millionaires do next

New house, Audi, Jacuzzi... then back to work

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How the City slickers lost their mojo

The City in crisis

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Double dose of pesticide poses new danger for bumblebees

New danger for bumblebees

Government study suggests long-term exposure to chemicals can destroy colonies