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The best private islands in Britain and Ireland are now available to buy

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Island life is like a “pharmacy for the soul,” says one agent Imagine looking out of your house and everything you see is yours: no annoying neighbors, no traffic, no one parking in front of your door. For the handful of people who own a private island around Britain and Ireland, this is a reality. … Read more

What went wrong in Britain’s swankiest retirement village

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The site of the former Heythrop College in Kensington Square, London: its future development remains uncertain – Betty Laura Zapata/Bloomberg It was to be a luxurious ‘later life facility’, where residents could drink afternoon tea on a landscaped terrace and play croquet on a manicured lawn. Housed in a Grade II listed former Jesuit seminary … Read more