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Villages on the island and the New Territories offer more serene living conditions

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Use buckets and metal dustbins to grow summer fruit favourites such as raspberries and gooseberries

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From the majesty of Venice to the seclusion of Scandinavia, islands create an idealised sense of the different and become a cipher for our desires

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Britain’s wool industry is making a comeback with designers embracing the fabric and using it in innovative ways

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Architectural gems and dining options in Cartagena’s colonial-era Old Town are luring buyers from Europe and North America

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Five residences or guest houses nestled in islands such as the 125-acre Ariara in the Philippines and the 600-acre Nananu-i-Cake in Fiji

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A landscape that transforms into one of the most extraordinary floral events on the planet

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