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1. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Cath Pound

   The English stately home where Nazis were tricked into spilling their secrets (opens the original)

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   At north London's Trent Park during World War Two, high-ranking Nazi prisoners of war relaxed and chatted in the elegant upstairs rooms – while downstairs, "secret listeners" were eavesdropping. What they heard changed the course of World War Two. Trent Park House of Secrets certainly lives up to its name. While the exterior and ground floor rooms of this elegant house in north London showcase the refined taste of the great pre-war host and aesthete, Sir Philip Sassoon, those who venture into th

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2. Article · Jul 7, 2026 · Cath Pound

   'A distinct Canadian character': The 1920s paintings that changed how the world saw Canada (opens the original)

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   The Group of Seven was Canada's first internationally recognised national art movement, and they helped create a distinct, modern Canadian identity in the 1920s. As the official Group of Seven Day is celebrated in Canada, what is their legacy – and are their ideas in harmony or conflict with the so-called "Indian Group of Seven", founded later in the 1970s? In the 1921 painting Stormy Weather, Georgian Bay, a lone tree perches perilously between a rocky outcrop and a vast, churning lake, buffete

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