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Deutsche Bank's Hawaiian team takes part in the 2012 Brindleyplace Dragonboat Festival

Birmingham's business community counting down to Brindleyplace Dragonboat Festival

Annual Brindleyplace event will raise thousands for Harry Moseley charity

Warwickshire Slow Food group promotes the virtues of locally-produced food

Alex and Sara Chambers promote the Slow Food movement by running Squisito Deli in Warwickshire
The Slow Food movement has inspired a Warwickshire couple to set up a deli at their home. Mary Griffin meets them.

Royal Ascot: Racegoers arrive for opening day of the world-famous race meet

Katherine Jenkins arrives for day one of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot Racecourse
Today's meeting, which will be attended by the Queen, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall heralds the start of five days of racing

Precious Metal: Make a flashy fashion statement with metallic hues this summer

Limited Collection purple shirt, £32.50; Limited Collection skirt, £39.50; necklaces, from £15; all Marks & Spencer
Shine on ladies, because metallics are having a summer moment. Lighten up on the colours though, writes Emma Johnson

Fiesty Fiesta diesel is a delight to drive

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Ford’s ever-popular ‘baby’ is still going strong – Edward Stephens reports.

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Andrew Campbell: Savour the flavour of sauvignon blanc

It's spiritual home is in the Loire Valley and Bordeaux regions of France but it's New Zealand producers that have driven the grape's rising fortunes

Pizza portraits are a tasty twist on classic artworks

Claude Monet's famous 1903 painting The Houses of Parliament, Sunset, that has been recreated as a pizza
Celebrated food artist Prudence Staite has recreated some of the art world’s most beloved paintings on dough including Sunflowers by Vincent van Gough

Warwickshire Slow Food group promotes the virtues of locally-produced food

Alex and Sara Chambers promote the Slow Food movement by running Squisito Deli in Warwickshire
The Slow Food movement has inspired a Warwickshire couple to set up a deli at their home. Mary Griffin meets them.

Nostalgia

Poet and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge tutored Charles Lloyd

Romantic poet Charles Lloyd's life drifted off to a sad end

Unwilling to follow his father into the world of banking, Charles Lloyd set out to pursue his dream and be a poet. Chris Upton tells his story.

Crucifixion clock was Lichfield museum's star exhibit

A drawing of a clock in the shape of a medieval church tower at Lichfield Museum in 1748
In the second part of his feature on a Lichfield museum, Chris Upton looks at the artefacts that were on display and where they finally went once the tourist attraction closed its doors.

Richard Greene's collection of interesting objects

One of the engravings at Richard Greene’s museum.
Chris Upton looks back at Lichfield’s modest and unassuming librarian Richard Greene.

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This six-bedroom property in Clarendon Road, Edgbaston, has been re-wired and boasts a new heating system.

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