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Martha, Lady Sitwell

Where is home in London?

live in the most beautiful flat in Kensington; it’s only three rooms, but they’re large and graceful. The flat belongs to interior designer Lucy Eadie, so it’s been decorated with flair and imagination. I have a beautiful red Venetian-glass chandelier to complement the red-baize walls of my drawing room/office/ dining room. Those walls and wood, now filled with

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