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How Britain really eats

LISA HILTON savours a suitably steamy Thai jungle curry that is considerably better than nice

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FELIPE FERNÁNDEZ-ARMESTO wonders why breakfast must be the most boring meal of the day

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PATRICK GALBRAITH salutes the perfection of “imperfect” pooches that would make the Crufts judges throw their hands up in horror

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CHRISTOPHER PINCHER sips a choice claret with a London lunchmeister

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HEPHZIBAH ANDERSON welcomes the return of newly-fashionable dried flowers

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THOMAS WOODHAM-SMITH digs a new scene, gardenalia

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HANNAH BETTS curates the perfect neckmess

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