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Air pollution, high temperatures, and risk factors such as obesity and high blood pressure are driving global increases in stroke, research suggests. Although stroke is very preventable and treatable, latest figures estimate there are 12 million cases and more than…

Pejoratively described as “brown furniture”, many of the fine, handcrafted sideboards, diningroom tables, chairs and other large mahogany furniture made during the Georgian era (1714 to circa 1830) have become very unfashionable in the last few decades. But, antique dealers…