A former dairy business now hosts a thriving artistic community – and a spectacular converted barn

Suzanne Blank Redstone and her husband, Peter Redstone, have lived on the same Devon farm, nestled in a tree-fringed valley a mile from the sea, for 50 years. The couple’s current home was once their cowshed, a simple, functional structure that they built in 1979 to shelter their herd of Jerseys over winter.

Today, it’s an architectural statement, albeit a very livable one. It was shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects’ house of the year in 2023 and bagged a prestigious Manser medal, too, while a photograph of the property was selected for this year’s Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition, which runs in London until 18 August.

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Your neighbours may see the matter as disrespect in projectile form, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. An apology, a request and a direct conversation is better than petty revenge

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Our neighbours never return the ball if my 10-year-old son accidentally kicks it over the hedge playing football. It is not a regular occurrence – maybe once every six weeks. We ask for the ball back and each time it has surprisingly vanished.

We’ve heard stories from the shared neighbours that their son’s football was slashed.

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Arguments, verbal abuse and aggression are not unusual in elder care settings. Better staffing and training can ease the tensions, experts say.

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Arguments, verbal abuse and aggression are not unusual in elder care settings. Better staffing and training can ease the tensions, experts say.

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