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ust as their garden is beginning to show the first signs of summer colour, and the lavender lining the path hints at deep blue, Avril and Colin start to wonder how they can find extra space inside their Regency home for more ceramics and artworks. Yet somehow every year they manage it, as ceramicist Avril has been involved with Warwickshire Open Studios since 2017, allowing visitors into her home to see, handle and buy the work of

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