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20 apps to up your skills

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Want something to show for the weeks you have spent in lockdown? These apps will help you achieve your aims

Five of the best online mapping apps

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Plan runs, rides and walks with this selection of navigation aids – all of which allow you create, follow and share hiking and cycling routes

Framing the horizon: dwellings that blend with the desert

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Part fantasy escape and part futuristic vision, these desirable desert designs are a stunning blend of structure and landscape

‘It’s great if you’re bored with Netflix’: video art flourishes in lockdown

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From dogs’ plums to death metal shrieks, video artworks are finding a new audience hungry for culture that is accessible, original and bizarre

‘Hey Google, dim the lights’: how smart home devices can save money

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From energy-saving bulbs to leak detectors, smart tech offers many benefits at the touch of a button