German by birth, Jewish by faith, she was wrenched from this townhouse on the border of the Jordaan district in the Dutch capital – along with seven family members and friends with whom she had shared its achterhuis (annexe) for 25 months – on 4 August 1944.
The Benaki Museum both old (1 Koumbari Street and Vassilisis Sophias Avenue, Kolonaki +210 367 1000, benaki.gr) and its new annexe on 138 Piraeus Street (+210 345 3111) are fantastic spaces where one can see traditional folk arts and crafts as well as a mixture of contemporary art and design, photography and architecture exhibitions.
A bohemian by inclination, Mac Anna was fictionalised by his son Ferdia in the novel The Last of the High Kings (1991), in which he appears as the presiding but often absent genius of a chaotic household – a parallel to his time at the Abbey and its experimental annexe, the Peacock.
It recently built a new research annexe; its staff have been involved with the teaching of anthropology at Oxford since its foundation, when as part of his donation General Augustus Pitt Rivers stipulated that the University establish a lectureship in anthropology.
The juxtaposition is careful: from the front the reassuring gravitas of the main building draws the eye, while the modern annexe does its best to blend into the scenery, with curving roofs and plenty of wood and glass in evidence.
Sleeps 4, £579 a week over Christmas or New Year, underthethatch.co.uk Peggy's Cottage, Brecon Beacons Ideal for families with grandparents or teenagers in tow, this secluded stone hideaway sleeps four in the main house plus two more in an annexe with its own shower room.
A high frequency of furniture beetles is notable in the Southeast and West, but to some extent these are driven by its prevalence in the Annexe and Casemate Tunnels (in the Southeast) and Atcham stores (under closure) in the West.
Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu was preemptive in nature, since there was no pressing nomadic menace to be faced at the time; its aim was to annexe the ambiguous territories of the Ordos and to clearly define the Qin's northern borders.
For Ahmed Rageb, a carpenter who buried his cousin in the annexe, it was a logical decision.
