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Country Life UK
Do your ears hang low?
Incorrigible and exasperating, vocal yet always entertaining and seemingly almost human, the basset hound is a force of nature, says devotee Flora Watkins
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December 08, 2021
Country Life UK
Ready when you are
With renovations and materials in such high demand, high-spec historic houses, such as these three in Hampshire and West Sussex, should be snapped up
5 min |
December 08, 2021
Country Life UK
Dearly beloved
Old rectories, parsonages and vicarages we’re glad the Church didn’t hold on to
3 min |
December 08, 2021
Country Life UK
The designer's room
Interior designer Sarah Brown has created a perfect townmeets-country kitchen in her Chiswick home
1 min |
December 08, 2021
Country Life UK
A blaze of colour
A great window of heraldic stained glass by A.W.N. Pugin has been restored at Alton Towers in Staffordshire. John Goodall reports on this dazzling project.
2 min |
December 08, 2021
Country Life UK
A modest manor
Rippington Manor, Cambridgeshire The home of Peter and Gay Johnson A delightful 16th-century manor house is revealed to have an unexpectedly complex history and an unusual story to tell. John Goodall explains
9 min |
December 08, 2021
Country Life UK
The Life of the Robin
THE robin regularly tops the vote in public surveys to find Britain’s national bird. The reasons aren’t hard to imagine. A Christmas-card staple, the bird is familiar and attractive. It has a sweet song, endearingly heard at times of the year when other birds are silent and often in the evenings or late at night, seduced by the glow of streetlights. A regular garden visitor, it’s loved for its tameness. It can be trained to take food from the hand, and may even enter the home to feed or perch on an armchair.
4 min |
December 08, 2021
Country Life UK
Where a giant walked
You can see from Wales to Gloucestershire from The Wrekin
3 min |
December 08, 2021
Country Life UK
Why old is gold
The deeper designers dig into our decorative past, the more gleaming nuggets they unearth
2 min |
December 08, 2021
Country Life UK
Sealed with a kiss
Peaking at Christmas, regard for mistletoe is deeply rooted in myth and legend, finds Ian Morton-not to mention the age-old tradition of kissing underneath it
5 min |
December 15 - 22, 2021 (Double Issue)
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Hung up by the chimney with care
Children around the land will soon awake in the darkness of early morning, straining their eyes to make out the shape of a now-bulging Christmas stocking-but when did we start filling socks with satsumas, sixpences and tin whistles.
5 min |
December 15 - 22, 2021 (Double Issue)
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Peace on earth and mercy mild
We have a tendency to exhaust ourselves trying to create the perfect Christmas, but we should return to the charitable heart of the season and be mindful of those who are struggling, advocates the Revd Daniel A . French
5 min |
December 15 - 22, 2021 (Double Issue)
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Journey of the Magi
Britain's greatest masterpieces
4 min |
December 15 - 22, 2021 (Double Issue)
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All is calm, all is bright
On a two-coat, chilly December night, a John Lewis-Stempel and his labrador Plum venture out into the glass-hard air to check on the sheep and drink in the stars
4 min |
December 15 - 22, 2021 (Double Issue)
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A new lease of life
From a windmill to old stables, these conversions pack historical punch
3 min |
November 17, 2021
Country Life UK
Talking a lot of rot
ONCE upon a time, the three ‘r’s meant reading, ’riting and ’rithmetic. Nowadays, they stand for ‘recycle, repurpose and re-use’.
4 min |
November 17, 2021
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The big list
To describe a building as ‘listed’ is a way of saying it is important, but what does it mean? Roger Bowdler looks at how listing came about and how it has changed
5 min |
November 17, 2021
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A new lease of life
A light touch is the secret to sensitive restoration, finds Amelia Thorpe
3 min |
November 17, 2021
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‘We're the solution, not the problem'
The new CLA president on farming today, family tragedy and grey partridge
5 min |
November 17, 2021
Country Life UK
The restoration game
Some of our most desirable country houses were almost completely remodelled by the likes of Lutyens, Lorimer, Voysey and Blow. Yet, under current rules, such projects wouldn’t be allowed, says Hamish Scott
6 min |
November 17, 2021
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The moody new hue
As range cookers become ever more sophisticated, Aga has launched a dark and glamorous new incarnation, finds Eleanor Doughty
2 min |
November 17, 2021
Country Life UK
Labours of love
Two country houses have flourished under the stewardship of their current owners, whose efforts have turned them into perfect homes
5 min |
November 17, 2021
Country Life UK
A garden restored
At his home at Westonbirt in Gloucestershire, Robert Stayner Holford created one of the finest gardens of the Victorian era. Following a major restoration, this little-known gem is once again turning heads, finds Natasha Goodfellow
6 min |
November 17, 2021
Country Life UK
A building back from the brink
A major restoration project promises to restore and reunite not only a magnificent house, but its landscape as well. Marcus Binney reports on the remarkable work undertaken so far
8 min |
November 17, 2021
Country Life UK
Sleeping beauty
All looks peaceful at Morton Hall, Worcestershire, but key tasks will be tackled in winter to ensure that, come spring, the garden is ready to burst into life, says Tiffany Daneff
5 min |
December 01, 2021
Country Life UK
Yacón and oca: like potatoes, but not
IN the weeks to come, you may find yourself sitting by the fire with a glass of something relaxing, mulling over a few plant and seed catalogues, anticipating spring. It is one of my favourite winter activities.
4 min |
December 01, 2021
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In glorious technicolour
Our cathedrals were once filled with colour, argues Simon Jenkins. Isn’t it time we brought it back?
5 min |
December 01, 2021
Country Life UK
The flying barn door
Once accused of snatching children, but more likely to take a tennis ball, ‘the eagle with the sunlit eye’ is back soaring through our skies thanks to a careful reintroduction programme, discovers Vicky Liddell
6 min |
December 01, 2021
Country Life UK
Pick of the year
The thrilling discovery of an Old Master drawing forms the centrepiece of London Art Week
4 min |
December 01, 2021
Country Life UK
A temple to peace
Grand Lodge, London WC2 The Freemasons’ Hal: One of London’s most imposing Art Deco interiors has thrown open its doors to visitors. James Campbell explains the remarkable history of this extraordinary building Photographs by Will Pryce
8 min |