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Country Life UK
A High Road To Clean Energy
THE path to ending fossil-fuel emissions by 2050 is ‘ambitious and affordable’, according to a report published last week.
2 min |
December 16 - 23, 2020
Country Life UK
Remembrance through rose-tinted glass
Hauntingly beautiful, stained-glass scenes keep the memory of our Fallen alive in glorious technicolour. Andrew Green visits country churches to seek them out
7 min |
December 16 - 23, 2020
Country Life UK
Let's talk turkey
They’re easy to rear, they’re friendly and they needn’t only be for Christmas. Kate Green talks to turkey experts, who explain why we should be eating the heritage breeds
6 min |
December 16 - 23, 2020
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Oh sing, choirs of angels
Loosely translated as ‘when the cock crows at dawn’, Plygain carol services have been held in Welsh churches on Christmas Day since the 13th century, as Aeneas Dennison reports
3 min |
December 16 - 23, 2020
Country Life UK
Riches not measured in coin
The Cathedral of St Mary and St Ethelbert, Hereford This year marks the 700th anniversary of the canonization of Thomas Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford. John Goodall looks at the story of this building and the way it was shaped by a remarkable figure
9 min |
December 16 - 23, 2020
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Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Bombarded as we are in the preceding weeks, for many, it is the ritual choosing and dressing of the tree that marks the start of Christmas, says Jack Watkins
7 min |
December 16 - 23, 2020
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Born to be wild
Once widespread across the British Isles, there are now fewer than 100 pure Scottish wildcats left. Joe Gibbs considers whether curiosity or interbreeding killed the ‘Highland tiger’
4 min |
December 16 - 23, 2020
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Christmas comes but once a year
And when it does, it (mostly) brings good cheer, although some professions certainly enjoy it more than others
7 min |
December 16 - 23, 2020
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Grace And Flavour: The Best Herbs To Grow
I Recently moved to a new garden; thankfully, it came with a house attached.
4 min |
December 09, 2020
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The two faces of Magdalene
An assistant emerges from Leonardo’s shadow, a pastel portrait defies its years and potters receive deserved accolades
4 min |
December 09, 2020
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Our flowers of Scotland
Two substantial estates demonstrate Scotland’s sporting and environmental potential
5 min |
December 09, 2020
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Remembering the New World
Carolside, The Borders The home of Mr and Mrs Anthony Foyle An enigmatic house on the Scottish Borders yields up unexpected connections with America and shines a light on 18th-century architectural practice, as Roger White explains
7 min |
December 09, 2020
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Give me one moment in time
Award-winning wildlife photographer Stephen Dalton explains his lifelong love of Nature and why, when it comes to capturing creatures on film, persistence and experimentation pay off
4 min |
December 09, 2020
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Flights of fantasy
The dodos, parrots and pelicans that grace the pages of our favourite books might seem comical, but they usually have some moral wisdom to share, believes Madeleine Silver
6 min |
December 09, 2020
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Future proof
The latest materials and technology can create homes of outstanding beauty and comfort
2 min |
December 09, 2020
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Freeze frame
Bryan’s Ground, Stapleton, Herefordshire Helena Attlee recalls how a fresh fall of snow helped the then new owners of this famous Arts-and-Crafts garden to understand the underlying geometry of the land and so begin the property’s restoration
5 min |
December 09, 2020
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Crowning glory
Matthew Dennison explores the life of the Dancing Marquess of Anglesey, whose penchant for sparkle led to him owning one of the most magnificent tiaras of all time
3 min |
December 09, 2020
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All dried out
Already dead and lauded for being so, dried flowers are enjoying a stylish resurgence, discovers Hetty Lintell
3 min |
December 09, 2020
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Rupert Uloth's Favourite Painting
The Master of the Worshipful Company of Grocers chooses a Cecil Aldin scene that holds family connections for him
2 min |
December 02, 2020
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Beautiful Britain: Blackdown Hills
Kate Green highlights the quiet charms of one of the least-known West Country AONBs
2 min |
December 02, 2020
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Life in Lilliput
In a room in West Sussex, magic is being created from pieces of cardboard, plastic bottles, pen lids, crayons and glue. Mark Palmer meets William Davies, film animator turned miniature-home maker
4 min |
December 02, 2020
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That'll do, pug
Game and gutsy, you dismiss the jovial little pug as a lapdog at your peril, finds Flora Watkins, although do beware the snoring
7 min |
December 02, 2020
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The urban village
Once a swathe of bucolic landscape desired by London’s elite, Hackney is now one of the city’s most cosmopolitan and diverse boroughs, finds Carla Passino
5 min |
December 02, 2020
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THE CAPITAL ACCORDING TO...Jackson Boxer
Rob Crossan talks to the dynamic chef behind Brunswick House Café and Orasay about custard tarts and feeding London’s masses
2 min |
December 02, 2020
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History and modernity
A house that might have vanished beneath London’s spreading suburbs has been lovingly returned from institutional use and forms the heart of an estate within the capital. John Goodall reports
8 min |
December 02, 2020
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Dancing in the moonlight
Long thought to influence our behaviour, as well as that of the sea and all flora and fauna, the mystical power of the moon continues to exert a hold on us, observes Jeremy Hobson
6 min |
December 02, 2020
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Nanny knows best
Norland nannies have cared for the children of the great and good for almost 130 years, but behind the white gloves and starched uniforms lies a most progressive institution, finds Flora Watkins
4 min |
December 02, 2020
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DIG DEEP
The team behind Europe’s largest construction project is building new tunnels beneath London’s roads every week, but another group is working with them, too. Harry Wallop talks to the Crossrail archaeologists about woolly mammoths and Roman roads
5 min |
December 02, 2020
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Say Yes To The Old Dress
Our forebears did it out of necessity, but we are returning to their ways out of a desire to preserve the planet for future generations. Claire Jackson investigates the return of our make-do-and-mend mentality
10+ min |
November 18, 2020
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Fortified planting
Noel Kingsbury meets the maker of a remarkable coastal garden that combines the use of native species with more familiar garden plants to great effect
6 min |