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Country Life UK
Land Of Myth And Legend: Origins
We’ve all heard of Zeus, the Minotaur and Icarus, but what of Gogmagog, Albina and King Bladud? In the first of three articles, Amy Jeffs explores the origin myths of the British Isles
4 min |
January 08, 2020
Country Life UK
Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
After three years of stalling, the English country-house market picked up again in 2019
4 min |
January 01, 2020
Country Life UK
52 Weeks To Remember
Whatever the time of year, there’s always something uplifting to do at a National Trust property.
10+ min |
January 01, 2020
Country Life UK
The living legend
Barnaby Rogerson admires a bewitching array of objects that trace a 3,000-year old obsession
4 min |
January 08, 2020
Country Life UK
Take me to Neverland
Intelligent, devoted and adept at working all country, the flatcoated retriever is the Peter Pan of the dog world with a tail that never stops wagging
7 min |
January 08, 2020
Country Life UK
Life and sole of the party
Like a gentleman heading for supper at his London club, the assuredly aristocratic Dover sole enjoys a quiet life and is best served simply, says an adoring Tom Parker Bowles
3 min |
January 08, 2020
Country Life UK
Stick a pin in it
Baroness Hale’s sparkling spider took the internet by storm–and rightly so. The chameleons of the jewellery box, brooches are versatile, glamorous and prized by royalty. Now, they’re back in vogue
4 min |
January 08, 2020
Country Life UK
Roll on, Beethoven
He was the composer who ripped up the rulebook and freed music for generations to come. Pippa Cuckson salutes the tortured genius of Ludwig van Beethoven as the world celebrates his 250th birthday this year
6 min |
January 08, 2020
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Breaking barriers
The Berlin Wall becomes a force for good at the Brussels Art Fair, where model trains rumble through an international selection
4 min |
January 08, 2020
Country Life UK
Wishful Thinking For 2020
Predictions for the interior-design world in the year ahead
2 min |
January 01, 2020
Country Life UK
‘We identify what is good about Britain'
The director-general of the National Trust on how the charity fulfills 21st-century needs
4 min |
January 01, 2020
Country Life UK
Medieval secrets, new ideas
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire One of Britain’s earliest post-medieval gardens has been sensitively and authentically restored, yet modernised at the same time. Tiffany Daneff finds the fusion of old and new succeeds on all levels
5 min |
January 01, 2020
Country Life UK
Reuniting a family collection
An ambitious restoration project undertaken by the National Trust in collaboration with the donor family has transformed one of Northern Ireland’s most important country houses.
8 min |
January 01, 2020
Country Life UK
Living national treasures
A number of properties in the care of the National Trust are still occupied by the families who gave them to the nation. John Goodall speaks to donors’ descendants who remain closely involved in the life of these places to find how they help keep them alive for the public
10 min |
January 01, 2020
Country Life UK
If you only climb one mountain
The former director-general reveals her favourite walk on National Trust land
3 min |
January 01, 2020
Country Life UK
Banking on the spectacular
The story of the family that created one of the National Trust’s best-known houses is revealed to Clive Aslet through its collection of art and furniture
3 min |
January 01, 2020
Country Life UK
Country Life's Favourite Hotels - Indonesia And Miami, USA
Bawah Reserve, Indonesia
3 min |
December 25, 2019
Country Life UK
Go Where The Sun Shines
As temperatures plummet and the hours of daylight diminish, Rob Crossan rounds up the best winter-sun destinations for short-, mid- and long-haul holidays
5 min |
December 25, 2019
Country Life UK
The Big Picture
MY memories of Sri Lanka—where our family used to spend the summers—go back to the mid-1970s.
1 min |
December 25, 2019
Country Life UK
Country Life's Favourite Hotels
Domaine des Etangs, Massignac, France
5 min |
December 25, 2019
Country Life UK
Surf And Turf
Africa is home to some of the most diverse flora and fauna in the world. Mark Hedges jets off on a holiday of a lifetime, to the contrasting landscapes and resident animals in the Seychelles and Tanzania
4 min |
December 25, 2019
Country Life UK
Once In A Lifetime
The 2019 market’s hotspots and highlights in the South of England
4 min |
December 25, 2019
Country Life UK
Bridging The Seasons
Peter Hughes journeys to St Petersburg, the city of 400 bridges, to experience the annual midsummer White Nights festival
4 min |
December 25, 2019
Country Life UK
Thinking Inside The Box
Clownish and energetic, yet devoted and trainable, boxer dogs make an entertaining addition to the family–if you don’t mind a bit of drool. Katy Birchall learns more about these former police dogs
5 min |
December 25, 2019
Country Life UK
Animal Magnitude
Safari trips are about more than merely the animals, says Hetty Lintell, who discovered how much has changed for the better on a recent trip to the African continent
3 min |
December 25, 2019
Country Life UK
A Fresh Perspective
Friends of COUNTRY LIFE argue in favour of four holiday destinations that have fallen out of favour–thanks to party-hard reputations and mass tourism–and show how you can still do them in style
6 min |
December 25, 2019
Country Life UK
Poignant Poinsettia
Mark Griffiths on the extraordinary story of human sacrifice, secret agents and international shenanigans behind the Christmas bestseller
6 min |
December 11-18, 2019
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The First Crib
The humble stable is so vital to the Nativity that St Francis re-created the scene in a cave with ox and ass, and paintings of Christ in a manger are among the most enduring of all Renaissance images, observes Caroline Campbell
5 min |
December 11-18, 2019
Country Life UK
Pulling Power
A good pub within walking distance is on most buyers’ wish lists and can even uphold an area’s value. But what makes the perfect village pub? Arabella Youens investigates
3 min |
December 11-18, 2019
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Symphony In Blue And Green
The conductor designate of the London Philharmonic Orchestra on the Norwegian sound
4 min |