Entertainment
Country Life UK
The Music Of Kings
The concert-hall owner on proving the sceptics wrong, female composers and farming
4 min |
February 20, 2019
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Pole Cats
Adam Hay-Nicholls drives Jaguars sideways at speed in the sub-zero Swedish wilderness
6 min |
February 20, 2019
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Guild Of Beauty
Clive Aslet reflects on the art critic’s attitude to aesthetics and the legacy of his radical views today, the subject of a new exhibition celebrating his bicentenary.
3 min |
February 27, 2019
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It's A Family Affair
From gentlemen farmers to purveyors of Nazi wine, Roderick Easdale traces the birth of British estate agents.
3 min |
February 27, 2019
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Plenty More Lobsters In The Sea
With its fearsome claws and delicate flesh, the lobster is the king of British shellfish. Mike Warner heads to Cornwall to see how this precious crustacean is receiving a boost
4 min |
July 10, 2019
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Tentacle Spectacular
Nothing quite sums up the Mediterranean like octopus grilled until the tips are slightly charred, served with a plate of salty Greek chips
4 min |
July 10, 2019
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A Family Affair
Roderick Easdale explores the Jersey farms that have been handed down from parent to child for decades
3 min |
July 10, 2019
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Menagerie Manor
A chance visit to Jersey changed the life of Gerald Durrell and of countless wildlife species across the world, reveals Holly Kirkwood
2 min |
July 10, 2019
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Living National Treasure
There’s nothing better than seeing a nicely laid hedge,’ declares Tina Bath, who’s been laying hedges in somerset for 32 years.
1 min |
July 04, 2018
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Favourite Painting: Marcus Agius's
John McEwen comments on Irises
1 min |
July 04, 2018
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What's up, buttercup?
There’s far more to fields of golden-yellow buttercups than meets the eye
4 min |
July 04, 2018
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As History Intended
Two West Country gems have retained the purity of their centuries-old design, one overlooking the wooded valley of the Mells River, the other once owned by Glastonbury Abbey
3 min |
July 04, 2018
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
AT this time of year, the early-morning dog walk around the garden is slower than usual. Every few steps, I stop to rub the aromatic leaves of summer.
3 min |
July 04, 2018
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Dionysian dreams
MY early twenties redefined ‘idle’. Of the few exertions I undertook, a couple of autumnal trips to France and Switzerland to pick grapes stand out. The long, hard days were softened somewhat by the landscape, the camaraderie and the wine and chocolate given every two hours from 7.30am.
3 min |
May 01, 2019
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Life In A Cold Climate
The lives of the extraordinary Mitford sisters were forged by the Cotswolds of their youth. Flora Watkins makes a literary pilgrimage.
6 min |
May 01, 2019
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A Century Of Vision And Resolve
Untamed woodland was brilliantly transformed into a pioneering garden at Exbury, thanks to the vision of Lionel de Rothschild. Mark Griffiths discovers how his legacy is being continued.
7 min |
May 08, 2019
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Small Legs, Big Personality
Kate MacDougall gets the lowdown on dachshunds and discovers why their tiny stature doesn’t impinge on a ‘sausage’ dog’s zest for life.
6 min |
May 08, 2019
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Interiors - The Designer's Room
Bunny Turner has transformed a former accountant’s office into a family kitchen.
1 min |
May 08, 2019
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Living The Hi-Lux
Our correspondent and two fishing friends find the refreshed Toyota Hi-Lux is more than a match for New Zealand’s rocky terrain and a mountain of gear.
3 min |
May 08, 2019
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Taking The Long View
The champion racehorse trainer on quality over quantity and preserving Newmarket.
4 min |
May 08, 2019
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Inspired By The Past
A brand’s heritage is the building block from which it may reach new heights. Nick Hammond meets the archivists cataloguing, preserving and proudly protecting our nation’s retail DNA.
4 min |
February 22 2017
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Cutting It Fine
The ancient art of wood engraving requires introspection and secrecy in order to create intriguing and intricate pieces of work, discovers Clive Aslet.
6 min |
February 22 2017
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‘Treason' Or ‘Things People Liked'?
The first exhibition devoted to the British Post-Modernism Movement shows it was not only about style, but about reconnecting with the past
3 min |
June 13, 2018
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A Taste Of Honeysuckle
I’VE probably grown more species of honeysuckle than of any other genus except, perhaps, roses and primulas. I love them—but not all of them. An evergreen ground cover plant called Lonicera pileata doesn’t interest me at all.
3 min |
June 13, 2018
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Keep It In The Family
Dig deep into the history of interior design and you’ll find that the roots of countless stellar careers can be traced to the fertile partnership between the ‘mother’ and ‘father’ of classic British interior design, Nancy Lancaster and John Fowler. In unearthing the web of who worked for whom, Arabella Youens discovers the essence of the creative DNA at the heart of classic English decoration
3 min |
June 13, 2018
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Alive With Adventure
Whether you go in search of adventure, family fun or a quiet break, you will leave this hospitable land of history, Nature and tradition enriched and invigorated
4 min |
June 13, 2018
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Living National Treasure
I work all the time,’ declares James Butler MBE, RA, RWA, FRBS. ‘Every day, I go into the studio in the morning and set about things. I don’t know any other way to live.’
1 min |
June 13, 2018
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bug
From paralysing snails to lighting lamps, David Profumo shines a light on the life of a glow-worm, which isn’t actually a worm at all
3 min |
June 20, 2018
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Stop Fly-Tipping Now
FARMING and conservation bodies have welcomed the launch of a new Government review to step up the fight against waste crime.
1 min |
June 20, 2018
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Why it's time to list the landscape
Michael Gove should be applauded for his desire to enhance and possibly extend our national parks and AONBs
4 min |