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Country Life UK
A prickly subject
Resembling a jumbo jacket potato on surprisingly long, scurrying legs, the hedgehog is Britain’s favourite mammal. Marianne Taylor takes a closer look beneath its spines
5 min |
March 27, 2024
Country Life UK
Once more into the abyss
Having volunteered to look after his neighbour's herd of Limousin cattle, John Lewis-Stempel is dismayed to find himself having to haul an elm-flowerloving heifer out of a ditch on a dramatic March afternoon Illustration by Michael Frith
4 min |
March 27, 2024
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Room with a pew
Bought, sold and inherited, parish seating not only confirmed social status, but came with its own temptations, discovers Andrew Green
4 min |
March 27, 2024
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A real nest egg
Despite their apparent delicacy, some eggs –when placed on end–can withstand the weight of a human, says John Lewis-Stempel, as he marvels at one of Nature’s smallest, yet mightiest miracles
2 min |
March 27, 2024
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A silent witness
In the first of two articles, John Goodall looks at the recent completion of the chapel of Lancing College, one of the great landmarks of the Sussex coast
8 min |
March 27, 2024
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Why we must settle for knowing only in part
On the eve of Easter, the Revd Dr Colin Heber-Percy considers how asking ourselves a question to which we already know the answer, but which we may have forgotten, echoes the message of the Resurrection
5 min |
March 27, 2024
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The art of the bath
A collaboration between Victoria Albert Baths and sculptor Sophie-Elizabeth Thompson is an exciting new departure in the history of bathroom design
1 min |
March 20, 2024
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Sixty years a gardener
IN the summer of 1964, a 15-year-old lad with one O level in Art asked his parents if he could leave school a year early and go to work as a gardener in a local nursery.
3 min |
March 20, 2024
Country Life UK
Where traffic stops for sacred cows
A visit to Rajasthan highlights a different attitude to cattle
3 min |
March 20, 2024
Country Life UK
How to revive a classic
Ibsen and Chekhov both receive excellent re-workings, two plays about the NHS are well acted and a pair of Shakespeares is worth seeing
4 min |
March 20, 2024
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Depth in Venice
The sale of furnishings from the Italian city’s Palazzo Volpi yielded many treasures that trashed their estimates
2 min |
March 20, 2024
Country Life UK
It's a kind of dark magic
Immersed in myths of monkey puzzle trees and sorcery, blackly beautiful Whitby jet deserves to shake off its mournful, if illustrious past, says Harry Pearson
3 min |
March 20, 2024
Country Life UK
A breath of fresh air
Wherever possible, kitchen doors should be wide open into the garden, as these houses allow
2 min |
March 20, 2024
Country Life UK
"The field with the best view'
From an impeccably renovated terrace of farmworkers’ cottages to a grand old hall, Cornwall's character and beauty are unparalleled
4 min |
March 20, 2024
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The very nature of Middle-earth
A Nature writer at heart, J. R. R. Tolkien drew on his love of the Malvern Hills and the surrounding countryside to paint his fantasy realm, says James Clarke
4 min |
March 20, 2024
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'After everything they do, we owe them'
It is no exaggeration to say that dogs and horses risk life and limb to keep us safe. As search-andrescue dog Vesper wins the Hero Dog Award at Crufts, Katy Birchall finds out more about the charity supporting our retired service animals
5 min |
March 20, 2024
Country Life UK
Grandeur in granite
Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire The home of Cosmo and Bronya Linzee Gordon
8 min |
March 20, 2024
Country Life UK
Spring
In the second part of our series, flower grower Anna Brown prepares her nursery for the busiest time of the year
3 min |
March 20, 2024
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Riding to the rescue
The gardens at Dowdeswell Court, Gloucestershire The home of Julian Dunkerton and Jade Holland Cooper
5 min |
March 20, 2024
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The brush of an angel
Although Angelica Kauffman painted royalty, became a founding member of the Royal Academy and gained recognition from Dublin to St Petersburg, she still had to contend with bias even long after her death, as Matthew Dennison discovers
4 min |
February 28, 2024
Country Life UK
I left my soul there, down by the sea
On a dull February morning, John Lewis-Stempel is consumed by childhood memories of the allure of the seashore, from the rhythmic, cresting waves and slippery seaweed of all shapes and hues to the shell-studded sand Illustration by Michael Frith
4 min |
February 28, 2024
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New for old
The gardens of Pembury Hall, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent The home of Mr and Mrs Paul Hilgers
5 min |
February 28, 2024
Country Life UK
A new vision
Conversions and new-builds of every shape and hue
2 min |
February 28, 2024
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End of an era
After more than a century in one family, the sale of a great Suffolk estate reveals a history that runs from a 17th-century MP via a Repton Red Book to a 'Galloping Major'
5 min |
February 28, 2024
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Character building
How do you make a newly built space look like an old one? The transformation of a house on the Cornish coast, by HÁM interiors, may provide the answer, believes Arabella Youens
4 min |
February 28, 2024
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Rascals and rusticants
Pet bears and lobsters on chains, horses in the bedroom and firearms at the window: British universities have long tolerated outlandish behaviour. But when is enough enough, asks Harry Pearson
6 min |
February 28, 2024
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Hitting the sweet spot
Barley sugars, pink shrimps and flying saucers: more than merely a sugar high, 'sweets were like currency at school', discovers Madeleine Silver as she gets stuck into tuck shops
3 min |
February 28, 2024
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How does your garden village grow?
A garden city planned by Sir Edwin Lutyens was never brought to completion. Plans to redevelop it today, however, threaten to destroy the character of what was created. Clive Aslet reports
7 min |
February 28, 2024
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Here's rooking at you
Rooks may be fond of gathering in sociable eyries high in the treetops, but it would be unwise to take them for granted, cautions Mark Cocker, for they are one of the most complex and consistently misrepresented birds in this country
5 min |
February 28, 2024
Country Life UK
And they called it puppy love
Partial to a poodle? Loopy about labradors? Cuckoo for cocker spaniels? You are not alone, says Victoria Marston, as she discovers the nation’s favourite dog breeds, decade by decade
10+ min |