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Country Life UK
Kent believe it
The market in the garden of England is seeing a Dutch bloom
4 min |
February 19, 2020
Country Life UK
City of arts and crafts
Bruges, Belgium
2 min |
February 19, 2020
Country Life UK
Broadening horizons
As Britain’s leading metropolitan auction houses cut their regional activities, their provincial counterparts are doing better than ever, says Emma Crichton-Miller
7 min |
February 19, 2020
Country Life UK
Moss magic
Moss softens hard edges and brings a natural ease and permanence wherever it colonises, but tends to be ignored. Tilly Ware thinks it’s time to invite it in
4 min |
February 12, 2020
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To the manors born
Two properties, one in Somerset, one in Berkshire, would certainly impress Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
4 min |
February 12, 2020
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Wearing the green willow
Of all the sylvan gifts we enjoy, Ian Morton finds that the moisture-loving willow tree has arguably bestowed the most to Mankind throughout history
5 min |
February 12, 2020
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The Prince and his pagodas
The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, East Sussex Brighton & Hove City Council The temporary loan by the Royal Collection Trust of fittings and furnishings removed from the Brighton Pavilion in the 1840s have transformed this lavish interior. John Goodall reports
8 min |
February 12, 2020
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Thank you for the music
Many composers, even Elgar and Liszt, owe their popularity to groups of devotees who were determined their music should continue to be heard. Claire Jackson reports
4 min |
February 12, 2020
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Royal connections
The love of sporting pursuits is commemorated in kingly and canine portraits, as a cautious estimate proves far off the mark
3 min |
February 12, 2020
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Putting a face to a name
Art meets anatomy as our ancestors are brought back to life through facial reconstructions, discovers Michael Murray-Fennell
6 min |
February 12, 2020
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Labour of love
Laura Freeman is captivated by an exhibition that explores the different ways pregnancy has been represented in portraits, from Holbein to social media
3 min |
February 12, 2020
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Around Britain in 50 foods
The British Isles boasts some distinctive–and distinctly eccentric–foods. Kate Green and Melanie Bryan feast their way around the country
10+ min |
February 12, 2020
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Paper pictures
Caroline Bugler is thrilled by an exhibition that traces Picasso’s entire career through his work on and with paper
3 min |
February 05, 2020
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No troubles at t'mill
Feel the rush of two exciting mills in Hampshire and Gloucestershire
4 min |
February 05, 2020
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Crikey, what crocus!
The Garden at Little Court, Hampshire A natural at gardening, Patricia Elkington typically underplays her role in the creation of one of the finest displays of crocus in the country, says George Plumptre
4 min |
February 05, 2020
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‘For the use of schollars and those affected'
The buildings of a wealthy medieval college were transformed during the 17th century into a school and what is now Britain’s oldest surviving public library. Steven Brindle isits a remarkable survival
8 min |
January 15, 2020
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The forgotten Brontë sister
To mark Anne Brontë’s 200th birthday, Charlotte Cory looks back at the life and works of this ‘runt of the literary litter’ and finds she was by no means meek and mild
4 min |
January 15, 2020
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Letters from Hillside
In the first of a new quarterly series from his Somerset home, plantsman-designer Dan Pearson considers the role of the gardener in the landscape
6 min |
January 15, 2020
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Daring to grasp the thorn
Could this be the best way to train roses ever, asks Val Bourne
2 min |
January 15, 2020
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A year of cut flowers
To find out how to fill your vases with homegrown flowers from now until December, Juliet Roberts talks to Becky Crowley at Chatsworth in Derbyshire
4 min |
January 15, 2020
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You're gonna hear me roar
At the dawn of a new decade, Ysenda Maxtone Graham sets out her wishlist for the 2020s and Victoria Marston discovers the icons that made the 1920s such a roaring success
4 min |
January 22, 2020
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The old English manner - Ogston Hall, Derbyshire The home of David and Caroline Wakefield
The characterful re-working of an ancient family house in the 1850s integrated its varied elements into an impressive and coherent whole. John Martin Robinson reports
7 min |
January 22, 2020
Country Life UK
Silence of the birds
Tom Streeter, chairman of SongBird Survival, talks to Kate Green about his charity’s ambition to halt the decline of the delightful small birds that provide the countryside’s musical backdrop
5 min |
January 22, 2020
Country Life UK
Pergolas, pillars and pencil cypress - Le Clos du Peyronnet, Menton, France The garden of William Waterfield
Charles Quest-Ritson visits the legendary English Riviera garden
6 min |
January 22, 2020
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Land of myth and legend: sorcerers, seers and saints
Strange things happen every day and, sometimes, there is only one explanation–a touch of magic. In the last of three articles, Amy Jeffs recalls the stories of Merlin, the Holy Grail and a miraculous salmon
4 min |
January 22, 2020
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If walls could talk
Two castles, one in England and one in Scotland, offer history, escapism and a touch of the unexpected
4 min |
January 22, 2020
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I spy with my little eye
Being immortalised as a Spy caricature in the pages of Vanity Fair was once a gentleman’s dream, observes Eleanor Doughty
5 min |
January 22, 2020
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Boeing, Boeing, gone
Major flight paths criss-cross over plenty of covetable areas of the UK. Eleanor Doughty explores what it’s like to live with a 747 soundtrack and whether it affects property values.
3 min |
January 22, 2020
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Beyond the tears
The brilliant, innovative photographer at the forefront of Surrealism was much more than merely Picasso’s mistress, says Matthew Dennison
3 min |
January 22, 2020
Country Life UK
An ode to my mother's farm
On a frosty January morning, John Lewis-Stempel builds a ‘dry hedge’ in tribute to the old ways that once abounded on the Worcestershire farm where his mother grew up
4 min |