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Country Life UK
The Love Bite Of A Leech
Closely related to earthworms and used for hideous bloodletting since the Middle Ages, the transgender medicinal leech now helps to control scar tissue following reconstructive surgery.
3 min |
November 15, 2017
Country Life UK
All Hail The Knowledgeable Cabbie
The Hackney Carriage has been synonymous with London since the days of horse-drawn hansoms and the swirling pea-souper, but Nick Hammond discovers that today’s chirpy cabbie, who has an opinion on everything, is under pressure as never before.
5 min |
January 04 2017
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Making A Heavenly Point In The Hebrides
As the old year draws to a close, Adrian Dangar heads to Hamanavay on the Isle of Lewis, where he delights in the ancient sporting art of shooting elusive and wily woodcock over pointers.
6 min |
January 04 2017
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Just What The Doctor Ordered
A stroll along the River Cam and a Christmas walk in Gloucestershire.
2 min |
January 11 2017
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Made To Last
There’s much to cheer audiences wanting more than the superficial,
4 min |
January 11 2017
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Illustrations Of Integrity
Peyton Skipwith revels in this summer’s bonanza of exhibitions and books dedicated to the innovative graphic designer, book illustrator and printmaker
3 min |
May 23, 2018
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Van Gogh Takes The Stage
Paintings from the beginning and the end of the Dutch artist’s life do well, as Man Ray rides the Underground to New York
4 min |
May 23, 2018
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A Foolproof Guide To Growing Wisteria
THERE’S a lot to be said for a slow start to spring. Yes, it’s frustrating to wait so long for floral joys after a cold, wet and snowy winter, when army-blanket skies were the order of the day, week after week, month after month. However, late springs reduce the risk of premature growth that can often be severely burned by late frosts.
3 min |
May 23, 2018
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Those Damn Statistics
The England team for tomorrow’s Test match against Pakistan has been selected under new criteria. Roderick Easdale isn’t entirely convinced
3 min |
May 23, 2018
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You're So Vein
Marble is being used in increasingly inventive ways
2 min |
May 23, 2018
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A Whale Of A Time
Birkenhead House, Hermanus, South Africa
1 min |
May 23, 2018
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Duel Personalities
Only a few generations ago, our forebears were prepared to shoot each other when affronted. Ian Morton reports on man’s fatal attraction to the art of duelling
4 min |
May 23, 2018
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A Trout-Fishing Haven On The Avon
Armed with Yellow Humpies and Danica duns, Editor Hedges and The Prof enjoy a successful afternoon in pursuit of giant trout on Wilsford Manor’s stretch of the Wiltshire Avon.
4 min |
August 17 2016
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Furth, Fortune and fill the Fetters
David Profumo goes behind the scenes at Blair Castle in Perthshire to discover the proud history of the Duke of Atholl’s private army, the Atholl Highlanders
5 min |
August 24 2016
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Highly Strung
Matthew Dennison meets the Orkney mandolin man
4 min |
August 24 2016
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Estates for all Seasons
After the uncertainty of the independence vote, Scotland is back in business
6 min |
August 24 2016
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Top of the Class
The History Boys cast shot from classroom to super stardom, but what came next? Jane Watkins finds out
5 min |
August 24 2016
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We went to Mow a Meadow
ONE of the most fascinating aspects of the garden at Gravetye is our clutch of wildflower meadows, which are a source of pleasure all year round.
3 min |
August 24 2016
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The Aga Saga
For 95 years, it’s been so much more than a cooker. Julie Harding lifts the hot plate on the heart-warming kitchen feature no country house should be without.
6 min |
March 15 2017
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Vive le Bulldog Français!
Sacrebleu! It seems that Britain’s top dog is a French bulldog. Katy Birchall finds out why the endearingly bateared canine is taking over homes and hearts–and why you should do your research before buying a puppy
4 min |
March 22 2017
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Let There Be Light
Gladdened by the lengthening days and the arrival of a newborn Red Poll calf, John Lewis-Stempel welcomes the advent of spring on a mild March morning
4 min |
March 22 2017
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It's not easy being Green
THE Government has announced its backing of a huge new Northern Forest with a £5.7 million grant; Defra Secretary Michael Gove promises that the initiative will ‘deliver a Green Brexit’.
1 min |
Januay 17, 2018
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He'll always be behind you
NUMBER Two Dressing Room, the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford: my home for nigh on a quarter of every year.
3 min |
Januay 17, 2018
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Friends Of The Earth
WHEN Marcel Proust dipped a madeleine in his tea, a world of memories was unlocked for him.
3 min |
Januay 17, 2018
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Through A Glass Lightly
Anouska Hempel’s latest design project explores the transformative possibilities of mirrors
1 min |
Januay 17, 2018
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Art For A New World
Duncan MacMillan applauds an exhibition that reassesses the contribution made by Scottish artists to the great movements of Modern art
3 min |
Januay 17, 2018
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A Questionable Home-Made Liqueur
A Questionable Home-Made Liqueur
3 min |
October 04,2017
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Cutting A Dash
Parham House gardens, Parham, West Sussex Glorious cutting gardens, floriferous borders and a potager secreted within the four-acre walled garden fulfil a time-honoured tradition of providing flowers for the Elizabethan house, finds Jacky Hobbs
4 min |
October 04,2017
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Coincidences By The Cupful
Coincidences By The Cupful
3 min |
October 04,2017
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Total Immersion
Ruth Guilding reflects on the significance of the painter’s oeuvre as an exhibition and the launch of a first catalogue raisonne mark his centenary
3 min |