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Country Life UK
Get down on your knees
The gardens at Thenford House, home of Lord and Lady Heseltine James Alexander-Sinclair joins snowdrop lovers wandering through more than 900 varieties of Galanthus, perhaps the largest collection in the country
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February 07, 2024
Country Life UK
The tale of two towers
England and France competed fiercely for bragging rights in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but no version of France's féted Eiffel Tower ever came to fruition. Not for lack of trying, however, says Martin Fone
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February 07, 2024
Country Life UK
In with the new
Thomas Cundy I changed the face of Mayfair with the refronting programme he launched as chief surveyor of the Grosvenor estate, but much of his work was lost in subsequent renovation, as Carla Passino discovers
5 min |
February 07, 2024
Country Life UK
Home truths
Cash-paying downsizers will have to compete with families hoping to upsize for these three charming homes under 2 million
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February 07, 2024
Country Life UK
How to light a period house
Careful planning is the secret to illuminating historic spaces, says lighting designer Sally Stephenson of Owl Lighting
3 min |
February 07, 2024
Country Life UK
Irruption of the waxwings
Once thought to have presaged the First World War, these exquisite European songbirds are a blessing to our shores, says Mark Cocker
4 min |
February 07, 2024
Country Life UK
Windows on the world
The desire to chart the world around us is an impulse as old as time and some map-makers' efforts have an astonishing longevity, reveals Matthew Dennison
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February 07, 2024
Country Life UK
A castle of curiosities
Chillingham Castle, Northumberland The home of Sir Humphry Wakefield Bt and the Hon Lady Wakefield A castle saved from the brink of ruin is now a memorable home. John Goodall reports
9 min |
February 07, 2024
Country Life UK
The money's in the honey
PEOPLE in Britain are eating less bread. Last year, sales were down by more than 4% and prices went up by more than 16%. That’s bad news for the bakers, but it is also very bad news for those who produce jam and other spreads. Cutting down on toast means customers cut down on jam and marmalade, which have lost nearly 5% of their market share. For soft-fruit growers, this is a serious blow, exacerbated by the huge increase in their costs.
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
A river runs through it
The meandering waterwaysif Britain—in this case the Lyvennet, Eden, North Tyne and Taf—have seen it all, from glamping pods and rewilding to medieval village takeovers
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
My favourite painting Ashley Campbell
Charlotte Mullins comments on Iris
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
Spin when you're winning
It might be the January blues, but James Fisher is not feeling confident for England’s chances in India
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
Seed drill
I STILL find it magical that seeds carry all the information needed to become a full-grown productive plant. Our task is to ensure that this nugget of potential falls into the right place at the right time in the right way.
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
Wall to wall abundance
The Walled Garden at Whithurst Park, West Sussex The home of Richard Taylor and Rick Englert Growing your own is one thing, says Tiffany Daneff, but building your own walled kitchen garden from scratch is a quite remarkable achievement
4 min |
January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
The sweet spot
A house under £1.5 million usually offers good, family-sized proportions, while avoiding a jump to 12% Stamp Duty
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
All bark and some bite
A vital source of food, a pharmacy and a haven for wildlife, a tree’s living skin is a surprisingly sophisticated surface, says John Lewis-Stempel
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
It's the little things
AS well as Lindisfarne Castle, COUNTRY LIFE’s former offices on Tavistock Street, London WC2, and numerous country houses in the Home Counties, Sir Edwin Lutyens is known for designing a miniature, four-storey Palladian villa given by the nation to Queen Mary in 1924. This year, the Royal Collection Trust celebrates the 100th anniversary of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House with a reimagined display at Windsor Castle, which opened last week.
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
Wildly out of whack
THE Government is far behind in its goal to halt Nature’s decline and ensure 30% of land and sea is protected by 2030, finds the latest damning report from the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP).
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
When God closes a door...
TODAY, the National Churches Trust launches its manifesto calling for urgent action to rescue the UK's church buildings. Every Church Counts offers a blueprint for how churches can be saved for the future,' explains National Churches Trust chief executive Claire Walker. 'With hundreds facing closure across the UK, a national plan is urgently needed... We are calling on Government, heritage organisations and Christian denominations to work together.'
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
The evidence of your eyes and ears
Podcasts are taking over. James Fisher finds out what they are, where they came from and what to listen to
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
Rooms with a cru
Successive lockdowns taught us to make the most of our homes, from the addition of everything from home offices to gyms. However, a wine room offers a much more sybaritic experience, finds Amelia Thorpe
4 min |
January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
Where grace is laced with muscle
Real or fictional, horses have the power to change lives, society and mass opinion. Red Rum, Frankel, Black Beauty, The Pie: Paul Hayward considers his top 12 transformational equine stars
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January 24, 2024
Country Life UK
Country-house Clawdo
Was it the leopard in the dining room, the jackdaw in the kitchen or the ferret in the nursery? Bronwen Riley presents a whodunnit of the worst-behaved pets
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January 24, 2024
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Nationhood and corporation - Australia House, the Strand, London WC2
An imposing home for the newly federated Commonwealth of Australia sought through its design and materials to celebrate themes of union with Britain and national self worth, as G. A. Bremner explains
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January 24, 2024
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So much more than a walk in the park
After 75 years, the job required of national parks has changed. They now need to be hothouses of Nature recovery, and it’s time we got on with it
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January 24, 2024
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All roads lead to Rome
Thomas, 14th Earl of Arundel, amassed the first large collection of classical sculptures in the 17th century. Britain's passion for antiquities has endured to this day, albeit with a different approach, as Carla Passino discovers
6 min |
January 03, 2024
Country Life UK
To ski or not to ski
'Falling over was easy, even on the flat; getting up was disastrous;
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January 03, 2024
Country Life UK
La dolce Dolomites
There's more to skiing than the French and Swiss Alps, says James Fisher, who goes in search of new adventures in the Italian mountains
4 min |
January 03, 2024
Country Life UK
There's no time like the ancient present
Athens, cradle of civilisation, is enjoying a rapid renaissance, says Luke Abrahams, and the best time to visit is right now
3 min |
January 03, 2024
Country Life UK
At the turn of the century
La Mamounia in Marrakech has a storied past. As it turns 100, Mary Lussiana returns to reflect on its successes and guess what the next few years might hold
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