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Country Life UK
Read in order to live
Fewer students are taking up A-level English Literature and some universities are dropping it. Jonathan Self explains why this is short sighted
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August 31, 2022
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Cross-country collaboration
For watercolourists of many nationalities, Italy was inspirational. Work by the country's leading light, Lusieri, proves covetable, as Meissen birds fly high
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August 31, 2022
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Heavenly places
BOOKS
6 min |
August 31, 2022
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Far away and long ago
On the centenary of W. H. Hudson's death, John Lewis-Stempel wonders how the celebrated writer and founder member of the RSPB came to be forgotten
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August 31, 2022
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Heatwave raves
New and glorious hybrids keep appearing
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August 31, 2022
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Halls of fame
Three country houses with notable histories offer the best of family living
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August 31, 2022
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A shared vision
A harmonious relationship between architect and interior designer is the secret to every successful project
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August 31, 2022
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Wild riding
This is how riding holidays should be, says Octavia Pollock, as she crosses Dartmoor in the company of an Olympian
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August 31, 2022
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House of dreams
Ardfin estate, Isle of Jura, Argyll and Bute, part II In the second of two articles, Clive Aslet examines how a Victorian shooting lodge on the southern tip of Jura has been reimagined as a modern country house
7 min |
August 31, 2022
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Now that's what I call country music
Be it bees buzzing around pollen, a breeze through a field of wheat or the barking of deer, there are certain sounds that will forever evoke our British countryside, wherever you might find yourself
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August 31, 2022
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The Pantheon
So much were his senses captivated, he could scarcely persuade himself but that he trod on fairy ground
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August 31, 2022
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Charlotte Mullins comments on Two Plants
My favourite painting Christopher Woodward
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August 31, 2022
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‘We are still a nation of horse lovers’
The Master of the Horse on the lot of equines in different cultures
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August 31, 2022
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Heavenly hydrangeas
EVERYTHING in the garden year is subject to the lengthening and shortening of the day. After the peak in late June, the early starters fade away into the background and we find ourselves thinking, well, that’s it for another year.
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August 24, 2022
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Stick it to me
Now brushed aside as a weed with an irritating propensity for attaching itself to clothing, goosegrass was once welcomed with open arms, thanks to its medicinal properties, finds Ian Morton
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August 24, 2022
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Natural magic - The private garden at Bonnington House, near Edinburgh The home of Mr and Mrs Wilson
Arabella Lennox-Boyd has designed a garden of underlying structure overlaid with colour and charm creating many different areas, each with its own personality, discovers Caroline Donald
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August 24, 2022
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A load of old cobbles
Sweetly evocative of a past we never knew, but a nightmare for cyclists, cobbled streets were once a lifesaver for our working horses, explains Harry Pearson
3 min |
August 24, 2022
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Pride of Scotland
Lochs, burns, wild mountains, cattle, fishing, shooting and grouse moors: Scotland has it all in spades, as these properties show
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August 24, 2022
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From sea to shining sea
On the 200th anniversary of the opening of Thomas Telford’s Caledonian Canal, Mary Miers explores the greatest manmade marvel of the Highlands
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August 24, 2022
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Bring me my bow
Sir Walter Scott’s legacy lives on as The Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland, The Royal Company of Archers, celebrates its bicentenary on a joyful royal occasion. Jamie Blackett brushes off his uniform
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August 24, 2022
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Island escape
With a host of accommodation and sporting activities to suit everyone, from families to couples, the Benmore estate is a remote paradise full of natural wonders to explore
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August 24, 2022
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When the saints go marching in
With his heart set on ‘pilgrim-ing’ through the Highlands–one of Europe’s most beautiful landscapes–Joe Gibbs retraces St Columba’s footsteps to Iona, little knowing that a bout of norovirus is about to hinder his best-laid plans
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August 24, 2022
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Romance realised Ardfin estate, Isle of Jura, Argyll and Bute, part I
A Victorian shooting lodge has been stylishly recast as the heart of a modern estate. In the first of two articles, Clive Aslet reports on this remarkable project
7 min |
August 24, 2022
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The Lady of Shalott
SEVERAL years ago, the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) staged a major exhibition on J. W. Waterhouse—and what a feast for the eyes it was.
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August 24, 2022
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Scents and sensitivity
As he observes his cows on a warm August day, John Lewis-Stempel allows himself to be led by the nose and discovers that weather whiffing is no dark art, but proper science
4 min |
August 24, 2022
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Sir Frank Brangwyn – 'To decorate life'
An artistic polymath whose murals were revered around the world, Sir Frank Brangwyn ended his days as a recluse after a crushing rejection, reveals Matthew Dennison
4 min |
August 10, 2022
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The trumpet shall sound
The trumpeter on varying the tone and why music is as essential as food
4 min |
August 17, 2022
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Rooms with a view
If proof were needed. of the importance of breaking up the space and changing the pace with hedging and trees, this is surely it, believes Tiffany Daneff
6 min |
August 17, 2022
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Those gorgeous Georgians
Houses that prove the Georgian era's immense variety
3 min |
August 17, 2022
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Quiet places under the sun
A litany of talent has occupied these beautiful houses and estates, from the D'Oyly Cartes of Gilbert and Sullivan fame, to the actor Sir John Mills and 'Mr Men' and 'Little Miss' creator Roger Hargreaves
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