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Country Life UK
The secret's in the soil
The houses of the Garden of England are as impressive and storied as the landscape
4 min |
November 04, 2020
Country Life UK
The good doctor
The banishment of Sir Hans Sloane to a back-room glass case is unjustified and ignorant. This generous, kindly medical pioneer deserves better
4 min |
November 04, 2020
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‘When I swear, people know I mean it'
Michel Roux Jnr, the Michelin-starred member of a French cooking dynasty, talks to Christopher Jackson about the new normal, dressing up, the dangers of drinking and the importance of respect
6 min |
November 04, 2020
Country Life UK
Hickory dickory dock
The soporific tick-tock of seconds passing, the hypnotic swing of the pendulum, the commanding chiming of the hour: every house deserves a longcase clock, concludes Matthew Dennison
7 min |
November 04, 2020
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HALLS OF LEARNING
From private to public ones, the capital is home to some of the finest libraries in the world. London Library member Harry Mount extols the virtues of some of his favourites
5 min |
November 04, 2020
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I like the way you move
The manner in which you enter a room can change everything that happens next. Daniel Pembrey reveals how you could become the next Sean Connery
9 min |
November 04, 2020
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Have I got moos for you
Far from being ‘stupid’ or ‘silly cows’, cattle are ungainsayably clever and emotionally intelligent, with bags of personality, too, contends John Lewis-Stempel
5 min |
November 04, 2020
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First impressions
With this year’s GENTLEMAN’S LIFE supplement in mind, we pick five homes perfect for the young gent in the city
2 min |
November 04, 2020
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When In Doubt, Take A Bath
The market in Somerset’s largest city is heating up. Now is the time to dip a toe in
5 min |
October 28, 2020
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The magic touch
The carving of root vegetables into grotesque faces is only one of many attempts to ward off the advances of evil through the centuries, discovers Ian Morton
5 min |
October 28, 2020
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The art of transgression
Laura Gascoigne finds more feminism than sex or yoga in the British Museum’s interpretation of Tantra
3 min |
October 28, 2020
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On England's pleasant pastures seen
With frost-edged air embued by decaying leaves, bonfires and gunpowder, for John Lewis-Stempel, our landscape of field, hedge and brook is the only place to be in October
4 min |
October 28, 2020
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The North Pennines
THE second largest of the AONBs, at 766 square miles, this landscape of gorges, waterfalls and moorland is awash with natural importance.
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October 28, 2020
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Sign language
The Pope’s Head, The Naked Boy, The Leg & Star: illustrated signs have been swinging tipsily outside Britain’s pubs for centuries, wooing customers, annoying Parliament and occasionally landing on pedestrians, says Felicity Day
5 min |
October 28, 2020
Country Life UK
Light the touch paper
Tiffany Daneff visits a garden that comes alive as others begin to fade, where inspired plantings heighten autumn’s natural brilliance
6 min |
October 28, 2020
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My favourite painting Cressida Cowell: St George and the Dragon by Paolo Uccello
John McEwen comments on St George
2 min |
October 28, 2020
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An ode to ancient customs
The genre of country-house poetry in the 17th century is preoccupied by the ideas of hospitality and retirement. Clive Aslet considers the significance of these themes
8 min |
October 28, 2020
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From the jaws of hell
Be it Greek mythology’s Cerberus, Churchill’s ‘black dog’ of depression or the Hound of the Baskervilles, hell hounds have haunted us for generations, says Jeremy Hobson
3 min |
October 28, 2020
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Know Your Onions And Your Leeks
Once worn atop Welsh army helmets, this most elegant and subtle of alliums is as happy served alongside smart truffles as it is in the simplest of soups, says Tom Parker Bowles
4 min |
October 14, 2020
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These sacred places
The humble architecture and rich antiquity of the ancient churches of Wales are as captivating as their settings, reveals Caroline Welch of the National Churches Trust
3 min |
October 14, 2020
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Their stars still shine brightly
Last month, the stage lost three greats, but at least there are tentative green shoots of revival for their profession at some theatres
4 min |
October 14, 2020
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The Straw Ride by Lucy Kemp-Welch
John McEwen comments on The Straw Ride
2 min |
October 14, 2020
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Seizing the moment
Auctions and galleries open as long as they can, with international curiosities and thought-provoking artworks on display
4 min |
October 14, 2020
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Midlife crisis
Spencer’s love life was complicated and ultimately doomed, but it produced some remarkable paintings, reveals Tim Richardson
3 min |
October 14, 2020
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In search of the bony horseman
Herring-like in appearance, the shad was once one of our favourite fish, feasted on by the royal household. Now, it is one of our rarest, discovers Catriona Gray
3 min |
October 14, 2020
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Hot stuff
DO you think Roald Dahl was the only person in the land to pronounce the flower’s name correctly? Dahlias were not named after him, but after Anders Dahl, one of Linnaeus’s Swedish pupils in the late 18th century. Not a bad accolade, I reckon. Young Dahl must have been pretty hot stuff to deserve such an honour.
3 min |
October 14, 2020
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Design in a virtual world
The rise of the design webinar is spreading interiors knowledge far and wide
1 min |
October 14, 2020
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Antrim Coast and Glens
NORTHERN IRELAND still enjoys a largely undeveloped coastline, and the combined counties of Antrim and Derry include no fewer than three almost contiguous coastal AONBs. The most celebrated, perhaps, is that associated with the Giant’s Causeway, but there is also the spectacular cliff-lined headland of Binevenagh and, the largest of the three, Antrim Coast and Glens, between Larne and Ballycastle.
1 min |
October 14, 2020
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Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
A suspected spy, Harold Godwinson, William Gladstone and a British Army colonel all have ties to these two Wiltshire homes
5 min |
October 07, 2020
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Survivors from another age
Two National Trust properties bask in a glorious Indian summer’s day
3 min |