Entertainment
Country Life UK
A Sense Of Treasured Place
Our landscape has been immortalised by literary greats, but so, too, should those literary greats be immortalised in our landscape.
8 min |
November 07, 2018
Country Life UK
It Eight Half Hot, Mum
Large but handsome, the Audi Q8 is an enormously well resolved, coherent and comfortable car, worthy of any Palladian driveway.
3 min |
November 07, 2018
Country Life UK
Simply The Best In London
A gender-switch production of Company is a triumph.
3 min |
November 07, 2018
Country Life UK
It's My Pleasure
Claude Debussy, who died 100 years ago, was a divisive figure who enjoyed a hectic love life. Pippa Cuckson reflects on his genius, his extravagance and his musical legacy
4 min |
July 11, 2018
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From Russia With Love
At the turn of the last century, the royal families of Britain and Russia were linked by blood and marriage. Martin Williams enjoys this spirited account of their often uneasy relationship
4 min |
July 11, 2018
Country Life UK
Back To Nature
A radical project at Knepp Castle shows that what wildlife needs is space
3 min |
July 11, 2018
Country Life UK
Palaces On The Sea
Eugenius Birch, father of the promenade pier, was born 200 years ago. Kathryn Ferry considers the life and remarkable legacy of this outstanding figure
7 min |
July 11, 2018
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We're All Going On A Roman Holiday
It might look like something from the ‘Looney Tunes’ cartoon series, but the new, smartened-up version of the pint-sized Fiat 500, the Abarth Rivale, is a hot hatchback
3 min |
April 17, 2019
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The Thrill Of Mr Chase
Hunters & Frankau’s Simon Chase was one of the industry’s most respected figures
4 min |
April 17, 2019
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Here's Looking At You, Shrimp
The tiny brown shrimp is an age-old East Anglian delicacy that has fallen out of fashion. Mike Warner explains why it’s time to give these native prawns another chance
3 min |
April 24, 2019
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Feelin' Groovy
The Swinging Sixties have returned to London with two shows devoted to Mary Quant and the Chelsea set of designers. Philippa Stockley looks back
3 min |
April 24, 2019
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A Rum Business
It’s synonymous with the Caribbean, but some extraordinary versions of this tropical tipple are being made in East Anglia, finds Emma Hughes
3 min |
April 24, 2019
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Watch And Learn
With few fashion accessories to experiment with, a gentleman’s wristwatch speaks volumes–just make sure it’s singing the right tune, says Robin Swithinbank
5 min |
April 24, 2019
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Swing Low
The deep fringe is once again adding a discreetly decorative look to upholstery
2 min |
April 24, 2019
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Towards Ground Zero
LIVESTOCK farmers are coming in for criticism from vegan, health and climate change lobbies—NFU president Minette Batters was even asked on Radio 4 if meat was the new smoking —but her profession found some unexpected allies at the recent climate change and farming conference at Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.
2 min |
July 17, 2019
Country Life UK
Close Encounters Of Various Kinds
I’M in the foothills of the Himalayas, surrounded by three sacred mountains, the moonlight is picking out a small cluster of houses and Jelac is about to walk to school.
3 min |
July 17, 2019
Country Life UK
Ask The Expert
Known for deeply comfortable rooms with a sense of unpretentious luxury, Adam Bray has more than 25 years’ experience of interior design and decoration.
3 min |
July 17, 2019
Country Life UK
Hello, Salar!
After a slow start, our fishing correspondent finds his luck is in on the Laxford
3 min |
July 17, 2019
Country Life UK
Every Dog Has Its Day
From loyal labradors to a fishing-mad orange dog, a plucky teckel and a food-thieving lurcher, our favourite sporting canine accomplices are trusted and loved beyond measure, finds Adrian Dangar
8 min |
July 24, 2019
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Dress To Impress
In the country-house market as in life, you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression, finds Holly Kirkwood
2 min |
July 24, 2019
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I Am A Passenger
Like Iggy Pop, David Profumo and Editor Mark Hedges relax as they let motoring correspondent and fisherman extraordinaire Charles Rangeley-Wilson take the wheel on a memorable road–and angling–trip to the Peak District
3 min |
July 24, 2019
Country Life UK
A Blue-Chip Investment
Palácio Fronteira, near Lisbon, Portugal More than 60,000 tiles have gone into the creation of this extraordinary 17th-century garden, which has survived kings and earthquakes, and they still gleam as bright as on the day they were laid, says Gerald Luckhurst
6 min |
February 13, 2019
Country Life UK
Hot Summertown In The City
A rare Regency gem in the form of a Grade II*-listed Oxford villa with almost two acres of grounds has come to the market
4 min |
February 13, 2019
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Reviving History
A medieval castle that evolved gradually into a comfortable house was strikingly reconstituted in the 1840s with ambitious neo-Norman additions, as James Bettley explains
7 min |
February 13, 2019
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As Bald As A Coot
Bold in appearance and once an annual target, the coot is not wholly innocent nor without value within the waterfowl community, finds Ian Morton
5 min |
February 13, 2019
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Swine Fever
From Peabody to pigs, the Cotswolds Art & Antique Dealers’ Association fair will have much to enjoy
4 min |
February 13, 2019
Country Life UK
Wild About Flowers
Lady’s slippers by the hundreds if not thousands, hillsides golden with daisies, swards of salvias: Sarah Raven salutes Bob Gibbons, who has dedicated the best part of his life to finding and documenting wildflowers
6 min |
February 20, 2019
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My Favourite Painting Marina Warner
The Triumph of Death by an unknown artist
1 min |
February 20, 2019
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Hot-House Flowering
Conservatories are once again being used for cultivating and enjoying plants. Amelia Thorpe reports on a growing trend
2 min |
February 20, 2019
Country Life UK
The Final Curtain Call
The theatrical world has recently lost three great men
4 min |