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Country Life UK
Like the cat that got the mint
Nepeta, the highly aromatic and pretty perennial beloved of so many country gardens, may be your feline's favourite fix, but we should be wary of its root, warns Deborah Nicholls-Lee
4 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
The prawn identity
It’s as retro as a pair of corduroy flares, but the classic prawn cocktail is a lily that needs no gilding, says Tom Parker Bowles
3 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
On the bright side of life
IN a dark and dangerous world, optimism is often difficult. Yet, these past few weeks have lifted the heart.
2 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
An idyll with an opera
Glyndebourne House, East Sussex The home of Gus Christie and Danielle de Niese Easily overlooked beside the opera that has made its name world famous, this country house bears the architectural stamp of a remarkable 1930s revival, as Clive Aslet explains
8 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
A whale of a show
Kathryn Bradley-Hole previews the highlights of what promises to be a very strong year at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
5 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
We will not be deprived of our Liberty
More of an Aladdin’s cave than a department store, Liberty feels as fresh today as it did 150 years ago. Gavin Plumley uncovers the secrets of England's favourite emporium
4 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
A rare thing
The gardens at Somerleyton Hall, near Lowestoft, Suffolk The home of Baron and Baroness Somerleyton Recent restoration works have retained the former theatrical splendours of these gardens and, at the same time, brought them beautifully up to date, finds Tilly Ware
4 min |
May 14, 2025
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My favourite painting Sir Simon Keenlyside
Charlotte Mullins comments on Woman in blue reading a letter
1 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
The late bloomers
Before gardeners of every persuasion eye up the new plants and ideas at next week's RHS Chelsea Flower Show, James Alexander-Sinclair picks some of his favourite characters in the horticultural milieu, from the obsessive modernist to the wildlife saviour
4 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
Wonderful wisteria
LAST month, I guided a group of COUNTRY LIFE readers around the gardens of the Italian Riviera.
3 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
Spot the difference
The ladybird, known collectively as a loveliness and named for the Virgin Mary's crimson robes, is a child's favourite and gardener's friend that comes in a host of polka-dot patterns, says Laura Parker
5 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
Livestock to the rescue
GRAZING is not the problem, but the method is, says a new report from the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT) that examines the widespread belief that livestock grazing is terrible for the climate.
1 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
The joy of timber
Gabriel Ash's greenhouses are beautiful and low maintenance, and they're the only RHS-approved timber-framed greenhouses on the market
2 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
Remembering a great Queen
A SHORTLIST of five ambitious proposals for the late Queen's national memorial has been revealed and the public is invited to offer comment, which the Evaluation Panel will take into account when choosing a winner this summer.
1 min |
May 14, 2025
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The legacy Harold Peto and the Italianate garden
IN 1892, Harold Ainsworth Peto left his London architectural practice, where he and his partner Ernest George had built up a fashionable clientele, and changed the course of garden history.
1 min |
May 14, 2025
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An open and shut case
A gate is so much more than a way to keep dogs in and intruders out, writes James Alexander-Sinclair
3 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
The darling buds of May
HAS there been a better spring for blossom? Ornamental cherries provided their thick icing of flowers, plum trees were full of the promise of fruits to come and few could have failed to notice the particularly fine apple blossom, dolloped thick on the bough.
2 min |
May 14, 2025
Country Life UK
Go wild or go home
A tented safari will surprise even the most seasoned traveller, says Mark Hedges, and nowhere more so than in Botswana, where the rhythms of life seem supercharged
4 min |
May 07, 2025
Country Life UK
The Cotswolds never disappoints
Glorious country houses in two ‘golden triangles', a village of woodpeckers, T. S. Eliot and a secret garden
7 min |
May 07, 2025
Country Life UK
A soft touch
The garden at Hampnett House, Gloucestershire The home of Mr Sanjeev Shah and Ms Mansi Amin What to do if you inherit a garden that isn't your style? Tiffany Daneff visits one that has undergone a major transformation, from high-concept minimalism to flower-filled paradise
5 min |
May 07, 2025
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Simply the best
Prime Purchase's experienced buying agents offer their clients a great deal more than access to off-market properties
2 min |
May 07, 2025
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Sour notes
IT is the season of the sour, when gooseberries, rhubarb and sorrel come into their own.
3 min |
May 07, 2025
Country Life UK
Hot on the trail
An extraordinary new walking trail is the best way to experience Sri Lanka's dramatic tea country, reveals Rosie Paterson. Just watch out for the leopards
5 min |
May 07, 2025
Country Life UK
'The hand of a maestro at work'
Red walled, sun soaked, art filled: the Tuscan haven that is Casa Newton, Pienza, Italy, is set in divine gardens by Luciano Giubbilei
2 min |
May 07, 2025
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For her eyes only
On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Allan Mallinson salutes five remarkable women in the shadowy world of espionage who contributed to the Allied victory
8 min |
May 07, 2025
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She swoops, she scores
In the first of a weekly series exploring our birds of prey, Mark Cocker examines the hobby, a falcon of elegance and rapacity that can snatch swallows in flight and catch bats after dusk
3 min |
May 07, 2025
Country Life UK
Oceans away
PREPARE to read an anecdote about octopuses that will blow your mind, courtesy of Colin Butfield, co-founder and director of Open Planet Studios, who has just written a book with Sir David Attenborough.
2 min |
May 07, 2025
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Begin your next chapter in the heart of Chelsea
Offering state-of-the-art facilities in elegant surroundings, Auriens has built a community of like-minded over-65s enjoying the finer things in life
2 min |
May 07, 2025
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The Badminton A-Z
All you need to know about this weekend's MARS Badminton Horse Trials
4 min |
May 07, 2025
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'I am the marquis of Marmite'
Better known for redecorating country houses, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has now turned his hand to capturing them on canvas—and he’s doing it in his own inimitable style, says James Fisher
6 min |