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Country Life UK
Friends in low places
As special as orchids, as beautiful as bluebells and as important as oaks, our ground-hugging mosses are worth a look down, says Mark Cocker
6 min |
September 04, 2024
Country Life UK
Talk of the ton
During the golden age of gossip, the fashion choices of the Regency elite were frequently the scintillating subject of the scandal sheets, finds Susan Jenkins
4 min |
September 04, 2024
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Slopes of hazard
Skiing, ironically, is the safest thing you can do in St Moritz, says Rosie Paterson, who traces the Swiss resort's love affair with adrenaline-pumping winter sports back to a Victorian bet
5 min |
September 04, 2024
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At anchor down under
A thoughtfully designed ship, with infinity pool and book-lined nooks, is a great base from which to explore Indonesia and the north coast of Australia, finds Jane Wheatley
5 min |
September 04, 2024
Country Life UK
Peanuts and pencils
The thrill of a new pencil case doesn't fade with age, finds Jo Rodgers, on a visit to Anya Hindmarch's new stationery pop-up shop
3 min |
September 04, 2024
Country Life UK
Fêted and plated
Behind every powerful man is a woman and behind every successful restaurant is a wise and passionate restaurateur. Tom Parker Bowles meets some of the best
7 min |
September 04, 2024
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The best seat in the house
Patience, knowledge and practised skill are all required to create handmade furniture. Nick Hammond discovers how one gifted woodworker found the best possible mentor, thanks to a copy of COUNTRY LIFE
4 min |
September 04, 2024
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Building nationhood
A recently restored villa set in a carefully planted woodland blends traditions in pursuit of a distinctly Romanian idiom of architecture, as Jeremy Musson explains
8 min |
September 04, 2024
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'Neither fish nor flesh'
A creature of bewitching contrasts, the otter is 'an animal that might have been specifically designed to please a child' and has captured our imaginations since first we encountered its bright-eyed gaze, says Laura Parker
6 min |
September 04, 2024
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The plant that defied the weather
SO much of what happens, in summer and after, is due to what forecasters like to call ‘weather events’ that occurred in the previous winter and spring.
3 min |
September 03, 2024
Country Life UK
Sporting chances
Buyers inspired by Team GB's success at the Paris Olympics and the magnificent architecture of the competition venues can pursue their own sporting dreams at four charming houses that have recently come to the market
5 min |
September 03, 2024
Country Life UK
The sweet taste of freedom
The L-plates are off and it's time to hit the road. Everyone remembers their first (car), so James Fisher asked COUNTRY LIFE staff and friends to tell us about theirs
5 min |
September 03, 2024
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Attending the barley ballet
Late one August night, John Lewis-Stempel and his labrador are transfixed by the last dance of the barley field, as moonshine bathes the shimmering and swaying sun-goldened crop in an ethereal silvery light
4 min |
September 03, 2024
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Elegy to a country churchyard
A garden with a church as its focal point is both movingly effective and mellow, with nods to a horticultural hero and a ruby wedding anniversary, as George Plumptre discovers
5 min |
September 03, 2024
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The summits of excellence
Scaling the Three Peaks of Britain is not for the faint of heart and neither is driving the powerful Aston Martin DBX707. Fortunately, Adam Hay-Nicholls is braver than most and took on the challenge with aplomb
5 min |
September 03, 2024
Country Life UK
Be not hasty to pluck it
Have we been picking blackberries wrong all this time? Ignore the birds and follow the bees for the ultimate hedgerow delight of summer's end, advises Deborah Nicholls-Lee
6 min |
September 03, 2024
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A fatal court and folly
In the second of two articles, John Goodall looks at the Jacobite history of Scone and the transformation of the Palace from 1802 into a Gothic Revival prodigy house
8 min |
September 03, 2024
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Hero of the turf
George Stubbs, born 300 years ago, found Nature superior to art and approached his pictures with the eye of an anatomy scholar, yet no contemporary could rival him in capturing the elegance and character of racehorses, dogs and even zebras, as Jack Watkins discovers
6 min |
September 03, 2024
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Wheels of fortune
Life is nothing but endless choices, even more so when looking to buy a car. Thankfully, James Fisher has thought of (almost) every possible situation in which you might need one and which model to buy
5 min |
September 03, 2024
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From Paris, with love
British equestrian sport is riding high post-Olympics and next month's Defender Burghley Horse Trials, which has attracted an illustrious entry, should show it in its best light, believes Kate Green
5 min |
September 03, 2024
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Can I tempt you with another carrot?
No tea party is complete without a four-hoofed friend in attendance, says Flora Watkins. Just be mindful of where you put the sugar lumps
5 min |
September 03, 2024
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An undefeated summer?
James Fisher laments the quality of England's Test opposition, and wonders if those at the top of the game are taking it seriously
3 min |
August 21, 2024
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'Look at the old girl now'
Hello, Dolly!, starring the charismatic veteran actress Dame Imelda Staunton, is a triumph, as is a revival of a rarely seen Shakespearean play
4 min |
August 21, 2024
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Reality is merely an illusion
Requiring us to suspend disbelief, automata are so much more than toys, demonstrating the separation between the created and the creator, discovers
6 min |
August 21, 2024
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Cream of the crop
Although small, last month's Christie's Old Master sale brimmed with treasures, such as paintings by Hals, Bonington and Titian, including his celebrated Rest on the Flight into Egypt
3 min |
August 21, 2024
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The road to the Isles
Entranced by the purple-shadowed hills and rugged coastlines of the Highlands, earlyand mid-20th-century artists challenged the stereotype of the Romantic North with modern works that deserve to be better known,
5 min |
August 21, 2024
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Is that a plum in your mouth?
Coe's Golden Drop', 'Valor' or, perhaps, Pershore Yellow Egg'? To taste the rainbow of heavenly British plum varieties, you may well have to get your hands dirty,
5 min |
August 21, 2024
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Sculpting with plants
The walled garden at Whitburgh House, Midlothian The home of Mr and Mrs Alastair Salvesen
5 min |
August 21, 2024
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O flowers of Scotland
A million bulbs in one garden are not the only objects of beauty across three Scottish estates new to the market, two with houses
6 min |
August 21, 2024
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Working their red socks off
Each August, a merry band comes together to help run the Chatsworth Country Fair. Simon Reinhold, who's pulled up his volunteering socks for the past 33 years, explains how the tradition came about
6 min |