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Country Life UK
The darling buds of May
May Morris shared her father’s passion for flowers, embroidery and Iceland, but was much more than William’s daughter. Influential both as a designer and as a teacher, she championed the rights of workers, particularly women, as Huon Mallalieu reveals
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May 29, 2024
Country Life UK
Achilles healed
Once used to comfort the lovelorn or soothe the wounds of Greek heroes, yarrow may now have a new starring role in sustainable agriculture
5 min |
May 29, 2024
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Spring-fed genius
The garden at Selehurst, West Sussex The home of Mr and Mrs Michael Prideaux The streams that trickle through this woodland valley in the Sussex Weald have enabled the planting of thousands of different trees and flowering shrubs
6 min |
May 29, 2024
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Stars of the West
Wonderful houses of the West Country are enhanced by characterful owners, from the man who bought the whole of Exmoor to Jane Seymour and Sir Terence Conran
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May 29, 2024
Country Life UK
There's no place like home
Riding a train may not be as joyful as clicking a pair of ruby slippers, but there is a kind of magic to the new one-to-two-hour commute, because if you’re only in the office a few days a week, what does a little extra journey time matter, when it increases your buying power? With the flexible-working ethic broadening our horizons, you may find yourself shopping for a bigger, better house, without actually spending more money
6 min |
May 29, 2024
Country Life UK
'Because it's there': the Mallory and Irvine mystery
It’s now 100 years since George Mallory and Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine disappeared high on Everest; speculation has been rife ever since. Robin Ashcroft takes a broad perspective
5 min |
May 29, 2024
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Elegant and congruous
In the second of two articles, John Goodall looks at the abbey’s history after the Reformation and its descent in the hands of one family to the present
8 min |
May 29, 2024
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Under the Cornish sun
From the late 19th century, artists attached themselves like barnacles to Cornwall's shores, forming colonies that changed both art and the lives of local people
6 min |
May 22, 2024
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The contented garden
George Plumptre returns to the garden of the American artist John Hubbard and finds it basking in comfortable maturity
4 min |
May 22, 2024
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Safe havens of the West
Wildlife and people alike can thrive in four magnificent estates in Wiltshire, Somerset and Devon
7 min |
May 22, 2024
Country Life UK
A bit of light relief
Why paler hues are back in favour
2 min |
May 22, 2024
Country Life UK
A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom
As he prepares for another season on the fly, our correspondent considers what it is about fishing that has long enthralled the great and the good-from Coco Chanel to US presidents, Robert Redford and Eric Clapton
5 min |
May 22, 2024
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Walking with giants
On a meander around the mighty summits of Dartmoor, Manjit Dhillon recalls tales of warring giants, complex marriages and clotted cream
3 min |
May 22, 2024
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Romancing the stone
His walls are works of art, but it is Tom Trouton's innovative trees, fruits and even newts that set him apart as a master of dry stone
6 min |
May 22, 2024
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Claws for celebration
Caught in a pincer movement? Feeling the need to scuttle away? You're not the only one: Helen Scales gets under the shell of the UK's crabbiest crustaceans
6 min |
May 22, 2024
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Why we love (and hate) the A303
Sometimes, it is the journey we remember, rather than the destination. Julie Harding travels the long, winding-and sometimes frustrating road to the West Country, taking in the sights along the way
10 min |
May 22, 2024
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A valley of delightful beauty
In the first of two articles, David Robinson considers the medieval abbey at Hartland, beginning with its nebulous origins as an ancient religious site associated with the cult of St Nectan
8 min |
May 22, 2024
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Put some graphite in your pencil
Once used for daubing sheep, graphite went on to become as valuable as gold and wrote Keswick's place in history. Harry Pearson inhales that freshly sharpened-pencil smell
3 min |
May 08, 2024
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Dulce et decorum est
Michael Sandle is the Wilfred Owen of art, with his deeply felt sense of the futility of violence. John McEwen traces the career of this extraordinary artist ahead of his 88th birthday
4 min |
May 08, 2024
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Heaven is a place on earth
For the women of the Bloomsbury group, their country gardens were places of refuge, reflection and inspiration, as well as a means of keeping loved ones close by, discovers Deborah Nicholls-Lee
5 min |
May 08, 2024
Country Life UK
It's the plants, stupid
I WON my first prize for gardening when I was nine years old at prep school. My grandmother was delighted-it was she who had sent me the seeds of godetia, eschscholtzia and Virginia stock that secured my victory.
3 min |
May 08, 2024
Country Life UK
Pretty as a picture
The proliferation of honey-coloured stone cottages is part of what makes the Cotswolds so beguiling. Here, we pick some of our favourites currently on the market
2 min |
May 08, 2024
Country Life UK
How golden was my valley
These four magnificent Cotswold properties enjoy splendid views of hill and dale
7 min |
May 08, 2024
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The fire within
An occasionally deadly dinner-party addition, this perennial plant would become the first condiment produced by Heinz
3 min |
May 15, 2024
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Sweet chamomile, good times never seemed so good
Its dainty white flowers add sunshine to the garden and countryside; it will withstand drought and create a sweet-scented lawn that never needs mowing. What's not to love about chamomile
4 min |
May 15, 2024
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All I need is the air that I breathe
As the 250th anniversary of 'a new pure air' approaches, Cathryn Spence reflects on the 'furious free-thinker' and polymath who discovered oxygen
3 min |
May 15, 2024
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My art is in the garden
Monet and Turner supplied the colours, Canaletto the structure and Klimt the patterns for the Boodles National Gallery garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
9 min |
May 15, 2024
Country Life UK
Wonders of the Weald
Three enchanting houses amid rolling hills have been well cared for
5 min |
May 15, 2024
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Bright ideas brought to life
Prepare to be dazzled: six designers currently dreaming up rooms for this year's WOW!house share their plans
7 min |
May 15, 2024
Country Life UK
Mane stay
A hard-wearing textile with a pearlescent sheen, horsehair is much more than mere mattress stuffing. Deborah Nash meets the last British company creating this heritage fabric
3 min |