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Country Life UK
The magic carpet goes electric
Specialising in cars so smooth you won’t spill your Champagne, Rolls-Royce was born for the all-electric market–and the Spectre is well worth the two-year wait
3 min |
September 27, 2023
Country Life UK
Just another day in paradise
The chatelaine of Meikleour has not only transformed her husband's home, she's also introduced a host of fisherwomen to the delights of the Tay, discovers David Profumo, as he joins Mrs Reel Life for a day in piscatorial heaven
4 min |
September 27, 2023
Country Life UK
Last of the summer wine
As the warm September sun begins to wane, John Lewis-Stempel visits John Clare's grave, where he laments the sad demise of Nature's favourite son and wonders why the peasant poet's genius was never fully appreciated during his lifetime
4 min |
September 27, 2023
Country Life UK
You've got to roll with it
Incorrectly considered a pest, the woodlouse-a land-based crustacean with a hard, armadillo-like outer shell that rolls into a ball to protect itself-plays a pivotal role in our gardens and literature
4 min |
September 27, 2023
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Under pressure
Barometers and altimeters have saved thousands of lives since their invention, although their occasionally inaccurate predictions have caused tempers to flare
5 min |
September 27, 2023
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The need for tweed
Given the chance create his very own 'estate' Harris tweed, David Profumo knocks at the door of Donald John Mackay, the Hebridean weaver who has changed an entire industry
4 min |
September 27, 2023
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And the beat goes on
Wrestling through brambles or wading through sodden cover crops are all in a day’s work for beaters. Essential to the success of a shoot day, they also often have the best fun, enthuses retired gamekeeper Simon Lester
5 min |
September 27, 2023
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Here's one I trained earlier
Any gun who's ever looked enviously at a neighbour's dog sitting patiently on the peg, as their own over-excited charge lunges on its lead, may want to consider buying a pre-trained gundog
7 min |
September 27, 2023
Country Life UK
Loved to life
Shilstone House, Devon The home of Sebastian and Lucy Fenwick Work to a new drawing room in the Jacobean style brings to completion the remarkable rebirth of a Devon country house
8 min |
September 27, 2023
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Wright on time
Frank Lloyd Wright's visionary creations brought American architecture to the forefront. Agnes Stamp rounds up iconic residences for sale looking for their next guardian
2 min |
September 27, 2023
Country Life UK
Through the looking glass
A Mirror is the best new play so far this year and raises the question of whether reality must be portrayed literally or through the filter of imagination
4 min |
September 20, 2023
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A blessing in disguise
With its messy, lopsided leaves and tiny yellow flowers, wood avens would never win a beauty contest, but this unprepossessing plant has a rich spiritual history and even some surprisingly snuggly qualities
4 min |
September 20, 2023
Country Life UK
Kew's Herbarium should stay put
TO describe the Herbarium at Kew Gardens as its beating heart could be seen as ironic—all the plant specimens it contains are as dead as the dodo—but its importance to science and the future of the world’s botanical riches cannot be underestimated.
3 min |
September 20, 2023
Country Life UK
Set in stone
This former working farm in the Cotswolds with its scattering of ancient buildings has been transformed into a series of beautiful gardens surrounding the main house
4 min |
September 20, 2023
Country Life UK
Taking stock in the Cotswolds
A sense of normality has crept back into this once frenetic market, but some noteworthy sales are still being achieved
6 min |
September 20, 2023
Country Life UK
Follow your (white) hart
Whether a harbinger of death, a religious symbol or an inspiration for artists and poets, the white deer has long loomed large in our imagination, as Deborah Nicholls-Lee discovers
4 min |
September 20, 2023
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All in the family
Exquisite craftsmanship and attention to details are the bywords at jeweller G. Collins & Sons, where the second generation is now at the helm
2 min |
September 20, 2023
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Lark Rise ascending
Flora Thompson’s evocative trilogy captures the ‘threadbare idyll’ of a countryside on the cusp of dramatic change, says Matthew Dennison, as he looks back on a world of rustic wonder, 80 years after the third book was written
6 min |
September 20, 2023
Country Life UK
Why my heart belongs to the Cotswolds
Arguably our most-loved Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and long at the top of tourists’ must-visit lists, the allure of the Cotswolds is as strong as ever. Paula Lester meets seven people who are lucky enough to call it home
10+ min |
September 20, 2023
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Making history live
In the second of two articles, John Goodall looks at the stylish reinvention of this grand Regency house, home to the Berkeley family for more than four centuries
8 min |
September 20, 2023
Country Life UK
A fawn too far?
A young roe deer has a close encounter and an Indian summer saves the barley
3 min |
September 20, 2023
Country Life UK
The end of capercaillie?
CAPERCAILLIE numbers in Scotland have almost halved in the past 10 years and the bird is heading towards extinction in the UK, according to a new report by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).
1 min |
September 20, 2023
Country Life UK
Five decades of rare progress
THE great and the good of the rare native-breeds world descended on the House of Lord’s last week to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
1 min |
September 20, 2023
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Royal help for rural people
SOME £250,000 has been made available by the Royal Countryside Fund (RCF) for rural community organisations, it has been announced. The grants, which can be up to £25,000, are part of the RCF’s Supporting Rural Communities programme and the organisation is ‘keen to hear from people whose community projects are responding to specific needs in their village or town’.
1 min |
September 20, 2023
Country Life UK
How to make friends and entertain people
These glorious gardens are the perfect places to enjoy the last of the summer sun
3 min |
September 13, 2023
Country Life UK
Go with the flow
Scotland's natural capital is proving a boost to its prime property market
5 min |
September 13, 2023
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Plastic fantastic
Not all heroes wear capes, some are more likely to put on the wrong trousers and ask their dog if he wants 'more cheese'. Harry Pearson meets Wallace and Gromit, two of our best-loved Plasticine characters
5 min |
September 13, 2023
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Who are you calling prickly?
Hedgehogs live on the fringes of our world, adored, yet often unwittingly harmed. Spurred by her own encounter with Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Sarah Sands explores what they tell us about our relationship with Nature and life
6 min |
September 13, 2023
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An architectural accident
In the first of two articles, John Goodall tells the story of how a stable was replaced by a splendid Regency seat
8 min |
September 13, 2023
Country Life UK
Fifty shades of green
Plants have developed surprising ways of spreading their seed, says John Wright, as he explores the unusual and risqué manner in which some species reproduce
4 min |