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Country Life UK
We're all winners
Triumph and disappointment are always better shared, as are expenses, and multiple ownership is on the rise in racing. Marcus Armytage examines the pleasures and pitfalls of syndicate-owned racehorses
5 min |
August 30, 2023
Country Life UK
Of houses and horses
The Defender Burghley Horse Trials is the sporting event of the weekend. Kate Green provides a guide
3 min |
August 30, 2023
Country Life UK
Conditions of carriage
Horse-drawn carriages might often be portrayed as the most genteel and romantic form of transport, but, in their heyday, they frequently left passengers feeling nauseous and uneasy, says Charles Harris
6 min |
August 30, 2023
Country Life UK
A princely seat
In the first of two articles, John Goodall looks at the early development of this celebrated castle, the seat of the powerful and wealthy medieval Earls of Arundel
8 min |
August 30, 2023
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There is a middle way
Land use doesn't have to be all or nothing; we need to be more pragmatic and less proscriptive
3 min |
August 30, 2023
Country Life UK
My favourite painting Claire German
Thomas Cromwell by Hans Holbein the Younger
2 min |
August 30, 2023
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Love in a time of depression
A revival of Lucy Prebble’s The Effect raises big questions and, if the rain holds off, a rousing outdoor musical should raise the spirits
4 min |
August 23, 2023
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The yolk's on them
The jury is out as to whether the humble Scotch egg is a snack or a ‘substantial meal’. Either way, this headline-stealing, hand-held hero is outrageously delicious
4 min |
August 23, 2023
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In the swim
Christopher Woodward dives into the history of the swimming pool and relishes some lengths in the best private pools in the country
6 min |
August 23, 2023
Country Life UK
The right tools for the job
ANYONE venturing into my office might presume that my desk is a disorganised mess. However, like most people with a cluttered desk, I know exactly where to find every last magazine, letter, invoice and newspaper cutting. It is the same with the garden tool shed: I know where every tool is, even the hand trowel that has, in fact, been left in the garden. I can put my hand immediately on a hose connector, ball of string or wire stretcher that lives in a crate, jumbled with dozens of other odds and sods that will be needed at some point during the season. To call the place a tool shed is a misnomer: it is the broken chair, old bicycle, log basket and bric-a-brac shed, with a bit of space for garden tools.
2 min |
August 23, 2023
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It's all in the genes
As well as honouring her family’s history of plant breeding, the artist and garden designer Caroline Thomson has created a remarkable garden
4 min |
August 23, 2023
Country Life UK
Scotland's A-listers take the stage
Some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery provides a glorious backdrop to four historic country houses and estates that have recently come to the market
7 min |
August 23, 2023
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Divide and rule
A new Plain English design in Northumberland demonstrates the benefits of carving up a kitchen
3 min |
August 23, 2023
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Hoop, stock and barrel
Crafting wooden casks is an ancient art form that requires traditional makers to jump through hoops to construct vessels strong enough for the task of maturing precious Scotch whisky
5 min |
August 23, 2023
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Have your oatcake and eat it
Delicious with sweet or savoury toppings–or, for the purist, plain–oatcakes have long been a kitchen staple and not only for Scots
6 min |
August 23, 2023
Country Life UK
Heart of stone
Shrouded in myth and mystery, the unremarkable-looking Stone of Scone– the ancient symbol of Scottish sovereigns–still plays a significant role in the coronations of British monarchs
5 min |
August 23, 2023
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The ultimate walk of shame
Tired, hungry and demoralised, the Highlanders marched from Culloden to Nairn on the eve of the final and fateful confrontation of the Jacobite Rising. Some 300 years later, Joe Gibbs retraces their footsteps and considers what went wrong
5 min |
August 23, 2023
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Holding fast
Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye The seat of Clan MacLeod One of Scotland’s most celebrated and anciently occupied castles has undergone a decade of restoration and renovation.
8 min |
August 23, 2023
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Just save us all
We can combat climate change and achieve international peace, if only we could stop and listen to the very real progress being made
3 min |
August 23, 2023
Country Life UK
Feasts for the eyes
Although the art market is on its summer holidays, there are plenty of excellent exhibitions to visit, including one in France
3 min |
August 16, 2023
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Floral madeleines
COMFORT food’ is a term familiar to anyone who enjoys a good meal
3 min |
August 16, 2023
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Here we go round the mulberry tree
Familiar from the famous nursery rhyme, the mulberry tree is so prized for the silkworms that feed on its luscious fruit that, long ago, the Chinese would execute anyone exporting a specimen
6 min |
August 16, 2023
Country Life UK
Try something new
Foreign introductions are always tempting to grow–and so often disappoint– but, writes John Hoyland, the Australian baptisia is proving hardy and happy in a range of conditions here and becoming a new garden stalwart
3 min |
August 16, 2023
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Kings, cricket and villainy
It should come as no surprise that the homes of the ‘Garden of England’ hold such rich histories
5 min |
August 16, 2023
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Giving it large
Why bold pattern is a magic ingredient in a scheme
1 min |
August 16, 2023
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The designer's room
Nels Crosthwaite Eyre employed a dramatic wallpaper to inject pattern, scale and colour into a converted building in north London
1 min |
August 16, 2023
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A real fly by night
Once reviled as a creature of doom, the nightjar is an avian miracle that sits silently motionless by day and flies noiselessly at night. No wonder it is so hard to spot
3 min |
August 16, 2023
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A dramatic revival
The decaying shell of a medieval peel tower has undergone a near miraculous restoration and revival as a family home. Jeremy Musson reports
8 min |
August 16, 2023
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'Tis the silly season
More chirping and less tweeting would be bliss in August
3 min |
August 16, 2023
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And all that jazz
So much more than flappers and frivolity, the 1920s saw Britain blossom with an extraordinary creative confidence that transformed art, fashion, music and literature, as Claire Jackson discovers
5 min |