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Edward or Edwin
The early 20th century saw a golden age of living and architecture
3 min |
February 22, 2023
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Splendid isolation
Two gems in East Anglia come garnished with history, space and privacy
6 min |
February 22, 2023
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The designer's room
A fragment of handpainted chinoiserie set the scene for the decoration of this bathroom at Keythorpe Hall, Leicestershire
1 min |
February 22, 2023
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The writing's on the wall
Early on a bright and frosty February morning, John Lewis-Stempel sets about trying to repair a dry-stone wall in the hope of keeping his horse, and other livestock, away from his prized roses
4 min |
February 22, 2023
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Go ahead, jump!
Once a symbol of fertility and more recently a figure of fun, the frog has always loomed large in folklore, and not only as a means of finding a prince. Now, however, some species’ future is uncertain, finds Ian Morton
5 min |
February 22, 2023
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An encyclopaedia of architecture
Winchester College, Hampshire, part I The Warden and Fellows of Winchester College In the second of two articles, Jeremy Musson offers an overview of the wealth of boneyes created by Winchester College from the Reformation to the present
8 min |
February 22, 2023
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Beauty is in the eye of the brush holder
Ever since Leonardo da Vinci followed curiously featured people in the street to capture their likeness on canvas, artists have been fascinated by the grotesque and unusual, says Michael Prodger
6 min |
February 22, 2023
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Kilvert's Diary
THE poet and novelist William Plomer, when working in his role as principal reader for the Bloomsbury publisher Jonathan Cape in 1937, excavated from a pile of manuscripts two bound Victorian notebooks sent in by the descendants of an unknown country clergyman from the Welsh borders.
4 min |
February 22, 2023
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Churches join race to net-zero
CHESTER CATHEDRAL has installed 206 roof-mounted solar panels, the most ever fitted to a British cathedral, it was announced earlier this month.
2 min |
February 22, 2023
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The glory of the gratin
A no-nonsense feast to gird the belly and quicken the heart, the gratin–whether it be slathered over meat, fish or vegetables–is all about an indulgent excess of cream topped by crispy cheese, says Tom Parker Bowles
3 min |
March 08, 2023
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The glory of the gratin
A no-nonsense feast to gird the belly and quicken the heart, the gratin—whether it be slathered over meat, fish or vegetables—is all about an indulgent excess of cream topped by crispy cheese, says Tom Parker Bowles
3 min |
March 08, 2023
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Inspired by birds, informed by science
The British Trust for Ornithology, a charity that prides itself on its scientific approach, is celebrating its 90th birthday. Jack Watkins reports
5 min |
March 08, 2023
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Brighton Rock
GRAHAM GREENE divided his fiction into two categories, namely serious literary novels and what he described as ‘entertainments’.
4 min |
March 08, 2023
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Aberystwyth is so bracing
Walking along the cliffs in Ceredigion tempts one to tackle Wales's entire coastal path
3 min |
March 08, 2023
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Medici masterpieces and Chinese camels
A look ahead to Maastricht, where star attractions include panels from the Medici workshops and a pair of Tang camels
4 min |
March 08, 2023
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Away with the fairies
She first took up painting as solace from disease, yet Cicely Mary Barker’s whimsical illustrations—most notably her flower fairies—still hold great appeal 50 years after her death, observes Claire Jackson
4 min |
March 08, 2023
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Nothing to get in a flap about
Often dismissed as ‘rats with wings’ or avian fly-tippers, few birds inspire as much hatred as pigeons. But, if we knew them a little better, we’d love them more, says Vicky Liddell
7 min |
March 08, 2023
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Juicy fruits
GRAPEFRUIT used to be rare and exotic.
4 min |
March 08, 2023
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Growth factors
The kitchen garden at Gravetye Manor, near East Grinstead, West Sussex Mary Keen talks to head gardener Tom Coward about bringing life and produce back to William Robinson’s magnificent elliptical walled garden
4 min |
March 08, 2023
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Reject tradition, embrace the eccentric
Our nation is built on whimsy and these five properties are all a bit out of the ordinary
2 min |
March 08, 2023
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The search for a 'forever' house
These ancient Kent houses were built to last
5 min |
March 08, 2023
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The COUNTRY LIFE Top 100
There are few more rewarding experiences than successfully breathing new life into an old house—or commissioning a new one. For the seventh year, COUNTRY LIFE has compiled its ever-evolving list of architects, interior designers, garden designers and specialists with the experience and creativity required to get it right
10+ min |
March 08, 2023
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Not to be sniffed at
Claire Jackson meets the highly intelligent sniffer dogs that can help to detect invasive Japanese knotweed, even when it lies dormant in the ground
3 min |
March 08, 2023
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The lord of the books
From a sentence born of an exhausting teaching job, J. R. R. Tolkien crafted a series of fantastical novels that, 50 years on from his death, still loom as large in our imagination as Sauron’s all-seeing eye, says Matthew Dennison
7 min |
March 08, 2023
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Style with sympathy
Chandler’s House, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire - The sympathetic restoration of a delightful house has created new, liveable and stylish interiors within potentially awkward constraints, as John Goodall discovers
6 min |
March 08, 2023
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Glass is the word
Contemporary art glass is back in vogue, with Lalique attracting plenty of buyers
4 min |
March 01, 2023
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To sing like a Byrd
William Byrd not only survived a perilous period of history as a church composer, but his music is still regularly sung today, 400 years after his death, as Henrietta Bredin reports
6 min |
March 01, 2023
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Wild river yonder
SOMETIMES I claim to be a wild swimmer, throwing caution and everything else to the wind and the weather, and striding into lakes, rivers and the sea whatever the time of year.
2 min |
March 01, 2023
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To fish or not to fish?
Once the zenith of fly-fishing and little else, Alphonse Island, a tiny speck in the Seychelles, has reinvented itself as a glorious jack-of-alltrades and travellers, finds Mark Hedges
6 min |
March 01, 2023
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Land of snow and ice
Once-in-a-lifetime encounters and a sense of scientific purpose colour Ben Olsen’s memorable expedition to the world’s last wilderness
4 min |