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Country Life UK - July 02, 2025

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Come on in,the water’s lovely The seaside lido is enjoying a fresh wave of popularity a century and more after its first appearance on the British coast. Kathryn Ferry dives in In God’s acre we trust Laura Parker learns how the absence of interference over centuries enabled our wildlife rich graveyards to become a ‘Noah’s Ark of species’ Winging it Watch out, watch out, there’s a thief about! Mark Cocker warns that no undergarment is safe from the resurgent red kite, a bird soaring back from near extinction Travel Christopher Wallace checks in to a new opening in Marrakech, Morocco’s Mecca for luxury hotels (page 100) and Teresa Levonian Cole blazes a trail in the Spanish Pyrenees (page 102), plus Pamela Goodman getson her bike to explore the Welsh border country (page 108) Life’s a pretty picnic Deborah Nicholls-Lee shares a hamper-full of tasty morsels from the long and varied history of alfresco dining on canvas

Come on in, the water's lovely

The seaside lido offered safe swimming for holidaymakers irrespective of the vagaries of the tide. Kathryn Ferry looks at the architecture of these remarkable creations

7 mins

The legacy Sir James Clark Ross and the discovery of Antarctica

ON January 11, 1841, James Clark Ross and his expeditionary team saw land 'of so extensive a coastline and attaining such an altitude as to justify the appellation of a Great New Southern Continent'. The order to command an expedition for 'magnetic research and geographical study' in the Southern Hemisphere had come in 1839, by which time Ross was considered the most experienced (and handsome) polar officer in the world.

1 mins

In God's acre we trust

Home to a veritable ‘Noah's Ark of species’, thanks to never being ploughed, sprayed or fertilised, our churchyards are a sacred haven for flora and fauna

5 mins

Keeping a low profile

For some trees, being blown over isn't the end of the story.

4 mins

Watch out for your socks...

Unhurried in flight and with a sideline in stolen goods, the handsome red kite is the gentleman thief of the raptor world

3 mins

Family affairs

Three stellar estates in Wales and Staffordshire show how careful restoration is always worth the effort

6 mins

London Life Your indispensable guide to the capital

By all means, party, but protect our parks

2 mins

West London roars back

The style set is returning to the very neighbourhoods it once made a habit of spurning, finds Will Hosie

6 mins

Lost, but not forgotten

The garden of Knowle House, East Sussex George Dillistone's original Arts-and-Crafts design has been lovingly restored and updated with contemporary planting, discovers George Plumptre

5 mins

Walk like an onion

EGYPTIAN walking onions sound almost too good to be true: from one plant, four harvests and, if you do it properly, you can pick them year after year after year.

3 mins

Jnane Rumi, Marrakech, Morocco

THERE is a case to be made that Marrakech, Morocco, is the world capital of hotels. From boutique riads in the Medina to adobe estates in the desert, the variety and quality is probably unmatched anywhere.

1 mins

Blazing a trail

The Pyrenees reserves its best treasures for walkers prepared to venture off the well-beaten trail, says Teresa Levonian Cole, on a solo holiday in Ribes de Freser

5 mins

On your bike

White Heron Estate’s three-day e-bike tour includes a visit to Hay Castle, with a chance to browse its well-stocked bookstalls

2 mins

Life's a pretty picnic

French artists have appropriated alfresco dining ever since Édouard Manet scandalised Paris with his Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, yet many charming scenes were painted in Britain, too, and are worth rediscovering

4 mins

Stranger things

From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales

3 mins

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Uitgever: Future

Categorie: Lifestyle

Taal: English

Frequentie: Weekly

Country Life; architecture, gardens, countryside, property, the very best of British life Published by IPC Media. Country Life, the quintessential English magazine, is undoubtedly one of the biggest and instantly recognisable brands in the UK today. It has a unique core mix of contemporary country-related editorial and top end property advertising. Editorially, the magazine comments in-depth on a wide variety of subjects, such as architecture, the arts, gardens and gardening, travel, the countryside, field-sports and wildlife. With renowned columnists and superb photography Country Life delivers the very best of British life every week.