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Country Life UK
LONDON'S PLEASANT PASTURES
From evidence of prehistoric life in Greenwich Park to Shire horses in Richmond Park, there’s more to London’s Royal Parks than meets the eye, says natural-history film maker Peter Collins
8 min |
March 02, 2022
Country Life UK
The circus rolls on
After an appalling winter in Australia, England set themselves up to fail against an ordinary West Indies, says James Fishe
4 min |
March 02, 2022
Country Life UK
Go west, young man
Three county houses in and around Dartmoor are ideal for the influx of buyers, now able to avoid a daily commute, seeking a dose of the wild West Country
5 min |
March 02, 2022
Country Life UK
The scent of spring
New varieties of our little native violet are helping to bring this Victorian favourite back into the garden, says John Hoyland
5 min |
March 02, 2022
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One tuber to rule them all
Accused of inflaming passions, encouraging flatulence and generally being a bore, life without the humble yet delicious potato is unthinkable, swears Tom Parker Bowles
7 min |
March 02, 2022
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No going back
By the time the monarchy was restored in 1660, the ravages of the Civil War had wrought so much damage on our mighty oaks and imposing castles that the landscape had changed forever, says Anna Keay
5 min |
March 02, 2022
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Desert Island Discs
Britain’s greatest masterpieces
4 min |
March 02, 2022
Country Life UK
A fresh look at the 1980s
Later this month, COUNTRY LIFE will explore the interior decoration of a misunderstood decade
2 min |
March 02, 2022
Country Life UK
Always eat your greens
Much maligned thanks to the malodorous green sludge served up at school dinners, cabbage should be celebrated for its versatility and enjoyed steamed, then slathered in butter, says Tom Parker Bowles
4 min |
February 09, 2022
Country Life UK
A symphony in timber
The Carpenters’ Company, Throgmorton Avenue, EC2 One of the most remarkable Modernist interiors of post-war London was created by a City Livery Company to celebrate its craft, as John Goodall explains
9 min |
March 02, 2022
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A certain harmony of colour
Short and slight, monocle-wearing James McNeill Whistler was a dashing, combative character who sought parallels between music and painting, says Caroline Bugler
7 min |
March 02, 2022
Country Life UK
The COUNTRY LIFE Top 100
Planning to restore, remodel or re-build a country house? Or to establish a new garden? For the sixth year, we have chosen experts with the knowledge, experience and creativity required to get it right
10+ min |
March 09, 2022
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Mad women go out in the rain
The rain-soaked, deserted Cheddar Gorge proves exhilarating
3 min |
March 09, 2022
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Like a moth to a precious tapestry
A campaign to save heritage fabrics from one of our most destructively proliferating insects is going well
6 min |
March 09, 2022
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Shear brilliance
So fine is this topiary collection, one might think it dates back to the 18th century, yet it has been created over the past 20 years by a former antique dealer with little interest in gardening
5 min |
March 09, 2022
Country Life UK
If the blackcap fits
Small, shy and chubby with a neat black cap, this effervescent bird sings its heart out in spring. Jack Watkins meets the blackcap, also known as the March nightingale
5 min |
March 09, 2022
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Ripe for the picking
Character cottages for less than £1 million
2 min |
March 09, 2022
Country Life UK
The store-cupboard superstar
Nothing beats griddled sardines fresh from the sea, but, tinned, these iridescent beauties can be feasted upon year-round, celebrates Tom Parker Bowles
4 min |
March 09, 2022
Country Life UK
Golden moments
It is 90 years since Golden Miller won the first of a record-breaking five victories in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Jack Watkins looks back at other equine heroes of the race and assesses Al Boum Photo’s chances of making history at this year’s Festival
7 min |
March 09, 2022
Country Life UK
Happy families
Home is where the heart is at three family-sized properties that have not been seen on the market for decades
4 min |
March 09, 2022
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Dressed all in white
As attractive to artists as it is to moths and butterflies, the ‘White Period’ of heavenly spring blossom is upon us and John Lewis-Stempel couldn’t be happier
7 min |
March 09, 2022
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Charity begins at home
Built for the clergy, the military, retired estate workers and, most commonly, for the poor, almshouses are as important today as they ever were, finds Clive Aslet
7 min |
March 09, 2022
Country Life UK
A most welcome return
An award-winning restoration project has addressed serious structural problems within an important Palladian house and brought it back to life as a modern family home. Oliver Gerrish reports.
8 min |
March 09, 2022
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Power to the people
Long gone is the Thames-side wasteland– a new neighbourhood is thriving and the transformation of its centrepiece, Battersea Power Station, completes in September
5 min |
February 23, 2022
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To the point
An echo of a forgotten age, arrowsmith Will Sherman and his mongrel Bodkin spend their days in a Victorian forge surrounded by medieval weaponry. Ben Lerwill pays a visit
6 min |
February 23, 2022
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‘Sharp in detail, clean in colour'
Known as ‘the boy’ and only 39 when he died on active service in the Second World War, Eric Ravilious had already accomplished so much, thanks to his fastidious eye for mundane detail
8 min |
February 23, 2022
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This is me
In a bid for immortality, painters through the ages have returned to the face they know best. Yet these self-portraits are not necessarily a window into the artist’s soul, believes Matthew Dennison
8 min |
February 23, 2022
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In the thick of it
Wading through mud and rueing February for its fickle nature, with frost one day and rain the next, John Lewis-Stempel takes a moment to admire the heron’s ability to keep clean in the mire
4 min |
February 23, 2022
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Plantaholic heaven
The Coach House, Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire The garden of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Tanner. It’s no surprise that the garden belonging to the organiser of The Specialist Plant Fairs is filled with very special plants, but it is the way they are displayed that really makes the site distinctive.
6 min |
February 23, 2022
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By royal example
A grand house ‘practically in the palace gardens’ of Hampton Court and another on the site of a royal hunting lodge in Oxfordshire show how to live the good life
5 min |