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Country Life UK
Taking the waters
For Georgian landowners, a mineral-laced spring could mean a profitable resort, even if the water was rusty orange–and our spa towns remain a tonic today, says Clive Aslet
6 min |
August 11, 2021
Country Life UK
Time to try defying gravity
Thomas the Tank Engine, van Gogh’s head, a pair of Levi’s and a Tyrannosaurus Rex: Cameron Balloons has made them all fly in the form of hot-air balloons, finds Julie Harding
5 min |
August 11, 2021
Country Life UK
A room for all seasons
Interior designer Sarah Vanrenen has created an outdoor room that’s perfect for summer (and winter) entertaining, finds Amelia Thorpe
5 min |
August 4, 2021
Country Life UK
Get ready for their grand entrance
As useful, tough and easy to grow as they are dramatic, colchicums offer spring-like freshness, but in autumn, reveals Charles Quest-Ritson
6 min |
August 4, 2021
Country Life UK
Come hell or high water
Often hidden beneath slippery fronds of seaweed, rock pools offer a glimmering window into the cut-throat existence of the creatures that live in these havens on our shores, says Adam Nicolson
6 min |
August 4, 2021
Country Life UK
The mouse that roared
She kept an eclectic menagerie of pets and wild animals and signed everything, from paintings to cheques, with a tiny mouse. Claire Jackson revisits the all-too-short life of wildlife artist Mouse Macpherson
4 min |
August 4, 2021
Country Life UK
Picturing paradise
Balletic grace, disciplined spirituality, eloquent economy, unrestrained fantasy and pictorial intensity: five artists took very different approaches to illustrating Dante’s vision of Heaven, says Martin Kemp
5 min |
August 4, 2021
Country Life UK
Magical landscapes
There’s shooting, stalking, fishing, farming and houses aplenty within the golden acres of two of this country’s finest agricultural estates
5 min |
August 4, 2021
Country Life UK
WALKING WITH MASTERPIECES
Art is breaking free from the traditional gallery and its emergence on our streets and in our parks is changing the way we live, says Clive Aslet
5 min |
August 4, 2021
Country Life UK
This green and pleasant village
This slice of south London is an underrated arcadia, but for how long, asks Carla Passino?
6 min |
August 4, 2021
Country Life UK
Updating a legacy
Turvey House, Bedfordshire The home of Charlie and Grace Hanbury Never previously described in COUNTRY LIFE, this fine neo-Classical house has recently been adapted and refurbished by the seventh generation of the family that built it. Jeremy Musson reports
8 min |
August 4, 2021
Country Life UK
‘Mother Dear... remember me in your prayer'
A mammoth new work recounting the First World War, week by week, isn’t merely a chronicle of pain and suffering, says co-author Margaret-Louise O’Keeffe–it is a rich tapestry of courage, camaraderie and love
6 min |
August 4, 2021
Country Life UK
The problem with house building...
Housing development is conditioned by concerns that have nothing to do with creating attractive or sustainable places to live. Clive Aslet explains this scandalous situation and suggests what we might be able to do about it
9 min |
July 28, 2021
Country Life UK
‘It's very close to the human voice'
The four great cello concertos will feature in the same Proms season for the first time in history. Pippa Cuckson discovers why this mellow instrument evokes such emotion
6 min |
July 28, 2021
Country Life UK
What a relief
Generations have sworn by dock leaves to take the sting out of a brush with nettles, even if modern medicine disagrees
6 min |
July 28, 2021
Country Life UK
It's all going south
Our fishing correspondent ventures to England for a series of forays on venerable chalkstreams, where he bags a few brown trout and a lot of nostalgia
5 min |
July 28, 2021
Country Life UK
On the wings of love
Once oblivious to butterflies, Robin Page became so entranced by their delicate beauty that he embarked on a year-long safari to tick every British species–as well as some foreign visitors–off his list
9 min |
July 28, 2021
Country Life UK
Picture perfect
The market’s blooming in the South of England with three historic manor houses
5 min |
July 28, 2021
Country Life UK
From out of the shadows
Barbara Hepworth fought hard for recognition in her lifetime, and privacy after her death. Now, with an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the museum in her name, it’s time to reassess her life and work
7 min |
July 28, 2021
Country Life UK
I may be some time
The author on early sadness and late-blooming fiction-writing success
5 min |
July 28, 2021
Country Life UK
Adventures in wonderland
From the new Italianate walled garden, paths and bridges lead on through the endlessly exciting garden of Colebrook House, Blockley, Gloucestershire
5 min |
July 28, 2021
Country Life UK
A question of style
When building a new house, the biggest choice is between classic and contemporary. Eleanor Doughty talks to the owners of newly built houses and finds that the answer lies in combining the best of both
5 min |
July 28, 2021
Country Life UK
‘We tell the story of England'
The chief executive of English Heritage on charity status, education and a broader view
5 min |
July 21, 2021
Country Life UK
The verge of the world
In 1927, the house and garden where Charles Darwin lived for nearly 40 years were saved for the nation as a monument to his research and ideas. John Goodall investigates
9 min |
July 21, 2021
Country Life UK
The Pursuit of Love
Britain's greatest masterpieces
4 min |
July 21, 2021
Country Life UK
One night stand
An increasing number of sprawling historic houses is available for rent for short stays, finds Eleanor Doughty
7 min |
July 21, 2021
Country Life UK
Pigeon pie with Mrs Crocombe
Audley End’s Victorian cook has become a YouTube sensation. Eleanor Doughty signs in for a lesson with her
4 min |
July 21, 2021
Country Life UK
The one true Canaletto of the north
Being the nephew of Antonio Canaletto was both a blessing and a curse for Bernardo Bellotto, whose brooding landscapes eventually emerged from his uncle’s formidable shadow, as Michael Prodger observes
6 min |
July 21, 2021
Country Life UK
Forever England
These quintessentially English estates are the perfect places to revel in the beauty of this green and pleasant land
5 min |
July 21, 2021
Country Life UK
Busman's holidays
Historians and archaeologists select the English Heritage property that would be their first choice for a day out
7 min |