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Country Life UK
Shine bright like a diamond
If Nerine sarniensis is the diamond or jewel lily, then Nicholas de Rothschild’s purpose-built glasshouse is the best place to see it in all its shimmering glory
8 min |
September 16, 2020
Country Life UK
Shoo fly, don't bother me
Houseflies carry cholera and anthrax, have been used as military weapons and are generally irritating, laments Ian Morton–but do they hold the secret to eternal youth?
5 min |
September 16, 2020
Country Life UK
Packing a punch
Suffolk was once the wealthiest county in the nation and its landowners cut no corners when it came to their homes
5 min |
September 16, 2020
Country Life UK
Letters from Hillside
In the final part of our quarterly series, Dan Pearson describes making the wildflower meadow at his Somerset home
6 min |
September 16, 2020
Country Life UK
Horticultural ecstasies
In the garden
4 min |
September 16, 2020
Country Life UK
Everything and the kitchen sink
Sodden potatoes and paperwork are forgotten in a glorious return to the river
3 min |
September 16, 2020
Country Life UK
As clear as mud
From Neolithic pottery to a child’s tiny Tudor shoe, the foreshore of the Thames offers all sorts of fascinating finds for intrepid mudlarkers
6 min |
September 16, 2020
Country Life UK
A decorative autobiography
The restoration of an estate building by Vanbrugh has created a delightful cottage, where ingeniously conceived modern decoration records the lives and interests of the couple who undertook the work.
7 min |
September 16, 2020
Country Life UK
Our Guide To The Best Bulbs To Plant For Spring 2021
With tens of thousands of bulbs to choose from, what should you order? Val Bourne selects the finest, chosen for looks, performance and reliability
5 min |
September 09, 2020
Country Life UK
Poet of the beach
In this 80th anniversary year of the retreat from Dunkirk, Peyton Skipwith considers the work of Richard Eurich (1903–92), War Artist, draughtsman and visionary painter of people, landscape and the sea
7 min |
September 09, 2020
Country Life UK
The doors open at last
Marquees in Petworth Park will be thronged with eager visitors, where swivel guns and cufflinks, a bachelor chest and a noble Cheviot ram will draw their eyes
4 min |
September 09, 2020
Country Life UK
And a partridge (not in a pear tree)
Some lust after sky-high pheasants or fast grouse, but, for Tom Parker Bowles, a French (or, even better, English) partridge bagged on a mild September day is top of the pops
4 min |
September 09, 2020
Country Life UK
The best of both worlds
Two Oxfordshire properties that espouse the benefits of town and country living hit the market
5 min |
September 09, 2020
Country Life UK
Of corn blobs and goggle-eyed plovers
From the ‘ethereal minstrel’ skylark to the yellowhammer with its ‘little-bit of-bread-and-no-cheese’ call, these birds are inextricably linked to our farming heritage, says Jack Watkins
6 min |
September 09, 2020
Country Life UK
Life in the slow lane
With a taste for radio and raspberries and a habit of clambering over anything in their path, tortoises are never going to be the cuddliest of pets, but they are nonetheless treasured by successive generations, finds Madeleine Silver
6 min |
September 09, 2020
Country Life UK
A shore thing
With 48 miles of coastline, you could spend an entire weekend exploring different Jersey beaches and still not see them all. Antonia Windsor has the pick of the ones you really shouldn’t miss
4 min |
September 09, 2020
Country Life UK
A magical touch
COUNTRY LIFE played a formative role in the development of Edwardian architectural taste, championing eclecticism and engaging with history, as Timothy Brittain-Catlin reveals
8 min |
September 09, 2020
Country Life UK
Learning In A Time Of Covid
Teepees, no uniform and housework–as pupils and staff return to a semblance of normality, how will school life have changed? Lucy Higginson finds out
6 min |
September 02, 2020
Country Life UK
The Best Things In (Country) Life Are Free
It’s hard to do anything in a city without spending money. Yet in the country, some of the greatest pleasures are there for the taking
3 min |
September 02, 2020
Country Life UK
The re-birth of the English country village
Thanks to broadband, rural areas are set to be transformed by an influx of newcomers freed from the shackles of a daily commute, finds Flora Watkins
7 min |
September 02, 2020
Country Life UK
The new English country house
Increasingly, flexible lifestyles are creating a fresh type of English country house that is a hybrid of home and office, with plenty of guest accommodation. Arabella Youens asks leading experts about the changing nature of the far-flung rural idyll
7 min |
September 02, 2020
Country Life UK
Further from the madding crowd
This year has shown that a five-day-a-week commute isn’t as vital to our working lives as we once thought. Now, the prospect of a part-time approach to commuting is creating a chance to head further afield. Julie Harding offers 20 destinations beyond a short train journey
10+ min |
September 02, 2020
Country Life UK
The return of the bolt hole
From The Albany on Piccadilly to Bertie Wooster’s bachelor pad in Mayfair, the London pied-à-terre has had many incarnations. Could the rise of a part-time commute herald a new golden era, asks Clive Aslet
5 min |
September 02, 2020
Country Life UK
The workers' revolution
Thanks to broadband, the countryside is on the cusp of change, of a kind not seen since the advent of the train and the car, says Mark Hedges
2 min |
September 02, 2020
Country Life UK
Down to a tea
Most Britons would consider themselves fairly talented consumers of tea, but to be considered an expert, you would need to sample one million cups at 125mph. Roderick Easdale meets the professional tea tasters
5 min |
September 02, 2020
Country Life UK
Beauty in Nature
The Fraser Mortuary Chapel, Arbroath, Angus In the care of Angus Council In the second of two articles on the Scottish revival architecture of Patrick Allan-Fraser in Arbroath, John Goodall looks at the extravagant mortuary chapel he designed for the town cemetery
8 min |
September 02, 2020
Country Life UK
A newcomer's guide to the country village
For the uninitiated, the unwritten rules and subtle nuances of rural life can be baffling. Giles Kime offers city dwellers advice on everything from the parish magazine to the village pub
6 min |
September 02, 2020
Country Life UK
Green Fingers And A Business Head
The new RHS president on his own garden and what he will bring to the role
5 min |
August 26, 2020
Country Life UK
Where the writers roamed
Let the scenery and wildlife of these four Scottish estates inspire you
7 min |
August 26, 2020
Country Life UK
You don't bring me flowers...
The ancient craft of pressing blooms may not be as popular as in its Edwardian heyday, but the pastime is well worth revisiting, suggests Claire Jackson
5 min |