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Have you been keeping up with us? It's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, March 20, 2026
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'The ache for English orchards and hedgerows is rooted in a landscape that generations of poets have studied as scripture': Jacqui Ritchie, poet and wife of Guy, on the magic of spring
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Alphonse Mucha: The Czech artist who went from penurious obscurity to foundational figure of Art Nouveau movement
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Here’s where to go for a really interesting and, dare we say it, cool drink in London's Zone One
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A 20-bedroom castle that's just been sold for £450,000 after an eight-year, £3 million salvation project
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What is everyone talking about this week: Why eavesdropping is back
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A beautiful Georgian house that spent three centuries in the Queen Mother's family, set in 'the most charming hamlet in Northumberland'
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'A work of art': The wisteria-clad New York home where Andy Warhol hung out with Cher
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A 20-bedroom castle that's just been sold for £450,000 after an eight-year, £3 million salvation project
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'One of the most intriguing and unspoilt estates in the Cotswolds' has come to the market at £26 million
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A 1970s rock god's former home for sale, and it still has the decor from his Top of the Pops heyday
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A picture-perfect Devon idyll where you can 'ride ponies and swim in the river'
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The 'Welsh Pompeii' is is a staggering reminder of how ancient history still shapes the modern landscape
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One of the first substantial buildings constructed from cast iron lives on only in the Country Life Archive
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The National Trust's untold story: How generations of bachelors poured their souls into their houses, and then gave them to the nation
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The best country house architects in Britain
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From baroque masterpiece to the UKs most picturesque motor circuit: The tragic tale of Oulton Park and its inhabitants
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At war in a foreign country, jailed by your own son and traded as a teenager as part of a business proposition: The ladies of Leeds Castle saw it all
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The best interior designers in Britain
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The new entries in the Country Life Top 100 for 2026
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A cheat's guide to bulbous irises and top tips for growing them
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'The ache for English orchards and hedgerows is rooted in a landscape that generations of poets have studied as scripture': Jacqui Ritchie, poet and wife of Guy, on the magic of spring
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A world with a toad hiding in your garage is richer than one without
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Alphonse Mucha: The Czech artist who went from penurious obscurity to foundational figure of Art Nouveau movement
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Food & Drink
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Here’s where to go for a really interesting and, dare we say it, cool drink in London's Zone One
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The glory — and the grind — of winning a Michelin star, by Gordon Ramsay, Michel Roux Jnr and Tom Parker Bowles
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The definitive guide to London's best afternoon teas
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