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'I bought it without telling Victoria. She didn’t want another project... I sat her down, gave her a vodka and tonic and told her what I’d done': David Beckham tells Alan Titchmarsh about his Cotswolds home and garden
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'It makes me feel as if I’ve done a good job as a father and that I did the right thing in wanting us to have a house here': David Beckham on why the countryside matters so much to him and his family
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Nine of Britain's most beautiful and awe-inspiring painted ceilings from the Country Life archive
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The curious case of Cecil Beaton and Madame X
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The elegant country home of a motor racing daredevil who raced round the world in a 1936 Bentley and crashed a Range Rover into his own front porch
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In the footsteps of the Beckhams: Five beautiful homes in Manchester, Miami, Madrid, London and the Cotswolds
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The wisteria clad cottage where Noël Coward and Ivor Novello held court at the height of their fame
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A Cotswolds property that's the strangest mix of old and new we've ever seen... and yet somehow, it all works
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A country house near Windsor that could be straight from the pages of a Jilly Cooper novel
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The factory that once fuelled the Victorians' insatiable appetite for pianos has become a set of gorgeous, characterful apartments
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What £1 million buys you across Britain, from a Cornish cottage to a miniature castle in the Highlands
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Oh, my gourd, it’s Hallowe’en: How best to decorate your home with pumpkins, squashes and more
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At the Snowdon Summer School, the future of design lies in the traditions of the past
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Nine of Britain's most beautiful staircases, as seen in the pages of Country Life
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The Mitford family once called this handsome Cotswolds house a home — and it inspired Nancy's greatest novel
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How shoe designer Penelope Chilvers transformed two adjacent rooms into a spacious kitchen
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Country Life's never-before-published photographs of ‘101 Dalmatians’ author Dodie Smith's London flat
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What’s better than a date with Ali MacGraw? Tending to your waxed jacket, according to Steve McQueen
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Our never-ending interest in magic and the occult, from Elizabethan England to Donald Trump's presidency
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'It makes me feel as if I’ve done a good job as a father and that I did the right thing in wanting us to have a house here': David Beckham on why the countryside matters so much to him and his family
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‘The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is now'
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‘Once upon a time they covered an area the size of Ireland’: The restoration of Britain’s native oyster reefs is shaping future marine projects around the world
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'I bought it without telling Victoria. She didn’t want another project... I sat her down, gave her a vodka and tonic and told her what I’d done': David Beckham tells Alan Titchmarsh about his Cotswolds home and garden
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'One of the truly great gardens of the world' is at risk of having its vistas and tranquility blighted forever
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'You could walk round it every day and always notice something new': A private tour of the garden of multiple Chelsea gold medallist John Massey
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Alan Titchmarsh: 15 years ago we planted a hedge — today, it's 10ft tall, 6ft deep and a joy throughout the year. Here's how we did it
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The arboretum that's been 30 years in the making by a dedicated, passionate family who are dreaming of what it could be in 3,000 years' time
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The curious case of Cecil Beaton and Madame X
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Eccentric, awe-inspiring and a home-from-home for literary giants: Why the London Library is an institution like no other
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Ashford Castle review: The fantastic five-star hotel in Ireland that the Guinness family once used to show off their wealth and influence
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Here is where to stay on the ancient stretch of Italian coastline that people in the know are calling 'the new Amalfi'
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Furs class travel: The hotels, superyacht designers and airlines setting new standards for pet-friendly travel
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What is everyone talking about this week? Forget British wine, British olive oil is the next pot of gold
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