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Best country houses for sale this week
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It's the first Country Life Quiz of the Day in 2026. How much do you remember about last year?
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‘Live in the country (or, failing that, Kensington Square) and wear navy’: A brief history of the colour that never goes out of style
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Endangered bumblebees, sifting spoonbills and trespassing tortoises: Britain's railway network is a wildlife haven
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What you'll find in the January 7, 2026, issue of Country Life — and how to subscribe or get your copy
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The artistic and historical treasures in Ireland that you must visit at least once in a lifetime
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A 300-year-old home with grace, style and history, yet unlisted and exempt from mansion tax
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People & Places
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Meg Walters: The BBC's 1995 adaptation of 'Pride and Prejudice' is the ultimate Millennial fairytale
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The return of one of Europe's most iconic hotels is just the beginning for Bucharest
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Britain's most entertaining (and a little bit salacious) country house scandals
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Actor Jennifer Garner on Diane Keaton, 'collecting women' — and her consuming passions
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Property
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Best country houses for sale this week
By Country Life
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A 300-year-old home with grace, style and history, yet unlisted and exempt from mansion tax
By Toby Keel
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A Venetian palazzo that entranced John Ruskin and was painted by Monet is for sale — but beware, it’s cursed
By Rosie Paterson
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The nearest thing you'll get to a beach house in London: this four-bedroom Georgian home for sale that's right by the water's edge
By Toby Keel
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A huge farmhouse that mixes Georgian charm with an 80 foot party barn and a swimming pool
By Julie Harding
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The 12 biggest country property sales of 2025, from 'one of the finest homes in the Cotswolds' to a £5 million cottage in Cornwall
By Penny Churchill
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Country Life's top 10 property articles of 2025, from the homes of JFK and Alan Titchmarsh to the castle for sale for the first time in 700 years
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How an eco-friendly interior designer transformed a former milking parlour into a multi-purpose space in the middle of the Pandemic
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How Britain’s biggest and best country houses are decking the halls (and façades) for Christmas
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Giles Kime: Cushions, rugs, upholstered stools and sofa blankets are the ingredients of a pleasing new trend
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John Goodall: Restoration is 'an act of recycling', but we need a system that encourages it
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Making space in a Georgian terraced Chelsea cottage
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Moths and memories of the Russian Revolution: Why it's worth saving that tired old rug
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How one family went about creating a welcoming kitchen in one of England's neo-Palladian houses
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How do you make a 300-year-old Baronial castle fit for modern-day living?
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LIFE & STYLE
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‘Live in the country (or, failing that, Kensington Square) and wear navy’: A brief history of the colour that never goes out of style
By Deborah Nicholls-Lee
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The artistic and historical treasures in Ireland that you must visit at least once in a lifetime
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Tickled pink: Jewellery designers are united in their love for colourful gemstones
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Six things that Britain should be proud of, from world-class restaurants and Championship-winning cars to the countryside
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COUNTRYSIDE
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Endangered bumblebees, sifting spoonbills and trespassing tortoises: Britain's railway network is a wildlife haven
By Vicky Liddell
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Gavin Plumley: Shakespeare’s country isn’t Stratford-upon-Avon, it’s the quiet and beautiful Herefordshire countryside where Hamnet was filmed
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Two turtle doves: Why the endearing bird is an animal for all seasons, not just Christmas
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Gardens
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The Convent Garden of Il Redentore: A Venice masterpiece that's finally opened its gates after 450 years of total privacy
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Country Life's top 10 garden stories of 2025, from Alan Titchmarsh's hardy annuals to David Beckham's Cotswolds paradise
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Helmingham Hall: The ancient garden at a medieval hall where the drawbridge is still pulled up every night
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The plants to give for Christmas which will keep flowering for years
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How to create spectacular arrangements for your Christmas table
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There are a billion microbes in a teaspoon of soil. Leaving the leaves to Nature feeds and nourishes them
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ART & CULTURE
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Forget Bond, the understated George Smiley is fiction's greatest spy
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‘I wasn’t really sure that I wanted to be a ballet dancer’: The English National Ballet's prima ballerina on playing Clara in The Nutcracker and her consuming passions
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The policeman turned goat-herder turned beautician, whose goats' milk soap became a sensation
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The exquisite Christmas decorations that spark childhood joy, and the decoration-maker who creates them
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Travel
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Country Life's top 10 travel articles of 2025, including the Scottish survival experience beloved by David Beckham and what a A-list ski resort does when it stops getting snow
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The railway revolution: 'The most profound change to British society since the arrival of the Normans, perhaps even the Romans'
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Lisa Johnson: Instagram is fuelling overtourism, putting wildlife at risk and ruining our sense of adventure
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What does the future hold for the exclusive Caribbean island that shuns shoes, spectacle and social media
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What is everyone talking about this week: Would you move to Dubai?
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'The ugliness and craziness is a part of its charm': The Country Life guide to Bangkok
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Food & Drink
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The 12 types of hangover, from 'Backwards Binoculars' to 'Titanic', and how to cure them all
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'We begin making in May and start packing and despatching in November — it’s carnage': How the Cotswolds' favourite cake-makers get ready for Christmas
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Tim Wilson of The Ginger Pig on the perfect Christmas ham
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East London's salmon smokehouse is full of secrets
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Four festive recipes from the Country Life Archive that have (thankfully) fallen out of favour
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Country Life's luxury editor's Christmas gift ideas for foodies, from traditional hampers to nifty kitchen gadgets
By Amie Elizabeth White
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‘Calf’s brains have a bland, gentle richness that soothes and cossets': Tom Parker Bowles on the joys of eating offal
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