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You can now rent King William IV’s former home in London’s Mayfair — for a princely sum
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Guy Ritchie: 'My mother married an impoverished aristocrat with a knackered country pile. I've been chasing that dream ever since'
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Mystery, muse and metaphor: There's more to fog than meets the eye
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‘We were off again in a cloud of dust, on the trail of a tiger we eventually ended up making eye contact with’: The art of the Indian safari
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We wanna build like common people: The 75th anniversary of the House of Commons' reopening
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James Alexander-Sinclair: Making a new garden for someone is 'thrilling', but we need more sensitive and skilled gardeners to look after them
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Dream of revolution inside the 18th-century villa once occupied by Napoleon's French troops
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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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You can now rent King William IV’s former home in London’s Mayfair — for a princely sum
By Lotte Brundle
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Dream of revolution inside the 18th-century villa once occupied by Napoleon's French troops
By Lotte Brundle
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May the force be with you if you move into this London apartment block that Obi-Wan Kenobi (and Cher) once lived in
By Lotte Brundle
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125 glorious acres of Elizabethan elegance for sale in Cheshire that comes with a moat
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Look around this James Bond-themed house for sale in Nottinghamshire and release your inner MI6 agent
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The eclectic New York townhouse that Lily Allen sings about in her new, headline-making album is for sale
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This Suffolk home is a perfect escape from the world and it comes with its own stretch of river and 20 acres
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How do you make a 300-year-old Baronial castle fit for modern-day living?
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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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A derelict school turned into a gorgeous home with 'an interior of harmony and visual éclat'
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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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We wanna build like common people: The 75th anniversary of the House of Commons' reopening
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A grand milestone: Country Life's Mark Hedges celebrates a record-breaking 1,000 issues as editor-in-chief
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Meet the man who makes David Beckham's Land Rover Defenders
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Mystery, muse and metaphor: There's more to fog than meets the eye
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Take a bough: How — and why — you should plant a mature tree
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'The view changes with the seasons, so there’s always something new to see': David Beckham on one of his favourite sights in the Cotswolds
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James Alexander-Sinclair: Making a new garden for someone is 'thrilling', but we need more sensitive and skilled gardeners to look after them
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'Seeing the work that people are doing all around the world has given me hope for the future': The young naturalist who is one of David Beckham's countryside champions
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Poppy Okotcha, the model turned gardener who is one of David Beckham's countryside champions
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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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How Harper Beckham created the perfect gardener's birthday present for her father's 50th — with a little help from David Austin Roses
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'The King of Hell was fat from gorging on souls and he expelled some more from his bowels': The many guises of the Devil Antiquity to present day
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A portrait featuring a string of pearls stolen in one of Britain’s most notorious jewellery heists is going under the hammer
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The curious case of Cecil Beaton and Madame X
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‘We were off again in a cloud of dust, on the trail of a tiger we eventually ended up making eye contact with’: The art of the Indian safari
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The Scottish survival experience, beloved by Sir David Beckham, Ian Wright and heavyweight CEOs, that's all about learning to appreciate the dizzying brilliance of the natural world again
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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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‘Activities are of the derring-do variety, and the weather is unreliable year round, so it’s useful to be a good sport’: A memorable road trip to the tidal island in Scotland where J. M. Barrie liked to holiday
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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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The rapid decline of our local abattoirs means we can no longer claim to be a country with leading animal welfare standards
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Clare Coghill's indulgent recipe for bacon and Mull Cheddar scones from her debut cookbook
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Raising the steaks: Which native animal produces the best beef?
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