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Do you know your Famous Five from your Secret Seven? Find out in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, August 11, 2026By Country Life -
How to introduce colour and comfort to a traditional farmhouseBy Arabella Youens -
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Touchscreens are a window into a hell of our own makingBy James Fisher -
A home that brings modern luxury to a castle built by one of the heroes of AgincourtBy Toby Keel -
Athena: The best stage for contemporary art is inside our historic houses and gardensBy Athena
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Property
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Fowey good indeed: Six homes for sale on one of Cornwall's most beautiful stretches of waterBy Toby Keel -
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A home that brings modern luxury to a castle built by one of the heroes of AgincourtBy Toby Keel -
A beautiful house in one of the Cinque Ports that appeared in Country Life in 1997 is back on the marketBy Julie Harding -
Five charming country homes, from an Oxfordshire cottage to a grand Yorkshire mansion, as seen in Country LifeBy Toby Keel -
A 400-year-old cottage for sale with vivid and bohemian interiors that are, quite literally, works of artBy Toby Keel -
Marilyn Monroe's iconic house in Palm Springs is up for sale. Whether she actually lived there is an entirely different questionBy Toby Keel -
A beautiful home on the medieval green next to one of Britain's greatest cathedralsBy Julie Harding
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Architecture
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The great Tudor hall that housed the guillotine probably used on Marie AntoinetteBy Melanie Bryan -
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Scarborough: How the 'queen of spas' created the modern seaside townBy Kathryn Ferry -
This remarkable timbered home was preserved for 300 years — and then flattened by a earlBy Melanie Bryan -
The architectural evolution of Selwyn College, CambridgeBy Jeremy Musson -
The unpublished photographs of a gargantuan Victorian mansion whose bulldozed remains were dumped in its own ornamental lakeBy Melanie Bryan -
From Arabia to Dorset: T. E. Lawrence's 'pathetic little shoddy' sanctuary that became a remote home for a true one-offBy Michael Hall -
'It contained a hippopotamus, which lived in the Billiards Room': The strange country house that gave way to a crematoriumBy Melanie Bryan -
'My house will rise again': The promise and its fulfilment of iconic architect Clough Williams-Ellis, and the home he and his wife loved and (almost) lostBy Kathryn Ferry
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How to introduce colour and comfort to a traditional farmhouseBy Arabella Youens -
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'We cracked the padlock and found a mountainful of asbestos, so that wasn't ideal': The secret spaces in our finest country housesBy Deborah Nicholls-Lee -
The Nottingham kitchen that honours a home's remarkable 19th century residentBy Arabella Youens -
The best art dealers to help you furnish your home, as chosen by Britain's leading designers, architects and creative mindsBy Giles Kime -
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Gardens
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'If you garden like this, it is almost impossible to get help — it’s more akin to doing a painting or an embroidery': The exotic and wonderful Copper House garden in KentBy Kathryn Bradley-Hole -
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'Stately, spacious and much more enjoyable': The RHS garden show that outdoes ChelseaBy Mary Keen -
'Mystery, subtle magic, and strange, elusive charm which must be felt but cannot wholly be understood': The exquisite Italianate gardens of Renishaw HallBy George Plumptre -
Alan Titchmarsh: Beautifying your bordersBy Alan Titchmarsh -
On top of the world: The spectacular clifftop garden at ChygurnoBy Kirsty Fergusson -
Charles Quest-Ritson: Today’s best young gardeners are well educated, well qualified, and well underpaid. No wonder they're voting with their feetBy Charles Quest-Ritson
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LIFE & STYLE
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Touchscreens are a window into a hell of our own makingBy James Fisher -
British wool is booming, but where are all the sheep?By Charlotte Cooper -
The Bentley Bentayga Speed is Britain's biggest muscle car — and probably its bestBy James Fisher -
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THE COUNTRYSIDE
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If this drought has one upside, it's that it's revealed many of our landscape's long lost treasuresBy Athena -
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Why centuries of superstitions cast this bird as a villain and an omen of ill fortuneBy Mark Cocker
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ART & CULTURE
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Athena: The best stage for contemporary art is inside our historic houses and gardensBy Athena -
'Yes, it was awful, but there was also so much love': Francis Bacon and George Dyer at the Edinburgh FringeBy Carla Passino -
The RA's Summer Exhibition is a lightning rod for artistic argumentsBy Carla Passino -
'My dad always said it was the blood of the maid who had been killed. The painting was like having a thriller on the wall': The art that will get your guests talkingBy Melanie Cable-Alexander
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Travel
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Cancel your safari because Earth's greatest wildlife experiences take place beneath the surface of the oceanBy Rosie Paterson -
What's in my BootBy Hetty Lintell -
Oh my yacht! You've just bought a very big boat, but how on Earth do you configure it?By Rosie Paterson -
What it's like to dive with humpback whales the size of London buses and surf Olympic wavesBy Rosie Paterson -
Peak season: Grand Hotel Belvedere and the art of summering at altitudeBy Richard MacKichan
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Food & Drink
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Tickled pink: Fill up your glass this summer because English rosé wine is a revelationBy Emma Hughes -
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What is everyone talking about this week: Is octopus on the menu in Britain? And more to the point, should it be?By Will Hosie -
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How to cook up a storm with courgette flowers, the most delicate summer blossomsBy Melanie Johnson -
Feeling hot hot hot this summer? There's no cooling down with Britain's finest 'chilli-makers'By Ben Lerwill -
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