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The timeless elegance of English country house style, with Guy Goodfellow and Steven Rodel
By James Fisher
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What's the name for a baby hedgehog? Country Life Quiz of the Day
By Toby Keel
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A five-bedroom family home that would host the perfect Henley party
By James Fisher
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'Designer, maker, influencer': How Glyndebourne plans to honour Oliver Messel's legacy this summer
By Annunciata Elwes
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Old money, new style: How the high fashion world is bringing Sloane style back
By Simon Mills
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Dawn Chorus: How to listen to The King's new playlist, Spike Milligan's wonky house and Burgh Island
By Toby Keel
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If the Volvo ES90 is the answer, what is the question?
By James Fisher
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PEOPLE & PLACES
Property
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A five-bedroom family home that would host the perfect Henley party
By James Fisher
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Five classic country houses for sale, from an equestrian home to a manor with a wisteria-draped pool, as seen in Country Life
By Toby Keel
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A £15m Kensington penthouse with a Mediterranean-style ‘garden in the sky’
By Annabel Dixon
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A magnificent, sprawling farmhouse that blends the 16th, 20th and 21st centuries, with double-height music room, a superb pool and a 'Spitfire barn'.
By Penny Churchill
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'We’re still using the garden gates from Far from the Madding Crowd': How homes of all shapes and sizes can become stars of the screen
By Annabel Dixon
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The quirky, cosy and characterful cottage that was once home to Spike Milligan and where Paul McCartney is a neighbour
By James Fisher
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A glorious 17th century home in one of the most exclusive waterside villages in Britain
By Toby Keel
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Interiors
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The timeless elegance of English country house style, with Guy Goodfellow and Steven Rodel
By James Fisher
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Dawn Chorus: Meet Farrow & Ball’s new paint colours, shop the must-have hotel merchandise and find out what Tom Parker Bowles likes to order from Greggs
By Rosie Paterson
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Why size doesn't matter if you've got some decorating derring-do
By Arabella Youens
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What this bathroom says about the return of the shiny surface
By Alexandra Goss
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The art of glass: Is this the ultimate greenhouse for family entertaining?
By Amelia Thorpe
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Reader event: Why Sir John Soane matters
By Giles Kime
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Freddie Mercury's London bathroom, perfectly recreated in a family home in Surrey
By Arabella Youens
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Injecting colour, pattern and character into a once-plain sitting room
By Arabella Youens
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LIFE & STYLE
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Chalet Machapuchare: Does France's best ski chalet live up to its reputation?
By James Fisher
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Dawn Chorus: The train line in Yorkshire named as one of the world's top things to do in 2025
By Toby Keel
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I would like to lie on the Rhamses Bed by Louis Malard and be fed grapes
By James Fisher
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There's no place like home: How animals find their way back to their owners is a mystery we are still trying to solve
By Country Life
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COUNTRYSIDE
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The King wants YOU: His Majesty's call-to-arms for under-35s across Britain
By Amie Elizabeth White
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'A big opportunity for a small, crowded and beautiful country': Fiona Reynolds on how the Land Use Framework can make Britain better
By Fiona Reynolds
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Dawn Chorus: A river comes to life, more mews is good mews, and the new 400-mile electric Volvo
By James Fisher
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Gardens
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Curious Questions: Pruning roses in winter has become the norm, but why do we do it – and should we?
By Charles Quest-Ritson
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Forsythia: The spring flower that's a ray of sunshine — and a foolproof option for novice gardeners
By Charles Quest-Ritson
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John Morley: A brush with the artist who changed the world of snowdrops
By Tilly Ware
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Alan Titchmarsh: I went a bit mad ordering bulbs — and I'm not even a little bit sorry I did
By Alan Titchmarsh
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Dawn Chorus: How to travel around the world in 19 flowers and the Mini Moke that took St Moritz by storm
By Rosie Paterson
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How to make a gloomy city garden into a haven of colour and nature
By Tiffany Daneff
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ART & CULTURE
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'Designer, maker, influencer': How Glyndebourne plans to honour Oliver Messel's legacy this summer
By Annunciata Elwes
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A new National Gallery exhibition shines a light on Siena’s brief, but dazzling golden age
By Mary Miers
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Hastings Contemporary extols life above and below the waves with two new exhibitions
By Annunciata Elwes
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Playing the fool: The rich history of tarot and how it satisfies our desire for transcendence
By Deborah Nicholls-Lee
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Travel
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Is L’Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay France’s answer to the very British country house hotel?
By Agnes Stamp
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Falcon Farmhouse: A dreamy hilltop retreat with fun on tap
By Toby Keel
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On the far side of the Himalayas
By Kate Eshelby
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Game, set, match: 12 of the world’s most beautiful tennis courts
By Rosie Paterson
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The Country Life guide to Somerset: What to do, where to stay and how to eat
By Natalie Millar-Partridge
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On your marks, get set, go: The booming business of sports tourism
By Emma Love
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Food & Drink
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How to make a bay and vanilla crème brûlée custard tart
By Melanie Johnson
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'Mary Berry has an aversion to a soggy cake bottom and I have one to a flaccid croissant': London's best baked goods by the people in the know
By Rosie Paterson
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How to make the 'best pancakes in the universe'
By Country Life
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Seven perfect pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday
By Country Life
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Curious Questions: Why is pancake day called 'Shrove Tuesday'?
By Martin Fone
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The greatest cottage pie recipe
By Melanie Johnson
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The need for mead: 'We can re-wild the countryside and get drunk while we’re doing it'
By Amie Elizabeth White
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