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Name that country house! The Country Life Quiz of the Day, April 30, 2026By Country Life -
Slugs: The good, the bad, and the stomach-churningly disgustingBy Isabel Bannerman -
£300 million, AI cameras and fixing 400 potholes a day: Despite best efforts, Britain's roads are worse than everBy Julie Harding -
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'Properties of this calibre simply do not exist': The world's most expensive house has just come up for sale at £300 millionBy Toby Keel -
'To stick it to one side and let it rot is such a waste of a valuable resource': The buildings most at risk, according to the Victorian SocietyBy Julie Harding
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People & Places
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Property
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'One of Somerset's finest houses' has come up for saleBy Penny Churchill -
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'Properties of this calibre simply do not exist': The world's most expensive house has just come up for sale at £300 millionBy Toby Keel -
'The builders took the roof off and all the walls fell down': Mary King on her first house in the countryBy Julie Harding -
'It’s very ageing to sneer at Essex, now': A snob's guide to the Home CountiesBy Sophia Money-Coutts -
An ivy-clad farmhouse for sale in a hopelessly idyllic spot where they hold dog shows and play cricket on the village greenBy Penny Churchill -
An idyllic country home and grounds designed by one of Britain's greatest-ever gardenersBy Penny Churchill -
18 wonderful houses across Britain, from £725,000 to £9.5 million, as seen in Country LifeBy Toby Keel
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Architecture
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The ancient manor house brought back from ruin by people of the village where it's stood for seven centuriesBy Jeremy Musson -
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The 17th century Devon home that inspired a smoking ban and lives on only inside the Country Life ArchiveBy Melanie Bryan -
'It was always his fever dream... his manifesto': London’s strangest house blends art, modernity and science, and it's just thrown open its doors to visitorsBy Will Hosie -
Ampleforth Abbey: How an iconic architect somehow blended Gothic Revival, Arts-and-Crafts and Modernism with clarity, simplicity and spatial coherenceBy John Goodall -
Theft, damage, violence and crumbling fabric: The plight of Britain's churches is only getting worseBy Athena -
A house lost, a landscape reborn: The story of Worsley New HallBy Melanie Bryan -
Victoria and Albert at Burghley House: The royal visit that set the mould, and helped stave off revolutionBy John Martin Robinson -
Le Logis and Floréal: The houses were intended to be ‘humble and enriched by vegetation’. They are just thatBy Tim Abrahams
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Our expert voices
Interiors
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Elegant paints and wallpapers for every kind of country homeBy Amelia Thorpe -
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What is the secret to choosing colours that are sympathetic to the past?By Arabella Youens -
How the founders of Weaver Green turned a Victorian cricket pavilion into the perfect off-grid escapeBy Arabella Youens -
The Bannerman's Somerset home is the best of both worldsBy Giles Kime -
Giles Kime: What the perplexing language used to describe modern interior design actually meansBy Giles Kime -
The revival of interest in folk art is fueling a new fascination with the art of decorating wagonsBy Arabella Youens -
What do you get when you cross classic English country house style with a French château kitchen?By Amelia Thorpe -
The craft renaissance, with Giles KimeBy Toby Keel
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Gardens
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Slugs: The good, the bad, and the stomach-churningly disgustingBy Isabel Bannerman -
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'I am destined to a life surrounded by books with never quite enough shelves': George Saumarez Smith on his design for Country Life’s stand at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower ShowBy Giles Kime -
The Victorian world lost for 140 years, rediscovered and restored in DevonBy Charles Quest-Ritson -
The man who made daffodils the flower of spring in BritainBy Tiffany Daneff -
Mount Congreve: The exquisite Irish garden on an unimaginable scaleBy Charles Quest-Ritson -
Alan Titchmarsh: The thrill of raising a plant from a speck of dust or a green leaf can only be learned first-handBy Alan Titchmarsh
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LIFE & STYLE
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£300 million, AI cameras and fixing 400 potholes a day: Despite best efforts, Britain's roads are worse than everBy Julie Harding -
From Land's End to John o' Groats in one of the world's best sports carsBy Trinity Francis -
Elizabeth II's favourite accessory is a firm fashion crowd favourite — and it fits inside a pocketBy Deborah Nicholls-Lee -
'Where we're going we don't need roads'By Freda Lewis-Stempel
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THE COUNTRYSIDE
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'To stick it to one side and let it rot is such a waste of a valuable resource': The buildings most at risk, according to the Victorian SocietyBy Julie Harding -
Is the cure for modern life as simple as going for a walk?By James Fisher -
Divine tears, fairy footsteps or the sweat of heavens: The delight of dewBy Deborah Nicholls-Lee
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ART & CULTURE
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‘Vandalised, disembowelled and dismembered’: Artist Jack Milroy gives books a brutal treatment with beautiful resultsBy Lotte Brundle -
The world has gone Lilliputian: The 21st-century renaissance of the dolls' houseBy Gavin Plumley -
A glass act: This centuries-old craft is alive and wellBy Claire Jackson -
'First, all the Georgian silver goes, and then all that furniture. Then, the Canalettos go': The anatomy of a country-house saleBy Huon Mallalieu
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Travel
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This family-run hotel is the Amalfi Coast's most legendary address. Now it has a new beach clubBy Luke Abrahams -
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Matthew Freud’s hotel with four restaurants turns the expected Cotswolds stay on its headBy Richard MacKichan -
Where to eat the best risotto alla Milanese in the city where it was created, you ask? An insider’s guide to Milan, for Salone del Mobile and beyondBy Ella Rose Phillips -
The theatrical-inspired London hotel suite that I would break a leg to stay in againBy Lotte Brundle -
The carnival barker bush pilots that bring the world's oldest desert to lifeBy Christopher Wallace -
Storfjord Hotel review: A Scandi fantasy that's spitting distance from a distinctive-looking Art Nouveau fishing townBy Chris Schalkx
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Food & Drink
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What is everyone talking about this week: The curious case of American diningBy Will Hosie -
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The lunch menu is where it's atBy Will Hosie -
'It soothed the most vicious of hangovers, the only possible justification for that ghastly thing called brunch': Tom Parker Bowles talks eggs BenedictBy Tom Parker Bowles -
Viking hats, natural wines and messy lunches, with Leonie CooperBy James Fisher -
Stout and about: Why is everyone ordering a pint of Guinness?By David Ellis -
All hail the egg! The most innovative eggs in London — and how to make some of them at home this EasterBy Lotte Brundle -
'If it is going to work anywhere, it is going to work here': Meet the makers of English olive oilBy Giulia Crouch
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