All content Archive | August 2018

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August 31st
- Highclere Castle's spectacular tribute to aviation history
- The beautiful equestrian home of the famous Dutch philanthropist who championed Danish refugees during World War II
- The brilliance of Brintons: How the Queen's carpet makers are still going strong after 235 years
- In Focus: Two silver pieces by the genius who made ‘solid objects seemingly created from liquid itself’
August 30th
- Handsome country house set on over 18 acres, complete with a famous state of the art equine facility
- Burghley 2018: What to watch, who to watch, where to watch and who will win
- Cicely Mary Barker: A flower fairytale
August 29th
- The 10 stalls you have to visit if you're shopping at Burghley
- A magnificent beachfront Scottish castle with 28 acres of wonderful woodland– all for less than a small country cottage
- Country Life August 29 2018
August 28th
- Recipe: Crab-and-sweetcorn dauphinoise with corn on the cob and lobster
- Amazing grace: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s Swan Lake at the London Coliseum
- The estate of 'the beautiful Duchess of Gordon', a Highland gem of national importance
- King's School, Chester
- Jason Goodwin: The moment I knew I'd lost the urge to live in London
August 27th
- Urrard: A sprawling house and estate in the very heart of Scotland, perfect for lovers of horses, shooting and fishing
- Six tips to make the most of a galley kitchen
- My Favourite Painting: Evelyn Glennie
August 26th
- A dozen magnificent homes, as seen in Country Life
- Scotland’s first formal gardens, reinvigorated with geometric precision
- Stanley Johnson: In search of the snow leopard
- The wool-spinner still using an 1899 loom and a method handed down for 230 years
August 25th
- An eight-bedroom mansion with 28 acres plus fishing rights, at the price of a small London flat
- Curious Questions: How do the genuine experts go about tasting whisky?
- Eight marvellous sheds built from boats, trees and taxis for the Shed of the Year competition
- The 10 steps to buying a house in Scotland
August 24th
- How to choose the perfect shooting jacket
- In Focus: The gleaming cups made from gold and kingfisher feathers at the heart of a great British collection
August 23rd
- Sporting life: Effingham golf club's restoration has turned the clock back 90 years – and it's all the better for it
- A former school and church that’s one of the last earth-built homes in Scotland has come up for sale
- Recipe: Langoustines with garlic-and-herb butter and Dijon mayonnaise
August 22nd
- The life of a 21st century Highland clan chief, from managing 60,000 acres to manning the tills at the gift shop
- A majestic estate with 1,500 acres of rolling Scottish countryside and a completely self-sufficient home
- Country Life August 22 2018
August 21st
- Country getaways for gourmets
- A delightful 'medieval' castle for sale that was built by one of the 20th century's finest architects
- Jason Goodwin: 'I want to see a city when it’s at work, not merely taking our money at the turnstile'
August 20th
- A utility room that demonstrates how style and function can go hand-in-hand
- A palatial Jacobean-style mansion with rooms by the man who renovated Buckingham Palace
- My favourite painting: Sir Tim Rice
August 19th
- The Story of the Hamilton Grand, the finest flat in St Andrews
- The Loch Ness blackberry: A welcome monster
- Ready, steady, SLOW! The wonderfully eccentric (and very British) world of competitive snail racing
- The sheep-shearer: 'If you tell people what you do, they often don’t know what it involves'
August 18th
- Poets' corner: The aristocratic family home which provided a haven for the literary geniuses of the 19th century
- Curious Questions: Does 'Red Sky at Night' actually work? And why?
- The Oxford of Inspector Morse: Dreaming spires, dead bodies... and lots and lots of pubs
- The top ten British dog breeds that need saving and quickly
August 17th
- The secret history of ice cream from Marco Polo to the Queen of Ices, a 'proto-Nigella in a pinny'
- Mysteriously named The Priory at Great Milton receives splendid response as it enters the market
- In Focus: The ancient roman temple which lay under London, undiscovered for over 17 centuries.
August 16th
- The pros and cons of second homes – and how to be a responsible second home owner
- Why you should be delighted to have wasps in your garden, and nine other things to know about wasps
August 15th
- Meet the man who builds his own Tiger Moths: Grace, glamour, romance – and hours of painstaking hard work
- Country Life August 15 2018
August 14th
- Jason Goodwin: 'Our headmaster was more Gilderoy Lockhart than Dr Arnold'
August 13th
- Le Relais de Chambord: The hotel in the shadow of a masterpiece
- The Irish estate which turned millers into aristocrats, on the market for the first time since 1820
- My favourite painting: Nick Davies
August 12th
- 17 spectacular homes, as seen in Country Life
- Alan Titchmarsh: 'Why on earth haven’t I done this before? There’s an extra spring in my garden's step'
- Recipe: Simon Hopkinson’s perfect roast grouse
- The beekeeper: 'There are few things better than a full comb of capped liquid gold'
August 11th
- Five spectacular Georgian homes, with everything from walled gardens to tennis courts, from under £1m
- Curious Questions: Does throwing a snail stop it from returning to your garden?
- The dos and don'ts of designing your own ideal utility room
- Stanton Fence: A traditional English garden transformed by the touch of a Chelsea gold-medallist
August 10th
- What to write – and what NOT to write – in a visitors' book
- Fortgranite: A magnificent Irish estate for sale for the first time in its history
- In Focus: The hand-drawn maps from which JRR Tolkien launched Middle-earth
August 9th
- Sporting life: How to make Test cricket great again
- How a horse-mad Englishman pioneered the modern circus
August 8th
- The untouched 'Island of Goats', a short boat ride from the Argyll coast, is looking for a new owner
- Country Life August 8 2018
August 7th
- The beautifully symmetrical London drawing room of interior designer Douglas Mackie
- The country retreat where JM Barrie dreamed up Peter Pan to entertain three young houseguests
- Jason Goodwin: 'Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner compels stunned sympathy, but I feel for the Wedding Guest'
August 6th
- A superb country house with immaculate Japanese gardens, within easy reach of Bristol and Cardiff
- My Favourite Painting: Caroline Quentin
August 5th
- A superb 16th century Cotswolds manor with a very 21st century party barn
- What to plant if you're thinking of putting a willow in your garden
- 12 of Britain's most beautiful butterflies – and the truth about their chances of survival
- The neon sign maker: 'Piccadilly Circus was our answer to Vegas – now it's all pixellated screens'
August 4th
- A windmill with 900 years of history that has become a delightfully quirky Sussex home
- Curious Questions: Why don't woodpeckers hurt their heads?
- 17 dangerous games for boys (and girls)
- Carla Carlisle: The end of the world may be nigh, but it won't be permanent. Now pass the wine.
August 3rd
- How to make a classic old-fashioned cherry pie
- The devastatingly pretty home where Sir Walter Scott became a literary superstar
- In Focus: Bomberg, the trailblazer who led the way for modern British art but died an impoverished war veteran
August 2nd
- Jeep Grand Cherokee review: More Vegas than Tisbury, but you can't argue with its bang-for-buck
- We recreated Three Men in a Boat for the 21st century. Here's what happened.
- A library in Bath transformed into a bright and beautiful room to think, play the piano and just enjoy the view
August 1st
- Cheval Residences: Living the high life in London, no strings attached
- A celebration of the art of the Flower Fairies
- Country Life August 1 2018