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November 2019 Archive

155 articles

30 November
Furs of Mayfair
The former Chelsea home of the creator of Mary Poppins that’s practically perfect in every way
The best mince pies in Britain 2019: Country Life's ultimate taste test
29 November
Beyond Pinterest: The best ways to ensure your lovely objects aren't exactly the same as everyone else's
A Grade I-listed house so big it should probably be measured in acres rather than square feet
David Watson
Country Life Today: Why deadly bacteria could be our allies in the fight against climate change
Meet the 18,000-year-old frozen puppy that could be the world's oldest dog
In Focus: The Magritte painting that plays with fiction, reality... and unpredictable weather
28 November
David Profumo's Fantasy League of angling fishing guests
A light and beautiful country house near Cambridge with a spectacular colonnaded terrace
Pullman Editions
Country Life Today: Discover the favourite side of bottlenose dolphins
A heart-warming minestrone soup with harissa meatballs, perfect for winter
27 November
The best pictures from Country Life's 2019 Gentleman's Life party
Oystercatchers: The 'hammerers and stabbers' of the avian world, who can live into their 40s
Country Life Today: The great electric car debate — could they really be worse than diesel?
Country Life 27 November 2019
26 November
Suvretta House, St Moritz: The birthplace of winter sports, with pre-warmed boots and excellent pistes
The country house kitchen created from six knocked-together rooms to create a stunning 1,000sq ft living, cooking and entertaining space
The biggest snobbery in gardening 'isn't just regrettable — it amounts to a horticultural sin of omission'
An extravagantly beautiful little castle that has the largest stained glass windows of any private home in Britain
Jason Goodwin: The second, little-known verse of our National Anthem
The dogs we lost: 10 extinct British dog breeds
Inside the Shropshire house where the Royal Family planned to shelter if Britain was invaded during the Second World War
Country Life Today: Why the winners at next year's Chelsea Flower Show will have to be greener than ever
25 November
Volvo V90 Cross Country review: 'You have to be in something far more costly and exotic to find a rival experience'
Regent's Crescent: The collaboration between George IV and John Nash which became one of London's finest addresses
Country Life Today: How living near a top state school can more than double the price of your home
My Favourite Painting: Fergus Henderson
24 November
Two extremely special homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
Does farming's greener future mean a return to tradition, or new technology that heralds 'the end of sustainable agriculture as we know it'?
23 November
A spectacular converted Victorian schoolhouse, with huge amounts of space, beautiful grounds and a cinema in the rafters
Curious Questions: Why do the numbers in London postcodes make no sense?
Hands off our red phone boxes, say Yorkshire parish councils
A weekend in Berlin: Culture, creativity and laid-back cool, three decades after the Wall came down
22 November
The Saxon treasure hoarders 'have been convicted of a crime that they needn’t have committed'
A drink for all seasons: The Queen Mother's favourite £70-a-glass port, a 1970s party throwback and boozy Christmas baubles.
Seven gorgeous fires to keep you warm this winter, from clean and green to striking marble
Walkers warned to watch out for ticks after potentially deadly parasite found in British sheep
Five beautiful farms with farmhouses full of potential for sale across Britain, starting from £720,000
Climate emergency named as the Oxford Word of the Year for 2019
In Focus: How a painting discovered in a rural French kitchen came to sell for £20 million
Country Life Today: The Eden Project lights up the Cornish night in a stunning display
21 November
Revealed: The most dog-friendly pubs in Britain
The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: The billionaire's advent calendar and a perfect barbecue for mid-winter al fresco
A gloriously romantic old mill house, with its own lake and paddock
Country Life Today: Beavers set to return to Somerset and the South Downs
Recipe: Squab pigeon with berry sauce and poached berries
20 November
Wilkinson Beven Design
Are we facing 'Insectmageddon' or is it too soon to worry? Experts split over latest bug research
Revival Beds
The Beauty of British Stone: How to choose the perfect home-grown stone to suit your home
The Pet Sketch
Jason Goodwin: 'They swerved, reversed direction and became a solid wall that struck Aphra at 30 miles an hour'
Country Life Today: How bees 'surf' their way to safety when they crash land in ponds
19 November
Ten stately homes which became hospitals during the First World War
A country house for sale for the very first time that's a blank canvas for a new owner to move in
How to grow garlic: Delicious, lucky and superbly easy to cultivate
A Scottish country house in the Borders with stables, a coach house — and rooms where Robbie Burns once stayed
Country Life Today: 'I think we're all shifting our behaviour, I really do'
Country Life 20 November 2019
18 November
The transformative power of a really beautiful pair of socks
Country Life Today: Are hedgehogs in peril, or are we just looking out for them more carefully?
My Favourite Painting: The Marquess of Cholmondeley
17 November
Seven magnificent country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
Britain's first giant tortoises: 'They’ve been around for 200 million years - we’re a blip to them'
HRH The Prince of Wales: 'We urgently need a fresh, positive and practical vision for the countryside'
16 November
Rory Bremner's 'magical Borders retreat' for sale after 10 happy years and a 'labour of love' restoration
Curious Questions: How do you make the perfect slice of toast?
The amazing tale of the plucky duck who survived a fox attack
The Bell at Stow: A beautiful bolthole full of Cotswolds charm, masterfully combining a rustic pub and a stunning boutique hotel
10 superb pictures from Nature Photographer of the Year 2019
15 November
A drink for all seasons: Five drinks for any given mood this Friday
How to choose perfect bed sheets: 'People think the higher the count, the better — it isn't'
A coastal mini-estate with its own headland between the Fal Estuary and Helford Passage
Country Life Today: How 'Green Friday' is taking on Black Friday, protection for Harlech's maid and a dragon with a Christmas pud
14 November
Sheep fleece paths provide eco-friendly alternative for nature reserve
Walking The Burren, Co Clare: A place of curved hills, acres of open limestone and a landscape in which to lose oneself
Prince Charles steps in to save iconic Edwardian suspension bridge that was battered by Storm Frank
The Utterly Inessential Cosy Shopping List: Wrap up warm, winter is almost here
Botticelli 'copy' in a Welsh museum turns out to be the real thing worth tens of millions
A delightful country house where Haille Selassie once took refuge, which offers the chance of a new life
John Lewis 2019 Christmas advert: The new harbinger of the season, this time featuring a fire-breathing dragon
Ghostly remains of WW2 fighter plane granted protected status
Country Life Today: 'Unnoticed insect apocalypse' could have 'profound' consequences on all life on earth
Sticky sloe gin venison steaks with parsnip and spinach rösti
13 November
The incredible tale of my father's escape from 'Italy's Colditz'
Margot, Covent Garden restaurant review: A delight from carpaccio to tiramisu, plus a recipe for their venison tortellini
The oldest house in Britain — and how we were able to tell it apart from the other contenders
HRH The Prince of Wales: Why telling the story of environmentally-friendly farming is just as important as the farming itself
Country Life Today: A farm-friendly plastic solution
Country Life 13 November 2019
12 November
Heritage loss for Britain as a chunk of 1000-year-old Lewes Castle's curtain wall collapses
The old sail loft which became a quirky family home, with spellbinding views over the River Exe
National Galleries Scotland cut ties with BP over climate
Jason Goodwin: 'Politicians need historians as much as kings need minstrels'
The Jaguar I-Pace: 'If I had a spare £65,000, I’d buy one tomorrow. It really is that good'
Country Life Today: Fresh hope for moths
11 November
12th century church targeted by thieves who get away with £50,000 of lead from the roof
Airlines under fire for 'tankering', as planes burn tonnes of extra fuel in order to save a few pounds
Bespoken for: How Huntsman's personal service creates beautiful suits, and relationships that last generations
National Trust considers partial car ban in the Lake District
23 stunning ski chalets across Europe, as seen in Country Life
Country Life Today: The nation remembers
My Favourite Painting: Nigel Havers
10 November
The remarkable restoration and revival of Haile Hall, home to one of the great dynasties of Imperial Britain
'Dogs don’t come with a gift receipt': Heartbreaking advert released to address 'skyrocketing' demand for puppies over Christmas
Five truly wonderful homes, as seen in Country Life
Is it possible to live off vegetables and fruit from your garden all year round?
39 things a gentleman simply must do before he dies
9 November
Michael Heseltine's former London home hits the market at £28 million
Curious Questions: How likely are you to be killed by a falling coconut?
Gstaad, Switzerland: ‘The last paradise in a crazy world’, a fairytale still untouched with pistes aplenty
The 15 best pictures from the National Trust's photo competition to find a cover for its 2020 member handbook
8 November
Bring emissions to net-zero by 2030, the public urges politicians
On the moo-ve: Manure-fuelled vans to serve John Lewis
Is this the end of the line for turtle doves?
How to use Turkish rugs to create a rustic, charming family room
Fly-tipping is blighting England and organised crime is behind it
An upside-down house in Salcombe, with Italian-style formal gardens and breathtaking sea views
In Focus: The Pre-Raphaelite sisters who fought for recognition in the shadow of the Brotherhood
Country Life Today: How you can help protect rare hazel dormice as they prepare for their winter sleep
7 November
The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: How to throw a smashing last-minute dinner party
The world's oldest post office facing prospect of closure after 317 years
An Oxfordshire country house so beautiful that one famous visitor whipped out his cheque book and tried to buy it on the spot
Is this the future of gardening? New robot makes short work of trimming and pruning
How to make smoked, slow-cooked pulled venison in sticky sauce
Country Life Today: Why golden retrievers joined commuters and the benefits of letting children go wild
6 November
Warning to gundog owners as spaniels and Labradors among most stolen breeds
Rare and historic guns and swords being auctioned off by the film makers who provided Indiana Jones with his weapons
Living in Richmond-upon-Thames: London's prettiest spot and Britain's only protected view in a place full of history and nature
Take the Gentleman Test
Country Life Today: The Queen bids farewell to fur
Country Life 6 November 2019
5 November
Farmers hit back at ex-DEFRA scientist's call to cut back on red meat
Port Fairy, Australia: The former whaling town with more bite than its name suggests, on Australia’s Great Ocean Road
Buying property with an agricultural tie: What you need to know
A spooky museum exhibition in Bristol full of exhibits to send a shiver down your spine
Country Life Today: Meet the king penguin that swam 1,700 miles
Jason Goodwin: 'In those days, the French government seemed to use sugar wrappers to effect social change'
4 November
How Waddesdon Manor gets transformed into a Christmassy wonderland
The two herbs to grow in your garden that'll convince you never to eat parsley again
Cavalier King Charles spaniels: Handsome, good-natured and the aristocrats of the dog world
New College, Oxford: The 650-year story of the college that dreamt it was a palace
Country Life Today: Backwards step or necessary evil? New coal mine in Cumbria gets the go-ahead
2 November
A politely symmetrical 18th century Cotswolds house, owned by the same family for over 100 years
Curious Questions: Should animals wear clothes?
The Fife Arms, Braemar: Sustainable, beautiful and the ultimate destination for fishing enthusiasts
A rare treasure of a garden that brings joy at every level, hidden away in the Welsh valleys
1 November
How to make the perfect game pork pie
How to avoid a boxy extension by moving your kitchen into one of the finest rooms in a house
A magnificent chapel in Chelsea ripe for conversion into a superb top-end home
Country Life Today: How Instagram has supported local pumpkin patches all around the world
In Focus: A self-portrait by Gaugin which fuses the real and the imaginary in a picture of narcissism and divine comparison