All content Archive | July 2020

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July 31st
- Kilgraston School
- Living on Holy Island: 'There are about five hours in every 12 when you can’t go anywhere'
- The home of Britain's last surviving Battle of Britain ace comes up for sale
- In Focus: The Suffolk sculptor who ended up rubbing shoulders with Laurie Lee, Lucian Freud and George Melly in 1960s London
July 30th
- Utterly Inessential: A pile of dogs, a bee that can open a beer and the bag which fires tennis balls at unwanted intruders (really)
- Income investing in a pandemic — capitalising on opportunities
- A beautiful, 900-year-old house with a lake, 11 acres of gardens and a pair of holiday cottages
- The Princess Royal at 70: The stories behind Country Life's Frontispiece pictures
July 29th
- Princess Anne's Country Life guest edit: The inside story of putting together a magazine with The Princess Royal
- Princess Anne on Nature, the countryside, and working towards a brighter future for all of us
- Country Life 29 July 2020
July 28th
- How to make Princess Anne's favourite recipe — including the special ingredient that's probably already in your cupboard
- Princess Anne's guest-edited issue of Country Life: What you'll find inside
- A working farm that's commutable to one of the south-west's finest cities
- Rosie and Jim: 'I did not miss this. I did not miss the pain'
July 27th
- A beautifully English living room that borrows some clever ideas from New York
- A beautiful old farmhouse in a picturesque valley all of your own
- My Favourite Painting: Jane Glover
July 26th
- A gorgeously quirky house for sale in the heart of 'the best piece of townscape in Gloucestershire'
- Alan Titchmarsh: The best succulents to grow in your garden, and how to keep them safe in winter
- The rather wise folly at Wolverton Hall: 'There isn’t a detail that I don’t think is extraordinarily deft and beautiful'
July 25th
- 'One of mid-Devon’s most captivating country houses' for sale, with 400-year-old interiors and huge, rolling grounds
- Curious Questions: Why are pineapples called pineapples, when they're not pines and not apples?
- Why Britain's incomparable sand dunes are 'simultaneously the sands of time past, present and future'
July 24th
- A traditional cottage with a room whose transformation was the 'key to unlocking the house'
- A house and estate for sale with 'some of the finest and most picturesque fishing on the River Hodder'
- In Focus: The sculptor whose work 'treads that fine line between likeness and caricature'
July 23rd
- The landscape for income in Asia
- The Utterly Inessential Travel Shopping List: Staycations, luggage and a £45,000 private jet trip to the Maldives
- A house named 'The Ark', fittingly perfect for hiding safely away, come up for sale in one of Devon's finest spots
- How to make gooseberry and elderflower tart, a perfect seasonal summer dessert
July 22nd
- The spectacular house-cum-studio that's inspired everyone from Kenneth Grahame to the Stone Roses and Oasis
- Bison to roam Britain once more, 6,000 years after dying out
- Country Life 22 July 2020
July 21st
- Magisterial and picturesque: The Master’s Lodge at St John's College, Cambridge
- An immaculate house for sale on the harbour in one of Northumberland's prettiest villages
- Rosie and Jim: The 10 rules of throwing the perfect beach picnic (N.B. You're going to need a unicorn)
July 20th
- A bedroom in the eaves brightened up by classic wallpaper and the 'paint that goes with everything'
- A house with a view... or a view with a house? Picturesque perfection for sale in Cornwall
- My Favourite Painting: Robert Adam
July 19th
- How to grow gooseberries: What to plant, how to look after them, and best ways to enjoy the harvest
- A graceful, museum-like hallway that shows how to refurbish without ripping up and starting again
July 18th
- A private island of your own priced at just £500,000, complete with timber house that was once a Countess's summer retreat
- Curious Questions: Who made the first proper car journey?
- Want to keep chickens? Here are 22 unusual breeds that'll give you a bustling coop — and maybe some pink eggs for breakfast
July 17th
- A sprawling country mansion just outside the M25, with period charm, oak staircase and grass tennis court
- In Focus: The artist and printmaker who was 'master of the unassuming sublime'
July 16th
- The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: How to do country walking in proper style
- The incredible clifftop manor with a history full of smugglers and pirates
- Tom Parker-Bowles: Broad beans, the 'quintessence of early summer' that show the brute power of culinary simplicity
July 15th
- The perfect way to go island hopping in the Hebrides
- Curious Questions: Is there a germ of truth in St Swithin's Day weather predictions?
- Country Life 15 July 2020
July 14th
- VIDEO: What lies in store for the property market in the rest of 2020 and beyond
- How the architecture of the Cotswolds came to define the archetypal English country village
- Jason Goodwin: Supermarkets sell 10,000 different things, but it turned out we hardly need any of them
July 13th
- Where I work: Kate Gordon, art filmmaker and entrepreneur
- My Favourite Painting: Julian Sands
July 12th
- Looking for space? Three estates with land, views and potential, as seen in Country Life
- Mark Griffiths: The irises that are fit to be the apple of any gardener's eye
July 10th
- A vanishingly rare chance to buy one of the finest homes in Lymington, with a price tag to match its charms
- In Focus: Music in a time of Covid-19, from drive-in operas to the 'Spotify of classical'
July 9th
- How to make Mac and Wild’s Venison Chateaubriand
July 8th
- Jonnie Hearn: In memoriam
- The Chichester Harbour AONB, a slice of Sussex where nature, beauty and history come together
- Three irresistible Cotswolds homes for sale, from under £700k to over £3m
- Country Life 8 July 2020
July 7th
- Investing in Asia in the wake of Covid-19
- A charming Cotswold home where the Aga and leaded windows sit alongside some very 21st century interiors
- Rosie and Jim: 'While the rest of England celebrated the return of the pub, I celebrated the return of the hairdresser'
July 6th
- Where I work: Nick Cookson, travel entrepreneur
- A spectacular, secluded Cotswolds house with delightful gardens, Aga and tennis court
- My Favourite Painting: David Anderson
July 5th
- 16 delightful homes for sale, from cottages to converted churches, as seen in Country Life
- Charles Quest-Ritson: Moving back to an English country garden has been a joy — but we do miss the cheese
- Crossbreed dogs: 15 of the best non-pedigree chums, from schnoodle to whoodle
- Arundells, Salisbury: Inside the private sanctuary that was the beloved home of a former statesman
July 4th
- A 'perfect William-and-Mary doll's house' has come up for sale in a delightful Cotswolds village
- Curious Questions: How wise are owls?
- A driving tour of the Cotswolds: Chickens, sheep, and dry-stone walls as long as the Great Wall of China
- An entire feature on sarcasm? Oh, yeah, that's a GREAT idea
July 3rd
- An elegant living space showing perfectly how to get the mismatched furniture look right
- Four quite magnificent homes which began life as completely different buildings, from mills to vinegar factories
- In Focus: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, the Scottish artist whose work spanned the 20th century
July 2nd
- The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: A new take on a 1980s classic, an answer to bad hair days and a foolproof present for an overgrown boy
- A house in 'the most beautiful village in England' with Cotswold charm, quirky interior design and a party barn
July 1st
- The Howardian Hills AONB: 'If Yorkshire really is God’s own county, then the Howardian Hills are the divinity's chosen estate within it'
- Where to live in the Cotswolds: A guide to choosing the perfect spot
- Country Life 1 July 2020