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November 2020 Archive

85 articles

30 November
Best Christmas gifts for outdoorsy people, from £12 to £9,900
A gorgeous Georgian house, immaculately refurbished, whose home office has the ultimate Zoom call background
My Favourite Painting: Sheherazade Goldsmith
29 November
The home of a Duke that became an officer's mess, now a wonderful — and enormous — family home
How some of the finest 'English' rose gardens are in the hills of Lazio and Umbria
Chettle House: Almost a ruin 200 years ago; a triumph today — 'Everything about the house is novel and ingenious'
28 November
A fantasy castle for sale on Loch Lomond, with a Rennie Mackintosh library and a herd of Highland Cattle
Curious Questions: What is a 'doubly-thankful' village — and how did Upper Slaughter become one?
Cannock Chase AONB: Heathland, ancient woodland and grand country houses
27 November
A charmingly traditional West Country home in the heart of the Quantock Hills AONB
In Focus: Alfred Wallis, the painter whose art is high seas meets Kindergarten-style folk art
26 November
An 800-year-old home for sale that comes with a medieval hall, maze — and possibly even a ghost
How to make grouse wrapped in pancetta with cranberry and mushrooms
The best of the Black Friday deals: Desert island holidays, bread makers and beer by post
25 November
Janine Stone: 'There’s an assumption that living in a period property involves a compromise in terms of layout and comfort. We don’t agree'
Tailored for Life: How Savile Row's finest are keeping going even as the new lockdown takes hold
Country Life 25 November 2020
24 November
Four beautiful country houses which encapsulate the art of blending old and new
Jason Goodwin: The price of Absolute Power? Turns out it's £250 a week +VAT
23 November
How to make Christmas jewellery shopping fun, with the wisdom and tips of Cassandra Goad
My Favourite Painting: Ned Denny
22 November
An incredible stately home for sale in Yorkshire, with the 'mind-boggling' list of repairs already done
Alan Titchmarsh: How to plant late blooming flowers that will make your garden glow through the winter
Loyd Grossman: How obelisks became the ultimate war trophies, and carved out a niche as the marker of a great city
21 November
A country house hotel that's ripe to return to life as a spectacular Devon mansion
Curious Questions: How do weather forecasters figure out a percentage chance of rain?
How to go to Barbados, post-lockdown: Where you can stay, what to do and the tests you'll need to get
20 November
The very best new kitchens in old houses, as chosen by our expert judges
14 perfect Christmas gift ideas for the man or woman who has everything
An idyllic chocolate box cottage with easy access to London and an idyllic English country garden feel
14 adorable, breathtaking and funny pictures from the Close-Up Photographer of the Year 2020
In Focus: The very best of Beethoven, 250 years on from his birth
19 November
Shanks House: A model restoration of a magnificent Georgian home
A graceful Elizabethan home with modern additions so in-keeping that you can barely see the joins
How to make baked Bramley apple with lemon, raspberry and basil
18 November
Perfect Penhaligon’s presents for everyone in your life — Christmas never smelt so good
An Olympic rider's home on the market in West Sussex, with equestrian facilities to die for
Country Life 18 November 2020
17 November
Three very 21st century eco-homes in the country which blend nature, modern technology and quirky charm
Carla Carlisle: 'This is not a battle between two political parties... It’s like a religious war, with no forgiveness in sight'
16 November
Cottages, mansions and two spectacular church conversions, as seen in Country Life
My Favourite Painting: Emma Bunce
15 November
Winkworth Arboretum, the 'Museum of Trees' that celebrates the art of planting for autumn colour
The Old Convent in East Grinstead: The religious building that paved the way for the Arts-and-Crafts Movement
14 November
Inside Sir John Madejski's spectacular Berkshire mansion as it comes on to the market
Curious Questions: Are cows actually super-intelligent?
10 of the best secret gardens in Britain — and how you can visit them
13 November
In Focus: The dusty old drawing set to make £200 at auction... and how it eventually sold for £400,000
12 November
A £7m bargain? The 'architectural jewel' in Buckinghamshire with 'an interior as sumptuous as its exterior'
11 November
Gwrych Castle: The astonishing fantasy castle saved by the dreams and bravery of a 12-year-old boy
An autumnal twist on classic mac and cheese
The story of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, the brainchild of a Liverpool curate that touched the world
HRH The Prince of Wales: 'We have a very short window of opportunity, which must not be squandered, in which to seize something good from this crisis'
Country Life 11 November 2020
10 November
The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Headphones for wannabe rock gods, an indoor jungle and notebook nirvana
Spectacular beams, wondrous gardens and a vaulted party room in the house where Capability Brown's mother used to live
'When we take for granted our ever-available, low-cost food, we might remember how that certainty was achieved'
9 November
VIDEO: Is now the time to buy a property in London?
My Favourite Painting: Cressida Cowell
Dividends and the pandemic: Where are we seven months on?
8 November
18 of the finest homes for sale in Britain, as seen in Country Life
A beginner’s guide to fermentation: ‘After two days it smelt distinctly cheesy, but better at least than the dead-badger smell I was expecting’
Stubton Hall's magnificent transformation 'from a gloomy shell into a dream country house'
7 November
Curious Questions: How far can you see on a clear day?
A spectacular house in Kent that's the epitome of the grand Garden of England home
Giardino Giusti in Verona and Villa Fracanzan Piovene: The centuries-old Italian gardens that evoke the romance of Romeo and Juliet
6 November
Four perfect pieds-a-terre, from a flat on the banks of the Avon to staggering apartments fit for millionaires
A drawing room that dodges the stuffy, formal feel and doubles-down on blocks of colour
In Focus: How ‘Life in the freezer’ has been recorded in art
5 November
Curves and curlicues: 10 stunning staircases from the Country Life Archive
A house with rolling gardens, pool and beamed ceilings, within easy reach of London
How to make toad in the hole using pigs in blankets, and served up with home-made onion gravy
4 November
The fascinating — and slightly creepy — winners of the first-ever Bug Photographer of the Year awards
Living on Primrose Hill: Chocolate-box streets, village spirit and some of the best views in London
Country Life 4 November 2020
3 November
The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Winter's least appropriate shoes, a bed of rare glory and an everything-proof mobile for adventurers or the incurably clumsy
A beautiful Lyme Regis home for sale with spectacular sea views and a dash of old school romance
Jonathan Self: Our postman delivers 1,000 items a week — and less than 50 are 'real' letters
2 November
Bonfire Night poses 'most treacherous' time for hedgehogs — here's how you can help
My favourite painting: William Agnew
1 November
Stonyhurst College and Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall
A Georgian house that was 'talk of the town — for all the wrong reasons' that's become a magnificent, historic home
Alan Titchmarsh: How the dahlia shrugged off its 'too common to plant' tag — and thank goodness it did
Hampton Court's Baroque era reinvention: The transformation of the threshold of power
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