All content Archive | November 2020

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November 30th
- 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
November 29th
- 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'
November 28th
- 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
November 27th
- 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
November 26th
- 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
November 25th
- 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
November 24th
- 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
November 23rd
- How to make Christmas jewellery shopping fun, with the wisdom and tips of Cassandra Goad
- My Favourite Painting: Ned Denny
November 22nd
- 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
November 21st
- 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
November 20th
- 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
November 19th
- 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
November 18th
- 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
November 17th
- 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'
November 16th
- Cottages, mansions and two spectacular church conversions, as seen in Country Life
- My Favourite Painting: Emma Bunce
November 15th
- 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
November 14th
- 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
November 13th
- In Focus: The dusty old drawing set to make £200 at auction... and how it eventually sold for £400,000
November 12th
- A £7m bargain? The 'architectural jewel' in Buckinghamshire with 'an interior as sumptuous as its exterior'
November 11th
- 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
November 10th
- 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'
November 9th
- 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?
November 8th
- 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'
November 7th
- 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
November 6th
- 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
November 5th
- 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
November 4th
- 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
November 3rd
- 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
November 2nd
- Bonfire Night poses 'most treacherous' time for hedgehogs — here's how you can help
- My favourite painting: William Agnew
November 1st
- 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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