All content Archive | January 2022

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January 31st
- Cap Maison, St Lucia: A charming boutique spot in the Caribbean with endless joy, amazing views — and champagne delivered by zipwire
- A handsome Georgian property near Hereford with outbuildings and over 40 acres of land that is bursting with potential
- My favourite painting: Mick Channon
January 30th
- 14 wonderful country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
- Sofas & Stuff
- The revival of Chatsworth's great wooded bank: 'A mountainous place of woods, springs and birdsong'
- An incredible chance to live in the grounds of the house which inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett's 'The Secret Garden'
- Fulbeck House: A wonderful home 'that arrests the eye as an ideal of English country living'
January 29th
- The magnificent 22-bed Italian castle that featured in the Godfather III is up for sale for €6 million
- Curious Questions: Who invented the ice skating rink?
- Clicker training – The fastest way to teach a new spaniel new tricks
- 10 of England's best villages, as picked out by archaeologist and writer Ben Robinson
January 28th
- A heartbreakingly beautiful slice of the Lake District for sale, with a grand Arts-and-Crafts house at its centre
- In Focus: The Blue Boy's return to London for the first time in a century, and what it tells us about the state of art
January 27th
- Recipe: How to make Anna Haugh's Potato and Truffle Velouté
- Telegraph poles: What you need to know by the man who is (quite literally) their number one fan
- Barry Cryer: An anecdotal stroll through decades of comedic performance on stage, radio and TV
- An irresistibly sweet cottage in the Cornish beauty spot for just £145,000 — but it'll need a *very* brave new owner
January 26th
- A pilgrimage from Tewkesbury Abbey to Gloucester Cathedral: 'Churches, cathedrals and sacred sites, long walks and beautiful places and thoughts'
- A fairytale cottage with exposed beams and long country views, in the heart of Jane Austen's Hampshire
- Country Life 26 January 2022
January 25th
- English Tweed: The cloth made 'to look like grandpa wore it, but to feel like butter'
- Curious Question: Was St Valentine beaten to it by 1,000 years by the Welsh patron saint of love?
- A truly exquisite Georgian townhouse on the south coast with grace, style and a roof terrace
- Asset stripping, helicopters to Gretna Green, drinks all round and land at 5p an acre: The Dutchmen who have made a mark in the Highlands
January 24th
- A striking four-bedroom house in Teddington with beautiful gardens and a rich history
- My favourite painting: Charlie McCormick
January 23rd
- Eight majestic homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
- Charles Quest-Ritson: The secret to enjoying gardens in beastly cold, deepest winter
- Living in a fortified medieval stronghold: Inside The Broad Gate, Ludlow, a 13th armoured gatehouse that became a family home
January 22nd
- How the drive for net zero has sparked a boom in the sales — and prices — of Scottish Highland estates
- Top tips for grooming a mucky puppy - from easy bath times to tidy pub trips
- Eythrope's extraordinary snowdrops, and more winter treasures galore
January 21st
- An exquisite country house in Sussex that's a dream for horse lovers, with amazing facilities including an 'equine solarium'
- In Focus: Vaughan Williams, the composer who wrote 'the world's most beautiful melody'
January 20th
- 'They were serious men on a serious mission in a dangerous world... the contrast with 50 years later is seriously sobering'
- A spectacular North Pennines farmhouse with 100 acres, its own power and water, and a 21-bed bunkhouse ripe for an enterprising new owner
- Why buy one house when you can have three? A unique opportunity to buy a trio of homes in a Surrey spot surrounded by exquisitely beautiful woodland
- Recipe: Chocolate and pomegranate tart, an ideal dish to brighten up January
January 19th
- Rousham, Oxfordshire: A garden that 'may be the most atmospheric, the most beautiful and the most intellectual in the country'
- Dunvegan Castle gardens opened up to RHS members
- A truly idyllic family home on the bank of the Helford River in Cornwall with private access down to the waterfront and sublime panoramic views
- Country Life 19 January 2022
January 18th
- The rise of London's St John's Wood: From rural backwater to music mecca
- Carla Carlisle: 'There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen'
January 17th
- Everything you need to transform your bathroom into a stylish oasis, from patterned walls to elegant marble washstands
- My Favourite Painting: Virginia Chadwyck-Healey
January 16th
- A spectacular Georgian townhouse in one of Richmond 's best locations
- What you need to know about training fruit trees, from fans and spirals to arches, palmettes and beyond
- Walking a new puppy - How long to walk for, where to go and how to recover from inevitable setbacks
- Westminster Abbey: History, power, tourism, and its status as 'the single greatest and most eclectic museum of sculpture in the world'
January 15th
- The best farms and estates sold in 2021, from £2 to £20 million
- Curious Questions: Are parakeets a treasure or a curse?
- Edward Hudson: The tale of the man who founded Country Life, 125 years ago this month
January 14th
- Best fire pits: Enjoy an al fresco lifestyle even when the weather doesn't cooperate
- The rare images of J.R.R. Tolkien which caused a sensation at auction
January 13th
- A magnificent copper bath at the centre of a wonderful Buckinghamshire bathroom
- A glorious Jacobean manor house that's commutable to London where you could plant vines and make your own wine
January 12th
- Kew's 2022 list of vital plant species, including a mushroom with teeth, an orchid that grows only in the dark and the Leonardo di Caprio tree
- The anniversaries to look out for in 2022, from Ferdinand Magellan to Harry Potter, and from The Beatles to Carter unearthing Tutankhamun
- Country Life 12 January 2022
January 11th
- A beautiful (and very pink Georgian) house in the village where Sir Walter Raleigh was born, for sale for only the second time since 1810
- ‘I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade'
January 10th
- Hibernation: How it works, why animals do it, and the creature that can sleep for up to 11 months
- My favourite painting: Nigel Prince
January 9th
- Evelyn Waugh's home for sale in Somerset, with over 22,000 sq ft, stunning views and a party barn
- The interior trends of 2022: 'Maximalism is here to stay — minimalists would be advised to emigrate'
- Basset hounds: Incorrigible and exasperating, vocal and entertaining... and seemingly almost human
January 8th
- Curious Questions: Why are Christmas cracker jokes so corny?
- The Idle Rocks, St Mawes: A hotel where winter can even outshine summer — particularly if you take the whole place for yourself and your loved ones
- 125 years of property sold through Country Life, from Chartwell to Stonehenge (yes, really)
January 7th
- Hold the front page: 12 famous Frontispieces
- 22 things you probably never knew about Country Life
- An almost-magical 'disappearing' snooker table at the Art Deco home where Walt Disney once came to visit
January 6th
- Recipe: How to make wobbly cheesecake with clementines
- An exquisite country house in the heart of Zone 3 that gets away with mixing Jane Austen with a touch of Star Wars
January 5th
- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, to guest edit Country Life to mark her 75th birthday
- How Country Life’s 125-year journey began, thanks to a visionary founder
- Country Life 5 January 2022
January 4th
- Digitising Country Life's 125 years of history
January 3rd
- Britain’s most scenic drives: The Black Mountain Pass, Brecon Beacons
- Just a mile from the Jurassic coast, an adorable seven-bedroom vicarage that's a huge opportunity for a savvy buyer
- Curious Questions: Why do we take Christmas decorations down on January 6th? (And why it should really be the 5th)
January 2nd
- Britain’s most scenic drives: The Atlantic Highway linking Somerset, Devon and Cornwall
- Five things that your puppy shouldn't eat - and what to do when they eat them
- How London's Grade-I listed 'Victorian Jurassic Park' ended up on Historic England's at-risk list
- Marian Boswall Landscape Architects
- Johnston Cave Associates - Architects
- Charlotte Stuart Interiors
January 1st
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- Britain’s most scenic drives: The Road to the Isles, Scotland
- The 15 best country houses that were sold in 2021, from under £3m to over £15m
- In Focus: T.S. Eliot's Journey of the Magi, the masterpiece that was dashed off in 45 minutes
- Spencer-Churchill Designs
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