All content Archive | February 2023

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February 28th
- An impossibly-elegant riverside home in a picture-perfect Cambridgeshire village
- Jonathan Self: What can you do with dogs? Their yea is yea and their nay, especially in lashing rain, is nay
February 27th
- A majestic Suffolk country house and estate up for sale for the first time since 1845
- 20 superb homes from £225,000 to £19 million, as seen in Country Life
- My Favourite Painting: Nicholas Lyons, Lord Mayor of London
February 26th
- Alan Titchmarsh: The hardest thing in life is keeping a sense of perspective. In that respect, a garden has no equal
- Winchester College: A palace for education
February 25th
- A 'real gem' of an Elizabethan hall where Virginia Woolf came to recuperate, and ended up writing a story
- Curious Questions: What was the first ever vinyl LP?
- Le Bristol hotel review: True Parisien decadence, from marble floor and rooftop pool to the €19 hot chocolate
- The Wild Garden at Doddington Hall: Bright-bulb moments
February 24th
- What's the best name to give your dog?
- Property Talk: House prices up by £14 — but don't spend it all on prosecco just yet
- An exquisite home near Canterbury that dates back to the 14th century is now for sale for £2.75 million
- How the Church of England joined the race to Net Zero
February 23rd
- An 18th century watermill that was home to the man who made millions from Reader's Digest
- Chef Mike Robinson on everything you need to know about venison — plus a superb wild venison recipe
February 22nd
- Plotting to save the parish church
- A picture-perfect William and Mary house that's like stepping back in time
- The joy of walking and cycling the world with Headwater Holidays
- 'Every time I got near my dog, she ran off with the fish!' Ben Randall on how to train a disobedient dog
February 21st
- Country Life 22 February 2023
- Eight perfect pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday
- Curious Questions: Why is pancake day called 'Shrove Tuesday'?
February 20th
- A handsome Gothic Tudor House in Aberdeenshire with a fabulous log cabin in the garden
- My Favourite Painting: Robin Hanbury-Tenison
February 19th
- Five glorious properties for sale, as seen in Country Life
- The place you'll find the world's best roses — and it's nowhere near Britain
- Netherby Hall, Cumbria: Roman foundations, a 16th century tower, a Georgian house... and a very 21st century future
February 18th
- A beautiful medieval-style house and estate in the heart of Surrey's 'Golden Triangle'
- Curious Questions: Why do we call a waterproof rain coat a mackintosh?
- São Tomé and Príncipe: The forgotten African islands with more species than the Galapagos
- Palácio Príncipe Real hotel review: A 19th century pink palace in the heart of trendy Lisbon
- May Hill: A walk across the summit of Gloucestershire
February 17th
- Confused between decorative and architectural lighting? You're not alone, but help is at hand
- The home of the man who first bred Aberdeen Angus cattle is now up for sale in Scotland
- Fallow Deer: Britain's most beautiful deer
February 16th
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland: The spectacular border town with a castle that changed hands 13 times
- A beautiful Suffolk country house that's spent over 500 years in the same family
- How to use oranges to brighten up your February food, by Tom Parker Bowles
February 15th
- Fast train to loss of trust: HS2 and Wildlife Trusts at loggerheads over impact on Nature
- A medieval house complete with moat and bridge that's been evolving for seven centuries
February 14th
- Country Life 15 February 2023
- Ewelme, Oxfordshire: The medieval almshouses set up by Chaucer's grand-daughter and still running today
- A property with perhaps the finest patio view in the Highlands — and an intriguing offer as part of the deal
- Opinion: It shouldn’t be a case of farming OR the environment — both sides will get more done working together
February 13th
- The true story of St Valentine, his legend and legacy of love
- A castle-like mansion house in Scotland that is the perfect mix of modern and traditional
- My Favourite Painting: Kate Corbett-Winder
- The Flying Scotsman: How the first 100mph locomotive became the most famous train in the world
February 12th
- Six mesmerising country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
- Wild Garlic: How to forage it, and how to grow your own
- How to stop a dog constantly begging for treats, by top trainer Ben Randall
- The strangest museum in London? Dennis Severs’ House is art installation, theatre set and 18th century throwback
February 11th
- The house of a great Victorian adventurer who married Britain's richest heiress, won the Derby and became prime minister
- Curious Questions: How does Witches' Broom form in trees?
- Boys Hall hotel review: A moreish restaurant with rooms in Kent
- Les Colombières: Ferdinand Bac’s house-and-garden masterpiece on the Riviera
February 10th
- Property Talk: Is the property market seeing a soft landing — or a false dawn?
- Laxton, Nottinghamshire: The 21st century village still using a medieval farming system
- A grand and beautiful Victorian home with views of Glastonbury Tor
February 9th
- Melrose Abbey, the Scottish Borders: The spectacular ruin where Robert the Bruce's heart is buried
- A £1.6m bargain? Epic high ceilings, vast windows and over 10,000sq ft at this majestic Somerset country house
February 8th
- Great British Architects: John Morow
- An idyllic Georgian home within striking distance of one of the best schools in the West Country
- How to handle a dog that's spent most of its life chained up
- Country Life 8 February 2023
February 7th
- Choosing the perfect fireplace: 'If you get the fireplace right, the rest of the room will fall into place'
- Carla Carlisle: 'What do the Sussexes want? How does this saga end?'
February 6th
- Winchester College: The school that's survived six centuries of turmoil, including the sacking of the city around it
- A country manor on the Welsh border with a staircase worthy of a costume drama
- My favourite painting: Aurore Ankarcrona Hennessey
February 5th
- 10 outstanding country houses for sale today, as seen in Country Life
- Alan Titchmarsh: I won't hear a bad word about privet hedges, but they're not a patch on my one-off 'country hedge'
- Fawley Hill: Inside the wacky and wonderful home of the late Sir William McAlpine
February 4th
- 'One of the finest houses on Dartmoor' has come to the market, and it's a spectacular masterpiece in granite
- Curious Questions: Why does Kew Gardens have a giant pagoda?
- The Farmstead review: The log cabins of your dreams in the heart of Suffolk
- Drovers' routes: The ancient trails from farm to market, and how they've shaped our roads to this day
February 3rd
- Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd: 'One of the great buildings of the Middle Ages'
- A spectacularly pretty home has come to the market in the irresistible town of Chipping Campden
- Property Talk: Has property's great 'race for space' gone into reverse?
February 2nd
- Property Talk: Why the price of farmland is set to climb again in 2023
- Durham Cathedral and Castle: 'The Normans at their most audacious and expansive'
- A handsome farmhouse from the 1600s that comes with its very own private pub is now for sale in Yorkshire
- How to make mustard and Parmesan chicken with parsnip rösti
February 1st
- Canterbury Cathedral: Architectural wonder, place of worship, and site of one of history's most infamous murders
- Garwood-Young Studio
- A spectacular old rectory risen from the ashes in one of the Cotswolds' most beautiful spots
- Government finally release details of post-Brexit subsidies for farmers
- Country Life 1 February 2023