All content Archive | August 2023

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August 31st
- The Coopers who keep Scotland's whisky flowing: 'Nae coopers. Nae whisky.'
- Scotch eggs: Tom Parker Bowles on the delights of this 'absolutely magical thing'
August 30th
- Hen harrier making sound steps towards salvation as dozens of chicks set to be released into the wild
- One of the great estates in Co Cork is for sale, and in need of a saviour
- Chewton Glen review: 'I genuinely wanted to stay forever'
August 29th
- Hugh Grant's former South Kensington penthouse on the market with £700k price cut
- Country Life 30 August 2023
- A magnificent 17th century castle and estate — including four private islands — is up for sale
- Joe Gibbs: How we found out the hard way that taking Jack Russells to a golden retriever festival is a BIG mistake
August 28th
- How to pep up a featureless room with an injection of drama and colour
- My favourite painting: Anthony Mould
August 27th
- 17 simply magical properties, from castles to cottages, as seen in Country Life
- Alan Titchmarsh: The priceless flowers I planted before my grandchildren were born — and they're still going strong
- How to stop a dog chewing things, by A-list dog trainer Ben Randall
- Hellifield Peel Tower: The miraculous revival of a medieval tower in Yorkshire
August 26th
- Curious Questions: Why was John Nash, London's most celebrated architect, despised in his own lifetime — and for decades afterwards?
- Bob Dylan's Highland mansion is up for sale at £3 million
- The gardens of Melbourne Hall: A spectacular outdoor space 500 years in the making
- The Country Life guide to Suffolk: Where to go, what to see, where to stay and what to eat
August 25th
- A gloomy kitchen entirely re-created as a cosy living space
- A dreamy south Cheshire mansion with elegance, grace, land and superb stables
- Property Talk: The improvements to your house that could pay off several times over when it's time to sell
- Stephen Millership: The man whose classic posters distill the spirit of the British countryside
August 24th
- The Ship Inn Cricket Club: The tale of the world's only cricket club to play its matches on the beach
- How to make an apricot pavlova that makes amazing use of 'the golden jewels of summer'
August 23rd
- 10 of Scotland’s most magical white sand beaches
- ‘One of the finest Georgian homes in London' is on the market for £16.5 million
- The spirit, stoicism and joy of 21st century farming
August 22nd
- Country Life 23 August 2023
- A South London suburban home with its own stunning, award-winning garden oasis
- A lavish Cheshire mansion for sale that mixes furnishings by the King's interior designer with unashamed bling
- Can you combine growth and ESG in one investment portfolio?
- Jason Goodwin: The day our little corner of England changed forever
August 21st
- A walk from Adder’s Copse to Gallows Down, Berkshire: 'I've rarely done a circular walk as perfect as this one'
- My favourite painting: Miranda Rock
August 20th
- Five glorious homes for sale across Britain, as seen in Country Life
- How to grow your own figs that'll be 'like a feather on the tongue'
- Charles Quest-Ritson: 'I'm always amazed by the codswallop that garden experts write'
- How to stop your dog barking at loud noises and passers-by using the 'in' command, by Ben Randall
- The remarkable tale of the bathing machine
August 19th
- A spectacular 16th century manor concealing truly astonishing 21st century additions
- Curious Questions: What is Linnaeus’s Flower Clock?
- Lurchers: The Ferraris of the dog world who 'can steal anything from anywhere'
- The Three Horseshoes Batcombe review: Touring motorists need more pubs with rooms like this one
August 18th
- Lexus RZ450e review: Viva la electric revolución
- An elegant country home that's somehow to be found in the middle of Islington
- Britain's elite fossil hunters on their finds of a lifetime
August 17th
- A London townhouse kitchen that's perfect for cooking, socialising and entertaining
- A palatial North Yorkshire residence that boasts some of ‘the finest yew topiary in England’
- The strawberry and raspberry fool: Who but a fool could say no?
August 16th
- A house offering total serenity and seclusion, with outstanding stables and equestrian facilities
- Gwrych Castle saved for the nation thanks to £2.2m grant
August 15th
- A fabulous 78-acre Edwardian estate in North Devon that’s on the market for £3.65 million
- Country Life 16 August 2023
- Jonathan Self: The rat who came to lunch in a fetching shade of Farrow & Ball
August 14th
- A ‘hallmark’ oast house in the Kent countryside that’s up for sale for £1.6 million
- My favourite painting: Rose Balston
August 13th
- Eight truly incredible houses for sale from £470k to £9 million, as seen in Country Life
- I'm planting a shrubbery and my gardening friends are horrified — but I'll have the last laugh
- How to stop your dog ignoring you when they’re playing with other dogs, by award-winning trainer Ben Randall
- Crosby Moran Hall, London: A collector’s palace
August 12th
- An exquisite, ivy-clad Georgian manor house that's full of light, character and has a pool in the walled garden
- Curious Questions: Who came up with Gentleman’s Relish?
- Temple Guiting Manor hotel review: Manor from heaven in the Cotswolds
- The kitchen so spectacular that an entire new garden was planted to make the most of the view
August 11th
- An exemplary Tudor manor for sale in St Albans where Charles II was a regular guest
- London outmigration: How soaring mortgage costs are starting a new race to the country
August 10th
- Six things you need to know before painting a room off-white — and five beautiful tints to consider
- Collective nouns for birds: Why we call it a murder of crows, murmuration of starlings and a conspiracy of ravens
- A hidden riverside garden oasis that’s the perfect blend of city and country, just 45 minutes from central London
- How to make harissa lamb cutlets with garlic and almond runner beans
August 9th
- Why the great British pub is better than ever
- A vanishingly-rare chance to buy one of the most beautiful homes on the Holkham Estate
August 8th
- Country Life 9 August 2023
- Nine of the best country properties for sale in Yorkshire
- John Lewis-Stempel: 'Rewilding is half backwards-looking fantasy, half dystopian vision'
August 7th
- An impeccable Somerset Longhouse that’s a treasure trove of delights inside and out
- My favourite painting: MOK O’Keeffe
August 6th
- 24 truly amazing properties, including a boathouse that has to be seen, fresh to the market via Country Life
- Best plants for people who hate weeding? Five beautiful (and low-maintenance) flowers to grow in gravel or sand
- How to stop a dog playing with rocks in the water, by top trainer Ben Randall
- How a 'scarred and degraded' landscape became a 21st century Reptonian marvel with a dream country house at its heart
August 5th
- Ledston Hall: The 700-year-old former monastery that's gone from glory to dereliction to 21st century luxury
- Why are there so many magpies?
- Sarah Price, one of Britain's great garden designers, takes Country Life round her own garden
- On the tiger trail in India: ‘I simply couldn’t move from visceral terror’
August 4th
- A magical country home in the High Weald AONB, where great gardens and period charm combine
- Sir Joshua Reynolds: Why 'the greatest portrait artist England has ever seen' is the true heir to the Old Masters
August 3rd
- A charming house in two acres, with pool and village location — yet just 17 miles from central London
August 2nd
- The runaway tortoise lured back home after two months, thanks to a glass of Pimm's
- All aboard! A railway station master's house has come up for sale in Northamptonshire
August 1st
- Fruits of the loom: The bespoke rugs designed by some of Inchbald's best students
- Country Life 2 August 2023
- A sophisticated family home in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where style and location go hand in hand
- Jason Goodwin in Rome: 'Shelley would have been appalled; Keats would have told them to shut up'