All content Archive | September 2023

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September 30th
- A gracious and beautiful Cotswolds home with gardens by a Chelsea 'best-in-show' winner
- Curious Questions: How did the Leyland Cypress go from botanical accident to taking over the world?
- The Cotswolds farmhouse gardens transformed from dilapidation to beauty
- The Country Life guide to Kent: Where to go, what to see, where to stay and what to eat
September 29th
- What it's like to stay at the 'world's best hotel', the pleasure-filled paradise that is Passalacqua on Lake Como
- What house buyers want above all? A wreck that needs fixing up
- The idyllic Costwolds home of the thriller writer Felix Francis is up for sale
- Coco Chanel's enduring love affair with the English countryside
September 28th
- Fancy a property with a difference? 7,000 acres of peat bog have come up for sale in Caithness
- One of Britain's most famous trees has been cut down as vandals target Sycamore Gap at Hadrian's Wall
- How to make a fig and goat’s-cheese galette — and a fig creme brûlée for pudding
September 27th
- 'One of the most beautiful houses in the Cotswolds' has hit the market with a £14 million price tag
- Netgear Orbi 960: The need for speed
September 26th
- A 270-acre Scottish island for sale at the same price as a three-bedroom house in suburbia
- Country Life 27 September 2023
- Jason Goodwin: A somewhat comprehensive agenda for fixing Britain, from turning off the internet to compulsory Natural Service for 18-year-olds
September 25th
- The ultimate in splendid isolation? A gorgeous Scottish country house with woodland gardens running down to the loch
- My favourite painting: Giles Coren
September 24th
- Eight stupendous country homes for sale from £975k to £9.5m, as seen in Country Life
- Charles Quest-Ritson: The 'devastating consequences' when two of Britain's greatest-ever gardeners met for afternoon tea
- 'My dog doesn't like my husband. What can I do?' — Expert trainer Ben Randall has the answer
- Spetchley Park: One of Britain's best-ever architectural accidents
September 23rd
- Curious Questions: Did English ladies really have a secret 'language of fans'?
- Thyme hotel review: All in good Thyme in the Cotswolds
September 22nd
- Yes, you can put a new kitchen in a Grade I-listed house — and this beautiful example shows how
- Over 65s in Britain sitting on £2.7 trillion worth of property — yet many are struggling to downsize
- 'Nothing comes close' as the majestic and beautiful windmill from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang seeks a new owner
- Curious Questions: Why do leaves change colour in Autumn? And why do some go yellow while others are red, purple or brown?
- Silestone's Le Chic collection: A 21st century classic
- Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers turns 30
September 21st
- Honey, we’re bringing the kids: Why the honeymoon is changing and where to go
- Property Talk: Interest rates on hold for first time since December 2021 — but is it temporary respite or start of the recovery?
- Red Mullet: The beauties of the sea, and the one intractable rule for those looking to cook them
September 20th
- Hadrian's Wall in an English summer: Wind, rain, and unforgettable beauty
- An elegant Highland castle and estate on the market for the first time in eight centuries
- Ten reasons we love the Cotswolds
September 19th
- Country Life 20 September 2023
- Partial wreck, several careless owners, yours for just £2.75m — and it's worth every penny
- Log cabin escapism is great — but super-luxury cabin escapism is even better
September 18th
- A sprawling £9.5 million estate with a castle, a country house and a Barony
- My favourite painting: Carmel Allen
September 17th
- Six superb country homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
- Irises: 'The next batch isn't even planted yet, but I am already excited about seeing them flowering next year'
- How to stop your dog having a go at other dogs, by leading trainer Ben Randall
- The feudal splendour of Arundel Castle's magnificent interiors
September 16th
- The house that inspired Kenneth Grahame to write The Wind in the Willows is for sale in Berkshire
- Curious Questions: What is a garden hermit?
- The Grove hotel review: A country retreat in 300 acres that's still within the M25
- West Lavington Manor: The gardens four centuries in the making
September 15th
- As if trains aren't already expensive enough, living near a railway line with reliable service 'costs 122% more'
- A tower home carved in to the cliff rocks, overlooking one of the most beautiful bays in Cornwall
- How the Bloomsbury Group shaped life in London WC1
September 14th
- Julia Lloyd George: Fine jewellery for marking life's milestones
- How to make plum upside-down cake with cardamom, vanilla and pistachios
September 13th
- The Wilder Marches project to restore, recover and create new wildlife habitats in England and Wales
- John Le Carré's spectacular clifftop home in Cornwall has come on to the market
September 12th
- Country Life 13 September 2023
- The best outfits from the 2023 Goodwood Revival, the 'best weekend of the year'
- Seven houses for sale with their own spectacular home cinemas
- Carla Carlisle: It's taken me years, but I finally understand my father's dying gift to me
September 11th
- Little Chapel: The tale of Guernsey's seashell-covered, miniature recreation of Lourdes
- A 'Holy Grail' Cornwall property with location, land and endless views
- British Columbia’s Best Ski Resorts
- My Favourite Painting: Levison Wood
September 10th
- Six utterly charming houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
- How to stop your dog barking while you're trying to talk to people, by award-winning trainer Ben Randall
- Arundel Castle: The creation of one of England's great princely seats
September 9th
- The Dorset home of Kirstie Allsopp's parents has come up for sale at £6.5 million
- Curious Questions: What is the Stone of Scone?
- In the swim: Britain's best private swimming pools
September 8th
- When buying property around the world, connections count
- Isaac Newton's apple tree has been used to propagate 10 new saplings — and they're being put up for sale
- An exquisitely beautiful Shropshire mansion for sale that was the home of JFK's 'closest friend'
- Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, one year on
September 7th
- How to make honey chicken and sweetcorn flatbreads
September 6th
- Sir Keir Starmer: 'I want everyone in the countryside to know that I will roll up my sleeves and restore respect'
- A 500-year-old clifftop castle on a 28,500-acre estate that 'encapsulates the Scottish dream'
September 5th
- Country Life 6 September 2023
- A 600-year-old Kent mansion that was the happy refuge of a King in exile
- Jonathan Self: The crisp sandwiches so good they were delicious even with a light coating of sand
September 4th
- A country house kitchen which shows how adding new walls can transform your space
- My favourite painting: Claire German
September 3rd
- 20 superb houses for sale from £360k to £5m, as seen in Country Life
- John Hoyland: The only garden tools you'll ever need
- A South Downs house for sale that comes with two runways and its own aerodrome
- Problems with your dog? Here's how to contact our canine agony uncle Ben Randall
- 'The ideal of a Scottish castle': 800 years of Dunvegan Castle, one of Scotland's great fortresses
September 2nd
- 'One of England’s finest private houses' is for sale at £18m in one of its 'most beautiful and unspoilt corners'
- Curious Questions: Why was absinthe banned?
- A complete guide to the sharks you'll find in the seas of Britain (and the one you'll be glad isn't here yet)
September 1st
- Why bold pattern is a magic ingredient in a scheme
- An idyllic Irish estate in the 'Golden Vale' has come up for sale for the first time in 350 years
- The six 'beige flags' of house-hunting that should make you think twice before putting in an offer