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December 2023 Archive

95 articles

31 December
From Windsor Castle and the Reform Club to the house where Ghosts is filmed: Country Life's best architecture stories of 2023
30 December
The best places to travel to in 2024 and why
E-Types, Scotland's best beaches and the 'backwards-looking fantasy' of rewilding: Country Life's best features of 2023
The gardens at Rockcliffe: Cold comforts that even Britain's worst winters can't spoil
29 December
The biggest country house sales of 2023, from the ultimate Padstow getaway to one of Britain's greatest stately homes
Country kitchens, period house insulation and open fires: Country Life's best interiors stories of 2023
28 December
A seaside gem with sensational views that is 'one of the very best coastal residences anywhere in Cornwall'
From goose and gratin to a very royal recipe, Country Life's top 10 recipes, food and drink stories of 2023
27 December
A charming stone barn conversion with glorious Tyne Valley views
Think what you got for Christmas was bad? The worst presents in literature will cheer you up...
Country Life 27 December 2023
Figs, wisteria, and the roses that 'are ridiculously easy to grow': Country Life's 10 best gardens stories of 2023
26 December
The ten best properties for sale in Country Life in 2023
The 2023 Country Life Editor's Christmas Quiz: The Answers
25 December
The 2023 Country Life Editor's Christmas Quiz
‘The love we share at Christmas is a refuge. It replenishes our depleted batteries and allows us to go out again into the world’: The 2023 Country Life Christmas message, by Revd Colin Heber-Percy
24 December
The real Ebeneezer Scrooge who inspired Charles Dickens was actually 'noted for his generosity, jovial disposition and appetite'
Eight beautiful homes with incredible chimneys and fireplaces to make a perfect welcome for Father Christmas
23 December
The years when England cancelled Christmas
A West Sussex barn conversion with pretty garden office in mature grounds
Aled Jones on his favourite Christmas carol
How to ensure your dog has the best Christmas ever, by top trainer Ben Randall
The most wonderful time of the year: Country Life's A to Z of Christmas
22 December
My week surviving on an uninhabited Scottish island
HS2: What happens next? The chaos of the land left behind after the cancellation of the high speed rail project
Master of Wine Nicola Arcedeckne-Butler on how to pick the perfect wines over Christmas
21 December
A divine manor house in the heart of the South Downs — just beware of the naughty peacocks
Le Meurice Paris hotel review: Illuminating art in the city of light
The new rules of dining etiquette, from elbows and mobile phones to sex at the dinner table
20 December
The Country Life guide to Paris, France: Where to go, what to see, where to stay and what to eat
A wisteria-clad wonder set in eight idyllic acres that offers country charm, village community and is still commutable to London
From exquisite luxury properties to design, lifestyle and more, as celebrated by Luxury Portfolio
11 ways to do Christmas in right royal style, by A-list party planner Johnny Roxburgh
Hôtel Plaza Athénée review: Where dedicated followers of fashion stay
Country Life's best, worst and funniest adverts of 1923, from Burberry and thinning baths to the SUV of a century ago
19 December
Stratton, Vermont review: A fully-fledged ski resort just a few hours from the hustle and bustle of New York City
Five gorgeous country houses for sale in Buckinghamshire, from £1.5 million to £75 million
Jason Goodwin: The Neolithic treasure I missed by 10 minutes
Not so jolly old St Nicholas? The dark side of Santa
18 December
Nine things you ought to know if you're having goose for Christmas
An idyllic barn conversion with far-reaching views of the surrounding Norfolk countryside
The Wisdom of Sheep, by Rosamund Young: An exclusive extract for Country Life
Not just for Christmas: The enduring appeal of jigsaws
17 December
Six character homes for sale at under £200,000, from beautiful Cornish hideaways to a remote barn in the Pennines
How to create a sweet-smelling winter garden
The architecture of Henry James: How real-life country houses found their way into the work of one of our greatest writers
16 December
Curious Questions: Why do ships have figureheads?
The Fox at Oddington review: Where the Daylesford charm is in full effect
George Harrison's Garden: How the Beatle and his wife turned a 'tangled jungle' into a magnificent garden
15 December
Naughty sheep, clever cows and a lifetime of farming: Rosamund Young on the Country Life Podcast
Rowanberry wine: A distinctive and delicious tipple
The wave of homes set to come to the market on Boxing Day
24 hours in Oxford, from the Botanic Garden to the Bodleian Library
14 December
An enchanting Cornish house with stunning harbour views
Tableside cooking: Dinner with a side of drama
13 December
The magic of the Rowan tree
The Grade II*-listed former home of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith, is for sale in the heart of Westminster
Jurassic bark: The 200 million-year-old trees rescued from extinction and now thriving across Britain
12 December
Country Life 13 December 2023
The country house where PG Wodehouse wrote one of his best-loved books, and where the wife of Charles I fled from her would-be captors
Carla Carlisle: 'Seamus Heaney deserves a sainthood, as well as his Nobel Prize'
11 December
My favourite painting: Melanie Vandenbrouck
10 December
20 charming homes for sale starting from just £250,000, as seen in Country Life
'Giving a gardener a tree for Christmas is akin to offering a kitten or a puppy'
How to stop a dog peeing in the house, by A-list trainer Ben Randall
Britain's most eccentric crooked buildings, from the pub that looks tipsy to the church that leans more than the Tower of Pisa
9 December
An elegant Cornish abbey being sold by one of iconic supermodels of the 1960s
The stories behind the strangest phrases in English from being 'gone for a burton' to 'caught red-handed'
Five of the best eating apples to grow in your garden
Hotel Endsleigh review: A sliver of Scotland in the middle of Devon
8 December
Boom, bust and property lust: Penny Churchill on 30 years of Britain’s best houses
The 102-year-old, the armed robbers and the 'blazing' Picasso which helped Sotheby's sell $1 billion of art in a month
The happiest place to live in Britain has been named — but it's going to cost you to live there...
7 December
A spectacular mansion for sale in the heart of a World Heritage Site — and it's something of a bargain
Kalettes, the deliciously earthy alternative to sprouts that will even liven up a curry
6 December
'Rain and cold wind might be uncomfortable, but they make you feel alive'
5 December
Country Life 6 December 2023
A charming Grade II-listed country house with indoor pool in the Garden of England
My 'Franken-Land Rover' has had three new chassis and using the indicators turns on the windscreen wipers. But I just can't get rid of it.
4 December
An immaculate timber-framed rectory from the early 1400s where period charm meets a pool and a gym
My favourite painting: John Lewis-Stempel
3 December
Eight superb homes for sale across Britain, as seen in Country Life
How to keep your dog calm throughout the Christmas period, by expert trainer Ben Randall
Somerton: The ruined medieval castle transformed into a magical family home
2 December
Beams, flagstone floors and leaded windows in a glorious old manor house that comes with a pair of 500-year-old barns
What should you do if bats take up residence in your roof?
Durslade Farmhouse review: An extraordinary 18th century restored farmhouse to rent
The Newt, Somerset: An 18th-century walled garden with the finest display of trained apples
1 December
'Best conditions for years' for house buyers, and why billionaires are turning to renting
My five favourite castles, by Country Life's Architectural Editor John Goodall
Seven things you need to know about restoring a glasshouse
A gem in West Sussex where the graceful Georgian hallway alone will be enough to sell the house
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Six of the finest islands in the Caribbean