All content Archive | February 2024

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February 29th
- Malvern College
- The heart-stopping work of removing a 150-year-old stained glass masterpiece from one of Britain's greatest cathedrals
- A charming thatched cottage for £600,000 within walking distance of two of Cornwall's best beaches
- A rhubarb and marmalade meringue roulade to set tongues wagging
February 28th
- North Yorkshire village is the latest to turn down the lights and become 'dark-skies friendly'
- Freddie Mercury's house is on the market, 46 years after he bought it following an advert in Country Life
- Reader event: Making light work
February 27th
- 'The most wonderful painting in existence', once sold for £30 and considered less valuable than its frame, is back in London
- 'One of the most amazing things in terms of food in this country' — How a tower of thorns makes salt
- Country Life 28 February 2024
- An ivy-clad manor house in one of Oxfordshire's 'most sought-after' postcodes
- Opinion: Why the 'threat' of a new National Park has Galloway farmers up in arms
February 26th
- Six of the best things to look out for at London Design Week 2024
- Fiona Stafford: The myth of the unchanging countryside
- An utterly gorgeous Victorian house with character, charm and a couple of acres, all for just £650k
- My Favourite Painting: Norman Foster
February 25th
- 11 magical homes across Britain, as seen in Country Life
- Alan Titchmarsh: Wordsworth was dead wrong about lonely clouds — but he was on to something with daffodils
- Puppy aggression: How to nip it in the bud before it becomes a problem, by award-winning trainer Ben Randall
- Chillingham Castle: 'Curiosity and beauty' at a spectacular castle that survived ruin by the skin of its teeth
February 24th
- One of the greatest homes built in Britain this century has just come up for sale
- Curious Questions: Why do barristers and judges wear wigs?
- Betting your hedges: How taking a risk with your garden hedge could be the most rewarding job you ever do
February 23rd
- Downsizers 'boost retirement pot by £1,200 a month', while gazundering starts to run rampant
- Going wild for daffodils: 'Nothing beats daffodils as a symbol of spring... they tell us that winter is gone and will not come again'
- When 150 acres of magnificent Oxfordshire just isn't enough? Buy the estate, and pick up the next-door neighbour as part of the deal
- Bert Hardy: The photographer who chronicled mid-century Britain, from the Blitz to Blackpool
February 22nd
- 60 years of wisdom: 'Life is a zig-zag, a joyous adventure, and enhanced every day'
- A gorgeous home on the Sussex-Kent border that has everything — including a bizarre, unpronounceable name
- ‘I hated it at first’: Britain’s top caviar supplier on eggs, royal clientele and the future of Beluga sturgeon
February 21st
- 'Stonehenge of the North' saved for the nation
- A fantastic historic Manor House in County Durham that is up for sale for the first time in 400 years
- Cece Fein-Hughes: Heirlooms of tomorrow
February 20th
- Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc review: Is this the world's best, most famous and photographed hotel?
- Four Seasons Fairways review: A family friendly paradise in Portugal's Quinta do Lago
- 'An oasis surrounded by countryside' for sale in the heart of the Cotswolds
- Country Life 21 February 2024
- The re-making of Notre Dame: An extraordinary achievement by any measure
- J.B. Priestly's glorious manor house, with secret passages and rotating bookcase, comes up for sale on the Isle of Wight
February 19th
- Helen Rebanks: Farming, food, the meaning of life... and dogs stealing birthday cakes
- A glass act: Some of the best garden rooms, greenhouses and orangeries money can buy
- A magnificent Cumbrian hall with a spectacular central staircase
- My Favourite Painting: Sir Karl Jenkins
February 18th
- A new garden room built with bronze brings light into this London home
- Five superb country homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
- About thyme: the herb that goes with any dish
- How to stop your dog counter surfing, by expert trainer Ben Randall
- Gilmerton House: The great Scottish country house whose history is intertwined with a pitiful murder
February 17th
- Spring has officially sprung, according to some plants in Cornwall
- Curious Questions: What really happened to the Flying Dutchman?
- Jaipur: Rosanna Falconer's unbeatable guide to India's most intoxicating city
- Six of the most beautiful waterfalls in Britain, from Devon to the Isle of Skye
February 16th
- Good things, small packages — a three-bedroom thatched cottage with delightful gardens in Devon for £600,000
- Waxwings: The winter visitors which come to Britain so rarely they may never see a human again
- Power to the people — community-owned businesses a proving to be a nationwide success
- What does £6 million get you? Two homes, and probably the best view in the Lake District
- The ancient mapmakers who shaped the world as we still see it centuries later
February 15th
- The man who made Mayfair
- A walk around St Albans and its cathedral — a 'welcoming place, and proud of it'
- Scottish farmers and stakeholders sceptical over new plans for National Parks
- A handsome Georgian villa in a quiet and sought-after Dorset village
- Delicious herbs and ices: rosemary ice cream with chocolate brownie
February 14th
- The romance of the rose, and how it became the flower of love
- An enhanced Elizabethan Manor house in Kent with gardens by Gertrude Jekyll
- The 10 most romantic declarations of love in film and literature
February 13th
- Five shining examples of how to light a country house in exquisite style
- Country Life 14 February 2024
- 'Disconnected from our heritage' — conservation charity warns that more must be done to tackle light pollution
- Three floors, 6,000sq ft and the chance to live in one of London's most famous landmarks
- Jason Goodwin: 'In the garden I see myself as a god, quite Old Testament, full of wrath and vengeance'
February 12th
- A Grade II-listed Dorset manor house where sweeping staircases and four-poster beds meet pristine kitchen and swimming pool
- 1 Hotel Mayfair review: A masterclass in marrying luxury and sustainability in the capital
- Stonehenge, Avebury and the stone circles of Britain, with Professor Vicki Cummings
- My Favourite Painting: Joanna Jensen
February 11th
- Everything you could ever want to know about lighting a period home
- Inside the £160,000 shepherd's hut (and how you can order one for your garden)
- 19 incredible homes for sale, from a breathtaking mill conversion to a £500k bargain in the Borders
- After a long winter, it's time to get out and start preparing for spring
- Tuscan Pots
- How to deal with a dog who is scared of men, by expert trainer Ben Randall
- Australia House: The story of Australia's unforgettable outpost in the heart of London
February 10th
- This wisteria-clad former home of Dame Clara Butt on the edge of Wallingford is ready for a new lease of life
- From the Box to the Yox — how did our rivers get their names?
- The snowdrops of Thenford: 900 varieties that are the pride and joy of Lord and Lady Heseltine
February 9th
- Luscious red or gorgeous green? 12 Valentine gifts to keep them keen, from £45 to £22k
- The 'places to live' ranking that lists all 1,429 towns, cities and large villages in England and Wales — and the surprise at the top of the list
- Miniature heroes: The tiny portraits that delight, amuse, and have changed the course of English history
February 8th
- This 15th century family home in Surrey might just have one of the nicest extensions we've seen
- Charles Quest-Ritson: no chain, no gain — how using a chainsaw will improve your garden
- A delightful family home in the heart of one of the Cotswolds' finest villages
- A Continental winter warmer: creamy onion soup with caramelised-onion toast
February 7th
- A vast Scottish estate for sale that includes the lake which (might) hide Robert the Bruce's sword
- The art of hearth: Beautiful ideas to rejuvenate your fireplace, from £1,250 to £22,000
- Halifax reports surprise jump in house prices — but agents, lenders and analysts call for caution
- Top travel tips for making your journey better, from celebrity-style transfers to sushi at 33,000ft
February 6th
- Country Life 7 February 2024
- 14,000sq ft of space and 100,000 snowdrops — the manor house where bigger really is better
February 5th
- The chimneypiece by Sir John Soane that still inspires designers to this day
- A converted barn in West Sussex with the most spacious interiors
- My favourite painting: Allan Mallinson
February 4th
- 22 country houses for sale, from under £300k to over £5m, as seen in Country Life
- Mark Diacono: What seeds to plant, plus where and when to plant them
- The worst-behaved pets in Britain: 'They would grab a cigarette briskly from your lips and fly around the room with it'
- Inside Madresfield Court, the house that inspired Evelyn Waugh’s 'Brideshead Revisited'
February 3rd
- A hall house in Suffolk that comes with plenty of space and a most-interesting name
- What it's like to live and work in a National Park
- The Newt review: The hotel that put Somerset firmly back on the map
- The walled garden at Whithurst Park — and the owners who made it from scratch
February 2nd
- Country Life's ultimate guide to podcasts — from history and cricket, to politics and flyfishing
- An Art Deco country house in Essex with almost 5,000sq ft of living space
- Clive Nichols: Secrets from the king of garden photography
- Needlepoint: The craft of kings, queens and countesses
February 1st
- Marcus Barnett Studio
- The Queen's old Range Rover — one which she used to pick up the Obamas — has come up for sale
- Where to see snowdrops: The best places in Britain
- 'The countryside can pull us together, a connecting point for a nation that sometimes feels as though it is falling apart'
- Meet the dry-stone wallers who restored a 300-year-old sheep pen in Cumbria
- How to make slow-roasted shoulder of lamb with pistachio-and-feta gremolata
- A Scottish castle for sale that comes with grandeur, history, its own golf course — and the title of 'Baron'
- A heavenly thatched home in Oxfordshire that's a perfect chocolate box cottage
- Todhunter Earle Interiors