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May 2024 Archive

119 articles

31 May
A glorious wisteria-clad home on the edge of Exmoor for under £1 million
A townhouse drawing room as warm and sunny as the personality of its owner
The best places to commute from Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and even Yorkshire: 'Up here, you can have it all'
How to eat nettles without being stung, by expert forager John Wright
30 May
Light relief: Why pale hues are back in favour
The mesmerising Mediterranean playground that's entranced visitors for 3,000 years, from the Phoenecians to David Bowie
Recipe: Creamy tarragon prawns and asparagus with spinach gnocchi
29 May
Packing a pinch: Everything you could ever want to know about the UK's crabs
A gorgeous farmhouse next door to Stonehenge with a gardens by an iconic Chelsea gold medal winner
A venue where AC/DC played, a hospital where Vera Brittain wrote and the largest glassmaking company in the world are the newest additions to the Victorian Society Endangered List
The Welsh Way
28 May
Wisteria hysteria: Nine beautiful objects that celebrate the most beautiful bloom of the season
Country Life 29 May 2024
An estate for sale that's older than the Norman Conquest, complete with stone circles, burial mounds and a beautiful country house
'Sitting down to dinner, I had the sensation of worlds dividing around my nether regions. The sound of ripping cloth confirmed there was a crisis. And then I remembered I had come as no-knickers-Norma': How the long summer nights fly by at parties in the Highlands
27 May
An exclusive chance for Country Life readers to see The George Farrow Collection before it goes under the hammer
A five-bedroom home on Dartmoor where brown trout flourish, swallows glide and song thrushes lead the dawn chorus
The 12 most iconic paintings in The National Gallery, by gallery curator Dr Francesca Whitlum-Cooper
The best places to stop on (and just off) the A303
Sir Peter Scott: the Olympic sailor, national glider-flying champion and Second World War veteran who became the father of wildfowl conservation
26 May
Seven genuinely magnificent country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
Autumn olives: The summer fruit that enriches the soil, your lunch table and your life
How to stop a puppy biting when it gets excited
The history of Covent Garden: 500 years of the world's most famous market
25 May
In Fulham, where this four-bedroom cottage with an acre of gardens redefines the meaning of country living in the big city
Whatever happened to saucy seaside postcards?
The creation of Tom Stuart-Smith's showstopping garden at RHS Chelsea 2024
'This is, after all, the last remaining wonder of the ancient world' — One writer's pilgrimage to the Egyptian pyramids
24 May
The British seaside towns where the average home costs almost £1 million — and the ones where you can still buy a home for £100k
A fresh, bright kitchen created to fit in to a 17th century manor house
The Nevill Arms review: A golden stone country hotel in the oft-forgotten spot dubbed 'the hidden Cotswolds'
23 May
Live and let live in the gorgeous former monastery that's been home to everyone from iconic Bond girls to legends of music
Tarquin Millington-Drake's tale of 500 hours, 45,000 photos, and the endless subtlety of the wild grey partridge
A perfect summer lunch recipe for the long weekend: Spicy udon noodles with tofu and watercress
22 May
Britain's creepiest crawlie? The 250-million-year-old Scorpion Fly
Country Life 22 May 2024
Red-brick walls, a thatched roof, a barn and an EPC rating of A. This home of the future in Dorset looks suspiciously like the past
'Too often, succession can be a battleground': What to expect when you're expecting (to inherit a country estate)
21 May
For sale for the first time in 50 years, an unlisted Sussex farmhouse surrounded by a 'thriving 117-acre nature reserve'
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024: See all the gold medallists
'I didn't realise quite what we were getting into': how to make cheese in Norfolk and what it says about us
20 May
Transport for London threatens the United States with court over unpaid congestion charge fines, but it seems likely our closest ally will never pay
18th century elegance and some 6,500sq ft of space with views over the citadel of Rye
'Nothing wrong with a bit of furore': An insider's guide to judging the Chelsea Flower Show, by RHS senior judge James Alexander-Sinclair
Mouthwatering summer recipes
Classic comfort
19 May
22 superb homes for sale from £260k to £15 million, as seen in Country Life
Alan Titchmarsh on Chelsea 2024: 'We need controversy to make us think... Just don’t expect me to regard slugs and snails as my friend'
How to train a 250lb pooch who is a mountain dog in every sense
Stansted Park in the 20th century: The private made public
18 May
The newest 'Old Rectory' in the world is up for sale, set in ancient woodland, with a cathedral-like pool and its own golf course
Stanwell House hotel review: A central Lymington bolthole that perfectly marries forest and sea
17 May
This is how we brew it: The cafés of the Cotswolds
‘A buzz in the air’ as housing market activity picks up
How a 20-year-old Leonora Carrington told off one of Surrealism's leading lights, and embarked on a career which has just seen her masterpiece go for $22 million
An award-winning architectural delight in Polzeath that's a perfect place to watch the sun set
16 May
Where Cotswolds stone meets Art Deco, a fabulous country home with walled garden, stables — and a pool to wash your sheep
Where to find the world's best club sandwich
15 May
The Aston Martin Vantage review: A fusion of love, joy and metal
WOW!house 2024: Six of the brightest ideas you'll see at the interiors event
The £1m pair of Victorian sea forts for sale in the waters off Britain, complete with hotel rooms, nightclub and helipad
The terrible truth about the cuckoo, and the 'monstrous outrages' it perpetrates on its foster parents and siblings
Reader event: Celebrate Chelsea in bloom with Katharine Pooley
14 May
Country Life 15 May 2024
A five-bedroom home within the golden triangle of the Cotswolds that oozes cosiness and charm
A beautiful Georgian home with columns, colonnades, cottages, space and stables
Jonathan Self: Real friendship survives separation, violently different opinions and surprisingly shabby behaviour'
13 May
Isabella Tree on how rewilding took the Knepp Estate from a ruin in the red to a miracle of Nature
A classic Georgian manor house in an ancient hilltop town in the Cotswolds
The English climate destroyed almost all our medieval church paintings — but not these ones
12 May
Six of the best homes in the Cotswolds (or just outside) for sale, as seen in this week's Country Life
'I could buy ready-to-go evergreens and hurry up the process, but I’m not in a hurry' — why gardeners, like plants, should move slowly
Stansted Park, West Sussex: From royal favourite to stranger’s heir
11 May
A honey-coloured home in Wiltshire that sits at peace with its landscape
From the 'gatekeeper' to the 'Scotch argus', where did butterflies and moths get their strange names?
'A haunt of ancient peace' — The gardens at Iford Manor and their remarkable history
'Sometimes I like to think I have my finger on the pulse when it comes to design and fashion. I am incorrect' — Celebrating one of Europe's biggest street parties in the cushion of contemporary luxury
10 May
Latimer Farm in Oddington: 'One of the most charming places that you could spend a few days'
Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian? The most popular period property styles revealed
A 'rare and exceptional' medieval estate with an Elizabethan-style house, a string of cottages, and a location an hour from London
Michael Prodger: How Britain’s landscapes have inspired painters across the centuries
9 May
LifeBook: The easy way to turn your life into the story of a lifetime
A true ‘all-rounder’ home, with Grade II-listed farmhouse and annexe, two holiday cottages and equestrian facilities to boot
'The most important spring landscape flower in Britain' that 'engulfs everything in its path' — The unstoppable exuberance of the frothing cow parsley
Seven gorgeous Cotswolds homes for sale at under £500,000
Chocolate hobnobs, mascarpone and mint — the perfect cheesecake for summer
8 May
An iconic artist's studio in Padstow is on the market for the first time in two decades
The seven greatest winners in the history of the Badminton Horse Trials
'Empires of the sun': in Britain's solar revolution, who will win the battle between food security and food production?
What you need to know about buying an equestrian property
Everything you could ever want to know about Badminton, 'the most important and most typically English' eventing competition in the world
7 May
For sale: apartments in Kensington with a concierge service linked to Harrods
Country Life 8 May 2024
A former monastery up for sale, with eight acres and breathtaking views
Carla Carlisle: The Nanny State isn't to be feared — it can fix pretty anything from the NHS to the Post Office
6 May
An unlisted Georgian house of exceptional grandeur in Cheshire that boasts almost 70 acres, a swimming pool, a lake, a squash court and sublime interiors
When the King and Queen edited Country Life, by the editor who guided them every step of the way
A £24 million estate that has everything you could dream of — except the final half acre to make it perfect
A century of Royal Photography is going on show at Buckingham Palace, from Cecil Beaton to Annie Leibovitz
5 May
Six stunning estates for sale, from the big to the small, as seen in Country Life
The poisonous plant that can 'run riot' in your garden, was a favourite of Elizabeth II and is more beautiful than a rose
How to stop your dog from chasing and barking at cats, by expert trainer Ben Randall
'We cannot have beauty without paying for it': The glorious revival of Rochdale's Town Hall
4 May
An £18 million Surrey mansion, with vaulted hall, turrets, and a kitchen-diner the size of a three-bedroom house
Curious Questions: Why did the Garden Cities of Tomorrow never catch on?
Glebe House, Devon: 'The antithesis of big brand hotels'
The gardens of High Moss, a Cumbrian paradise just moments from Derwentwater
3 May
How the Stevenson lighthouses saved the sailors of Scotland
The iconic London neighbourhoods where houses are cheaper than they have been for years
In a dimple-covered Norfolk landscape, Britain's only open Neolithic flint mine is still revealing its secrets
An Isle of Wight 'super-cottage' built by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert is up for sale
Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way: 'Who knew that winding coastal lanes could be so lucrative?'
The wicker weavers who can make a picnic hamper with such skill that you can choose whether it's silent or squeaky
2 May
The secret life of one of England's greatest authors, lost behind bad handwriting
A beautiful timber home set in a wildflower meadow that comes with 18 acres of glorious Cornwall countryside
Charcuterie, chilli oil, pickling and pastry: how to make the world's best picnic
1 May
Do you know your apple-catchers from your tittamatorter? Take a crash course in the UK's local languages
‘I have nothing but rapt adoration and the greatest of respect for this sugary art form’: Tom Parker Bowles on the perfection of puddings
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