All content Archive | July 2024

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July 31st
- Ian Norrington - Seal Engraved Signet Rings and Cufflinks
- 'We are in the midst of a sewage scandal and the natural world is paying the cost'
- The Lapwing, the bird with dozens names that is 'one of the most evocative sights and sounds of the countryside'
- The 'holy grail' of JRR Tolkien's letters are up for sale, showing his anger at his editors and the 'priggery' of Sherlock Holmes
July 30th
- Country Life 31 July 2024
- 'Downton Abbey meets Soho House' at a £3.6 million mansion in Tunbridge Wells
- The Country Life guide to New York: Where to go, what to see, where to stay and what to eat
- Jason Goodwin: 'I slung my boots around my neck and squeezed the mud between my toes. Touching the earth with my feet — puddles, grass, leafmould — was curiously liberating'
July 29th
- Violet Manners: The daughter of a duke with a vision for bridging the gap between the past, present and future of our heritage
- The foundry where Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and Nic Fiddian-Green cast their bronzes
July 28th
- Six of the best homes, islands and estates for sale in Country Life this week, from £1.5 million to £20 million
- Alan Titchmarsh: The best flower shows in Britain show exactly where RHS Chelsea gets it wrong
- How to deal with an aggressive dog that's trying to bully other dogs
July 27th
- The Ned review: A gargantuan and historic hotel and members’ club in the heart of London
- A Georgian home worthy of a starring role in a period drama, at the heart of a 286-acre Wiltshire estate
- Curious Questions: Why is race walking an Olympic sport?
- Two weeks in Tahiti: What it's like visiting the site of the 2024 Olympic surfing venue
- What's in a colour? The mystery behind our obsession with green
July 26th
- How large-scale wallpapers transport you to another world
- A'hoy there! The best adventurous boat charters from around the globe
- Great western: The best places to live west of London, from Cirencester and Salisbury to Corsham and Bath
- 'I painted my own reality': The five key moments that defined Frida Kahlo's life and work
July 25th
- Reaching Olympian heights: 10 moments which define the original spirit of The Olympics
- From siege engines to Passivhaus: How oak holds its own
- A gorgeous Georgian house in one of the South Downs' prettiest villages, for sale for the first time in half a century
- Tom Parker-Bowles on the BBQ: 'Cooking over coals is both empirical science and blessed art, as well as mastery, albeit temporary, of that naughty Titan’s greatest gift'
July 24th
- Cheval Blanc St Tropez review: The French hotel redefining what luxury means
- Four floors of contemporary living among the trees in Newquay
- Paris 1924, when sport came headfirst into an intoxicating mix of art, fashion and desire
- A true labour-of-love country house with pool, party barn and endless 19th century charm
- A £150 million, 10-year programme to help save the countryside: 'Our job is to give money away to do good things'
July 23rd
- La Corbière lighthouse: How 'the herdsman of the waves' has protected the Channel for 150 years
- Country Life 24 July 2024
- A 700-year-old mill and exquisite mansion come up for sale in one of the prettiest corners of Jersey
- Patrick Galbraith: 'The Itchen is a place of such pastoral beauty that it’s almost too much to take in'
July 22nd
- 'She adored Elvis and wore slippers with his face printed on them': How Debo Devonshire is inspiring fashion 10 years after her death
- The best beaches in Britain, by the man who's just spend seven weeks visiting 583 of them
- Four spectacular island homes in Jersey, from £3.5m to £16m
- The Legacy: Thomas Twining, the man who made such good tea, not even the Boston rebels would toss it in the harbour
July 21st
- Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Jersey: Five of the best properties for sale in Country Life this week
- Charles Quest-Ritson: 'Gardens of supreme botanical importance are being degraded by new owners and changing priorities'
- How to get your dog ready to stay in kennels when you go away
- The chapel of Lincoln College, Oxford: 'Most costly and church-wise'
- The history of Lincoln College, Oxford: Salvaging the vine
July 20th
- A Lutyens' designed house on the edge of Dartmoor with four bedrooms that survived a fire.
- Curious Questions: Why do all of Britain's dolphins and whales belong to the King?
- Hotel du Cap-Eden Roc's infamous cabanas have had a face lift
- 'An inspirational renaissance': The house and gardens of Sandridge Park
July 19th
- The F1 legend who hitched a lift on a victory lap, why drivers no longer spray Champagne, and seven more things you should know about Formula 1
- An incredible Jersey mansion on the market for the first time in half a century
- Why your spare room should be an exciting treat — and more fun than being at home
- A 'war on NIMBYs'? How the principle of 'how, not if' will underpin the new homes boom
- Thanks be to Jeremy? What you need to know about the changes to permitted development rights
- Henry Wood: The man who made The Proms
July 18th
- The Uffington White Horse restoration has got it looking at its best, 3,000 years after it was first created
- Four bedrooms, tiered gardens and exquisite views over Fowey Harbour
- Claim your free Country Life Dogs Ebook
- Farewell to the arms: The humbling English defeat to the French that you've never heard of
- Victoria sponge: The ultimate test of every baker and a favourite of the nation
July 17th
- Agromenes: The new government is already delivering with aplomb — and in the countryside, it's all to play for
- Curious Questions: Do dock leaves really cure nettle stings?
- A 'beguilingly beautiful' Grade I-listed home dating back to the days of Henry VIII, set in a charming hilltop village
- Under siege from nature: the National Trust's £2 million plan to restore Corfe Castle
July 16th
- A glorious Thames-side house a five-minute row from some of Britain's finest restaurants
- Country Life magazine — 17 July 2024
- From oinking fugitives to ecological engineers: How wild boars have re-established themselves in our woodland and what to do if they try and steal your shopping
July 15th
- Feeling blue? A dozen things of stripey beauty to put a smile on your face
- A breathtaking medieval monastery and estate that's just half an hour from central London
- Buckingham Palace, Taylor Swift and how to get your house featured in Country Life, with John Goodall
- The shire horses still ploughing the fields of London deep into the 21st century
July 14th
- Six of the best homes for sale in Country Life this week, from Hertfordshire to Exmoor
- The beautiful perfumed fruit that's easy to grow, needs almost no attention, and makes a magnificent Christmas liqueur
- The extravagant seaside splendours of the south coast's most exotic museum
July 13th
- Florence Nightingale's wisteria-and-ivy-clad childhood home is up for sale — and its incredible setting offers truly life-enhancing beauty
- Curious Questions: What is mock turtle soup? And did it come before or after 'Alice in Wonderland'?
- Burleigh Court hotel review: 'An unassuming, elegant and comfortable destination'
- The Experts' Experts: Britain's top designers, architects and craftspeople name the people they trust to work on their own homes
July 12th
- A magnificent ivy-clad mansion in the Wessex Downs which comes with its own Iron Age hill fort
- The cosmos, as you have never seen it before
- Nine things that could add up to £9,000 to the value of your home — and one that could leave you £35k out of pocket
- Curious Questions: Why are there so few smiles in art?
July 11th
- The Big Butterfly Count is here — time to get out into the garden and do your bit
- A literal chocolate box cottage for sale as the gorgeous place that starred in an iconic Mars bar advert comes to market
- 'The world's most joyful museum': Young V&A in East London wins top prize
- Coming soon: London's largest private residential terrace
- The sacred, the profane, the chaste and the lascivious: The secrets of the best strawberries according to Tom Parker-Bowles
July 10th
- The Hampshire house and garden where D-Day was planned is now a haven with sun-drenched views across calm azure sea to the Isle of Wight
- Bentley sets new speed record, but underwater
- Four poster beds, magnificent tapestries and an endlessly beautiful setting at this £10.5m Shropshire estate
- Plan properly, build well, and even the NIMBYs can't object to the solution to the housing crisis
July 9th
- From a bungalow to riverside brilliance: a home on the Thames that lives up to its name
- Country Life 10 July 2024
- Lose yourself in nature in the heart of Truro at the former home of D.M. Thomas
- ‘The teacher asked us to paint "like we were having sex"': How to kill seven days 'voyaging' on the Queen Mary 2
July 8th
- 'The Swiss Army Knife of foods': Untangling the truth and lies around milk
- Royal connections, rooms of resplendence and your very own airstrip: A glorious compact estate in Kent
- How to use the home to explain the past, the present and the future, with Sonia Solicari
- The world's most beautiful theatre, and the visionary who created it with manual labour 'plus a few sticks of dynamite'
July 7th
- 20 wonderful homes, from clifftop cottages to cosy medieval dwellings, as seen in Country Life
- Arthur Parkinson: Why I spent hours among the headstones at the local churchyard with my bucket and spade
- How the spectacular Wolterton Hall went from Georgian splendour to a Palladian masterpiece you can rent by the weekend
July 6th
- A 400-year-old fantasy house with moat, four-poster beds and a 'magic' swimming pool that converts into a ballroom
- Curious Questions: Where does the phrase 'daylight robbery' come from? It's literally about the theft of daylight
- The former smugglers' inn that became one of the finest gardens on the south coast
- The Country Life guide to St Tropez: Where to go, what to see, where to stay and what to eat
July 5th
- A gorgeous Elizabethan manor with all the modern trimmings that may have been home to Anne Boleyn
- Iridescence: The greatest special effect in Nature
- Stability, confidence — and lots of new homes: Property experts on what Labour's General Election win mean for the housing market
- Full steam ahead: The art of rail
July 4th
- Carla Carlisle: If Jeremy Clarkson was on the ballot, he'd win the farming vote easily
- They can simply create a beautiful place to be: How to make the perfect garden building
- Get away from it all at this period chalet that's mere seconds from the beach
- A pheasant at Charing Cross Hospital and a woodcock at St Pancras: London's rarest birds revealed
July 3rd
- Bursting borders, blue windows, and a sense of perfection in the New Forest
- The Titian masterpiece found in a plastic bag at a London bus stop has sold for £17.6 million
- The truth about rewilding, by seven of Britain's most influential farmers, landowners and conservationists
July 2nd
- Tim Henman: A lifetime at Wimbledon
- Country Life 3 July 2024
- Emma Kirby Design
- The best places to live south of London, from charming rural villages to picture-perfect spots beside the sea
July 1st
- 'If you get 12 great photographs a year, you're doing well': Charlie Waite on the secrets of landscape photography
- The technique used to make the Bayeux Tapestry is back in fashion after 950 years
- A Hampshire estate with some of finest trees in the county, as well as an 11-bedroom house
- My Favourite Painting: Rob Houchen