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September 2024 Archive

122 articles

30 September
Poems about pies, the foul-mouthed parrot upstaging Margaret Atwood and starting World War III via Desert Island Discs: Ian McMillan on the Country Life Podcast
'As a child I wanted to snuggle up with the dogs and be part of it': Alexia Robinson chooses her favourite painting
29 September
Six truly idyllic properties for sale, from idyllic seclusion to a commutable country estate, as seen in Country Life
The spread of Johnny Appleseed: The many many varieties of apple
Alan Titchmarsh's Compost conundrums
How to teach your dog to go to the loo when you need them to — and not just when they decide the time is right
Samuel Lysons: The man who revealed the Roman Cotswolds
28 September
A magnificent Gothic-style home with curving staircase, a pool and a location on the site of an ancient hillfort
Curious Questions: Who invented the rear-view mirror?
Gansevoort review: The hotel that helped launch New York’s Meatpacking District to fashionable heights
The Cotswolds garden that's cleverly designed to defy the worst of the elements
27 September
'Intelligent, calm, cautious and thoughtful': Why donkeys keep charming us
A two-bedroom property overlooking a Cornish cove in which to decompress
One year after being cut down, Sycamore Gap tree lives on with new legacy
26 September
The beauty of bespoke: A journey with Julia Lloyd George
Jason Goodwin: 'Ahead of the Japanese invasion of Borneo, I was told, she had memorised all the top-secret embassy codes to prevent them falling into enemy hands'
'We had to extract her by her legs in an undignified fashion so she could meet him and join us all at the table': The trials and tribulations of the country-house lift
Property Talk: What happens when you buy or sell a country estate?
Dessert divine: A pear and saffron clafoutis
25 September
Alan Titchmarsh: I've been looking for the answer to peat-free compost — and now I think I've found it
Living on the hedge: The art of hedgelaying
‘A magical home’ nestled in Devon’s rolling hills on sale for the first time since the late 1990s
Legacy of loos seeks new custodian
24 September
There's dinosaurs in them thar hills: How Britain discovered the Megalosaurus
Country Life 25 September 2024
'Like something out of a Constable painting’: A wisteria-clad waterside cottage on the market for the first time in 40 years
The Legacy: Harry Brearley and stainless steel
23 September
Literature, landscape and re-wiggling rivers, with Vicky and Charles Rangeley-Wilson
Have your say on Country Life and get a chance to win a Fortnum & Mason hamper
A 450-year-old thatched cottage that's had an award-winning restoration, complete with orchard, paddock and kennels
My Favourite Painting: Geraldine Collinge
22 September
Six of the best properties for sale in the Cotswolds, as seen in Country Life
'A garden should be the cosiest of places, but with some element of awe, menace, and glimpses of the wider landscape'
Civic splendour: St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry
21 September
The country house where the architects threw out the rulebook, and created 'one of the best 12 homes in Britain'
Curious Questions: Which person has spent the most time on TV?
‘My God! What’s he done?… look at it!’: How George Harrison left The Beatles, turned his hand to gardening, and created a masterpiece
Is there anywhere understated left in the Cotswolds?
20 September
Athena: Sacrificing the Arts for 'self-imposed' fiscal rules?
A sportsman's paradise near Henley with pool, cricket nets and one of the finest croquet lawns in the country
'There was a 70ft hole beneath where the children were playing': The ups and downs of having a well on your property
'Without fever there is no creation': the tumultuous talent of Giacomo Puccini
19 September
'Rural England need not be retirement England': How hybrid working can save the countryside
Spheres with tails: our enduring love affair with the thrush
Hancocks: Sparkle of genius
'Handheld heaven: Tom Parker Bowles on the 'baroque symphony' of spicy, sublime Mexican corn
18 September
Pelargoniums: The flowers that'll make your garden smile
A medieval Manor house that was once a royal hunting lodge has come to the market
Charity issues stark warning to the Government: Restore nature now or risk losing our butterflies
17 September
Beware experience, lest we forget what actually makes these places important in the first place
Minette Batters: Happiness is in the little things
Two islands, one helipad, 130 acres and a 16-bedroom castle on Scotland's west coast for less than £3 million
Country Life 18 September 2024
Labour's new National Planning Policy Framework is a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'
16 September
Lucy Shepherd: Britain's most intrepid young explorer on how she went from rural Suffolk to trekking the Amazon
The best new indoor planters, pots and plant stands
A wave of large family homes is going up for sale as housing market springs into action
My Favourite Painting: Rachel Podger
15 September
Six spectacular homes across the Home Counties from £2m to £10m, as seen in Country Life
'Try them with pecorino and a cold glass of dryish white wine and feel smug': How to grow your own almonds
Ben Randall: Q&A with the award-winning dog trainer
The destruction and recreation of Scone Palace
14 September
An iconic movie star's £10 million home in Buckinghamshire has come to the market
When, where and what to plant for the perfect spring bulbs
Choc ices and cheese: What it's like to fly in British Airways's new Club Suite cabin
13 September
Anya Hindmarch: 'Luxury can become achingly boring and a bit worthy. I like things that make you smile’
A farm with 350 acres on Scotland's west coast where you can watch salmon jump up a waterfall
'Neither fish nor flesh': The beguiling world of the otter
The great Blue Plaque mystery in London
'Every month since June 2023 has now ranked as the planet’s hottest... we are challenging everything on which we rely — our weather, our health, our water and our food security'
12 September
Britain's rarest plant is set to go on public display at Kew Gardens
A blank canvas under thatch with a silly name that's waiting for a new lease of life
A fig, honey and walnut cake that's the perfect autumn bake
11 September
The £27,600 wooden bathtub and other modern day marvels to create an unforgettable bathroom
The Legacy: Arthur Hobhouse and the creation of our national parks
Get two free tickets for the London Homebuilding & Renovating Show
A glorious thatched five-bedroom family home in one of Oxfordshire's most sought-after villages
The 250-year-long story of the Royal Humane Society is an incredible record of some of the bravest people ever to set foot in Britain
10 September
Country Life 11 September 2024
'One of the most stunning houses in Nidderdale' is on the open market, with interiors which could have leapt straight out of a glossy magazine
'There is no acceptable level of peat for use in horticulture' say campaigners amid call for total ban on peat sales
What's for sale on 'the most mouth-watering shopping list in Britain'?
9 September
Britain has 763 different types of moss — and they're varied, distinctive and strikingly beautiful
Charlie Bigham: The man behind the meals on food, farming, and why cooking his lasagne takes three hours
Goodwood Revival 2024: What you missed at the world's most elegant motor race weekend
A four bedroom house on the River Fowey that rose from the ruins of the English Civil War
8 September
Rebirth of an icon: How Lotus is picking up the EV baton and running with it
Six superb country homes for sale, from Devon to Suffolk, as seen in Country Life
It's been raining almost non-stop for 11 months — but one plant has defied the weather
The tale of Scone Palace, and the mystery of the Stone of Scone
7 September
'I enjoy seeing people having a good time. That, for me, is the key': Meet some of London's best restaurateurs
Views to die for in 'God's Own County' as Thorney Hall comes on to the market at £5 million
Curious Questions: What are the finest last words ever uttered?
A house so beautiful you'll wonder how they built it — but you'll be glad that they did
Elegy to a country churchyard: The gardens at Stockcross House
Palazzo Previtera, Sicily: When is a hotel not a hotel? When it’s also a museum, of course
6 September
The £116,000 premium you'll pay to live near one of Britain's best state schools
Sensory overload: If the modern car is all about safety, then why don't I feel safe?
A delightful Georgian house that's perfect for anyone who loves life by the waterside
5 September
A five-bedroom Georgian country home on the edge of the Lake District for less than a three-bedroom London flat
An oasis of peace in the maelstrom of Covent Garden
The Aston Martin DBX707: A Bond car for all seasons, five days and Three Peaks
National Racehorse Week, a unique chance to go behind the scenes of the Sport of Kings
The Legacy: Sir Henry Tate and art for all
Wining and dining with a view: is this the best kitchen on the property market?
This Victorian boozy blackberry cordial is as good today as it was 150 years ago. Here's how to make it.
4 September
Vote for your tree of the year and help save our 'Living Legends'
Wembley isn't just a stadium — it was a vision and a pioneering adventure in the history of architecture
A traditional South Downs farmhouse with stables, a pool... and a skateboard stunt park in the barn
The timeless appeal of Vaughan and the secrets of good lighting to be unpacked by four of Britain's top designers
Burghley Horse Trials preview: From Paris, with love
3 September
Country Life 4 September 2024
Eastern promises: The best places to live east of London, from Diss and Dedham to Newmarket and Newport
The rest is photographs
2 September
70 mesmerising pictures of Nature and man going on display at Charlie Waite's latest exhibition in London
An exquisite home tucked away in Surrey Hills woodland that blends Arts-and-Crafts with a touch of Versailles
Cooking baked beans in an Aston Martin, rubbing shoulders with Beyoncé and sneaking onto yachts at Monaco, with Adam Hay-Nicholls
The Pre-Raphaelite painter who swapped 'willowy, nubile women' for stained glass — and created some of the best examples in Britain
1 September
24 irresistible country homes for sale, starting from just £350,000, as seen in Country Life
Alan Titchmarsh: How many chairs in your garden is too many?
One lump or two? The homes where horses come inside the house
A consolation and pleasure: The architectural brilliance of Prince Albert