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October 2024 Archive

154 articles

31 October
A house on the River Avon where Shakespeare once passed out drunk is on the market at just £850k
Seven true ghost stories from a century of Country Life
Curious Questions: Why do we carve pumpkins at Halloween?
Dawn Chorus: Witches at Gainsborough, raccoon sausages and how fax machines power the railways
30 October
'The scream you wake on at the end of a nightmare': Meet the buildings designed by the 'Rogue Goths'
Jonathan Self: 'one has more chance of discovering Atlantis, the Holy Grail or Lord Lucan in the local high street than getting one’s hands on a decent magazine'
Give the dog a throne: the ridiculous homes we make for our four-legged friends
Craig Fuller Property Search
Country Life 30 October 2024
Life's a beach at this grand country home in the Cotswolds
Dawn Chorus: Boost for Orkney wildlife, strange plants to eat and curious lodgings at the COP conference
29 October
Breakfast bar or swimming pool? The things people really want in their homes
John Lewis-Stempel: Beechwood, nature's own cathedral
Old diamonds, new tricks: Why it's worth reworking unwanted jewellery into something you'll love
Agromenes: 'It is one thing when people recognise what is the right thing to do, but it becomes really game-changing when they see that it’s also the profitable thing to do'
760 acres of peace and quiet in the Scottish Borders, with only eagles, ospreys and falcons for company
The Dawn Chorus: No fruit for wintering birds, Grange Park Opera's 'big deal' and the last V12 Ferrari
28 October
London top-end property sales remain strong, despite impending budget terror
Salt of the earth: The secret history of the pub peanut
Ferrari 12 Cilindri: 'If you have an empty and winding dual carriageway ahead, and a get-out-of-jail-free card in your wallet, you’ll be in nirvana'
Haunted houses, psychic aunts, Gothic novels and writing at night with the lights off, with Louise Davidson
Prime Purchase
Domus Holmes Property Finder
27 October
11 outstanding homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
A spare room so pretty and charming that you'll wonder why yours isn't as perfect
Holyrood: Inside The King's official residence in Scotland, from throne room to the bed chamber of Mary, Queen of Scots
26 October
The 'best of both worlds' in a 16th century house with Georgian façade and sprawling grounds with lake and stables
The strange tale of why margarine used to be pink
Breaking the fourth wall: How Country Life's interiors editor redesigned and restored his own home
Asters: what they are, which ones to try and how to grow them
25 October
A water-tower conversion on the north Devon coast with 360º views of the countryside
No Mr Bond, I expect you to drive: The Rolls-Royce dripping in gold created to celebrate 60 years since Goldfinger
Who was the real St Crispin, and what did he have to do with the Battle of Agincourt?
A grand country house in Yorkshire that effortlessly blends the 1720s with the 2020s
Dawn Chorus: Watching telly with The Queen, the one-bedroom wreck that fetched £2 million and our Quiz of the Day
24 October
Higher taxes and lower profits drive supply of farmland for sale to five-year high
The 1,000-year-old sweet chestnut tree you'll find in the Cotswolds — and what to do if you have a younger example near your home
Good news for South London's most famous dinosaurs as the National Heritage Lottery Fund set to spend £30 million on its 30th anniversary
The essence of perfection: A modern Arts-and-Crafts masterpiece in Surrey
The Dawn Chorus: A goose and its conker, naked rollerskating nuns and a £4.2 million bronze buck
23 October
Event: Country houses for a new generation
A crumbling, one-bedroom wreck with an energy efficiency rating of 1 out of 100 has just sold for £2 million
John Lewis-Stempel: The perfumed arcadia of the Downs, England's oldest manmade habitat
A few of my favourite things: Matthew Goode
Hedgehog numbers have plunged in the last 20 years — but help is at hand
The former home of the real Mr Rochester comes up for sale in Skipton
The surprise English region named as one of the world's 10 finest destinations
22 October
You had me at merlot: The rise of English wine and what it means for the countryside
Horsepower and hot air balloons: All of the action from the Chantilly Arts et Elegance Richard Mille
Country Life 23 October 2024
Bentley launches new fragrance, causing me to briefly lose touch with reality
Do leopards hunt in packs, and other frequently asked travel questions, with Rosie Paterson
A 12th century Benedictine monastery with its own chapel that's now a seven-bedroom family home
Dawn Chorus: How to weigh a Galapagos tortoise, Wes Streeting refuses to be fired out of a cannon and the international crisp festival
21 October
Agromenes: From the big things to the little things, there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful
The £7,500 peacock that brings grace, elegance and beauty... but without the noise and the defecation
The average homeowner in the UK is sitting on a huge nest egg
Paul O'Grady's oasis of nature in Kent comes to the market with seven bedrooms, 20 acres and a dance studio
The Eden Project's rarest plant is destined to take its own life
20 October
Need a bit of space? Five estates for sale, from five acres to 1,300, as seen in Country Life
Trees of God: The story of the mighty cedar
Getting lost in the woods: The Cotswold hotel that puts you up and in the trees
How to deal with a dog that's stronger than you are — especially when it runs off when it gets excited
Ptolemy Dean: The magic that happens when you stop to draw a place, instead of just taking a photograph
19 October
The McLaren Artura Spider: A hybrid triumph that carries on a rich British tradition
'One of the finest homes on the Kent coast' has come up for sale with a £4 million price tag
How the original Euston Station destroyed in one of the greatest acts of cultural vandalism Britain has ever seen
'A British comfort-food classic, it soothes and satisfies in equal measure': Tom Parker Bowles and the perfect cottage pie
The Store review: Oxford’s newest luxury hotel on the site of the old department store, Boswells
Charles Quest-Ritson: Winter buddlejas, and the plant that might just cover the VAT on your children's school fees
18 October
The great electric car conundrum: In 35 years, driving a petrol car will be like driving a steam engine. But is now the time to make the switch to an EV?
The story of how 007 creator Ian Fleming came to write Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
A classic Queen Anne country house that's so close to the City that you can even see the skyscrapers
The Dawn Chorus: We tried a Guinness shandy so you don't have to
17 October
London as you've never seen it — and as you'll never see it again
'There are whole fields that are 100% taxpayer funded NOT to grow crops for people to eat'
All the winners from the 2024 Georgian Group Architectural Awards
'It all looked too good to be true — and, indeed, it was': We must face up to the real future of farming
'If we don’t decarbonise heat, we’re b*ggered', plus Country Life's first professional models, and the Quiz of the Day
16 October
Fresh calls to list Jubilee Line extension stations
Tea and sympathy: What the world of interiors owes to Geoffrey Bennison
Opinion: The doom-laden terminology of conservation campaigners is dragging us down — it's time we embraced some optimism
Three bedrooms under thatch that featured in Midsomer Murders
Conker cheating scandal rocks world championships, a kingfisher becomes ungovernable, and dogs in the army rewarded with latest tech: It's the Dawn Chorus
15 October
If I could, I wood: Beat the Christmas rush by buying your own tree farm
Opinion: A vanishingly rare thing has happened — we have a minister for culture who actually sounds like he's visited some of the places he has responsibility for
John Lewis-Stempel: The deer parks that came to define us
Country Life 16 October 2024
In with the old, in with the new: a seven bedroom Arts-and-Crafts house in Hampshire that's six years old
The dog that costs £120,000, the definition of English style, great balls of fire and the Quiz of the Day
14 October
North of England crushes the south in crucial 'can you afford to buy a house' competition
'It’s a slow-cooked, nourishing soup with 1,000 lovely ingredients swirling within it. Each has its own special contribution. The only thing none of us have ever been able to stand is when the ingredients are all new': Ben Pentreath on English style
'We talk about life's big questions with people who probably thought they were just coming in to discuss the redecoration of their house': Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham on the Country Life Podcast
Mud, glorious mud: Why we should get down and dirty in our wet earth
The future of life on Earth, a Surrey house that's 'like being in the Highlands', accidentally unplugging Steven Hawking and the Quiz of the Day
13 October
Five utterly spectacular homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
Say no to boring walls: Six choices of paint and paper which will get people talking
'My dog goes crazy when he sees someone with a ball launcher. How do I make him stop?': Expert trainer Ben Randall explains what to do
Mount Vernon: A tour of the 'handsome and genteel' interior of George Washington's country home
12 October
We used to fly cars across the English Channel in 20 minutes — why did we stop?
A hopelessly perfect country cottage that's hidden away in one of London's most romantic spots
Is it a farm? A luxury hotel? The Outbuildings are a bit of both, and a beautiful weekend away that feels worlds away from reality
A English country garden that brings the four corners of the world to one corner of Wiltshire
11 October
Time to swap your one-bed flat for an immaculate six-bedroom Victorian villa near the beach? The English town where you can max out bang for your buck
'It may be vain to think that the past was a cleaner, quieter and kinder place, but it felt pretty decent when you knew your GP and your GP knew you, and milk in glass bottles was delivered every morning'
'A square yard of estuary mud contains the energy equivalent of 16 chocolate bars': John Lewis-Stempel on the life of the English Estuary
A 17th century slice of splendour in the Garden of England that's a simple commute to the City
Dawn Chorus: David Hockney in the south of France, Christmas lights, quiz, and how to eat a hamburger like the royals
10 October
Knead a rest? Rent a house on the street made famous by Ridley Scott's Hovis advert
A four-bedroom home in a Cornish valley that opens up like a Tardis
Respite for Brighton's heritage, what's rarer: a fish or a 50p? and how digging through your drawers can save the planet. It's the Dawn Chorus
9 October
True craftsmanship means making things that last generations — but these skills are in danger of being lost forever
A two-bedroom cottage with a moat in the Lune Valley for less than £500,000
Dawn Chorus: The artwork thrown in a museum bin, Cambridge's most famous sight and the world welly wanging champion unmasked by the BBC
8 October
Country Life 9 October 2024
Millennial misery continues, as they become first generation of homebuyers to see mortgage repayments increase
The 'Death Pyramid' of Primrose Hill
Alexander Darwall: Dartmoor camping case is about conservation and preservation, not denial of access
Ludgrove School
A Victorian manor house with 36 acres on the edge of the Chilterns comes to the market for the first time in its history
An Easter Island eclipse, and English Heritage needs your help in looking after 1 million historical objects. Plus, the quiz of the day and more
7 October
Epic beauty, sweeping grandeur and water pouring through the ceiling: What it's really like to live in your own castle, with Cosmo Linzee Gordon
The genius inventors who created the world's most important clocks
'I have tasted ecstasy and felt peace': The Retreat at the Blue Lagoon, where the Northern Lights dance
A gorgeous farmhouse clinging to the western edge of Britain, yet it's all set up for working from home
Will 2024 be a bumper year for Autumn colour?
Country house market update
6 October
Ten wonderful country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
The garden fruit that's a blend of strawberry, blueberry and kiwi — and it grows beautifully in Britain
How to stop a dog from whining and barking in the early hours of the morning
Mount Vernon: The story of George Washington's country estate
5 October
A 16th century castle on an 886-acre estate in the Cairngorms, and an incredible opportunity to make a real difference for generations tocome
Wine has been made in Britain for over 1,000 years — so why have we only just turned it into an industry?
4 October
The fastest and slowest housing markets in Britain, a £23bn bill for landlords, and the war of words over interest rates
More Champagne, madam? The beautiful train journeys that bring back the Golden Age of travel
A Highgate hidden gem with seven bedrooms, a plethora of period interiors and a walled garden
Riding through the kitchen on horseback, plus take our Quiz of the Day
3 October
Michelin are now giving out 'stars' for hotels as well as restaurants — and the first batch of winners in Britain is an amazing roster of beautiful places to stay
A century of change at The White House
The best bulbs to plant in your gardens, pots and pathways to guarantee floods of colour next Spring
A National Trust country home to call your own (at least for the next 95 years)
The wild creatures back in the West Country for the first time since the reign of Queen Victoria
2 October
Cotswold Buying Agent
'Where new money transforms into old, via a century’s worth of luxury automobiles': A report from Monterey Car Week
A taste of the exotic: the strangest animals roaming the British Isles
A sweeping double staircase, stone floors and oak-panelled walls meet swimming pool and games room in this West Country mansion
Real-life Jurassic Park tech saving the rhino, a 10-hour nature epic and take the Quiz of the Day
The Art of Lighting: Four of Britain's top designers share their best tips for choosing lighting
1 October
A 1,000-year-old home — the oldest continuously inhabited house in Britain — with a £5 million discount
An exhibition that brings together the gun that started the First World War, Hemingway's typewriter, Captain Scott's snow goggle and Sgt Pepper's Drum
Where the wasps go at the end of the summer
Country Life 2 October 2024
3,600 acres on the shores of Loch Lomond in which to lose yourself and save the planet
We're waking up today to a Britain free of coal-powered electricity for the first time in 142 years