Country Life 16 October 2024
Country Life 16 October 2024 visits Holyrood Palace, tells the 90-million-year tale of the South Downs and looks at carnivorous plants.
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'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
One of the most important rules of English decorating is that there are no rules. Confused? Don’t be. It’s simply an aesthetic that requires a certain mindset, believes Ben Pentreath.
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Country Life 9 October 2024
Country Life 9 October 2024 is our interiors special, with dozens of pages of inspiration and tips to make your old house feel like new — plus a look inside the home of our interiors editor, Giles Kime.
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Country Life 2 October 2024
Country Life 2 October 2024 looks at estuary life, has a brush with history and looks back at Ian Fleming's classic children's tale, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang.
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'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
Anyone with a fear of being trapped in a lift may wish to look away, warns Melanie Cable-Alexander, as she explores the grandest alternatives to taking the stairs.
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Living on the hedge: The art of hedgelaying
The modern hedgelayer’s role is no longer that of a fencer, but instead a practical conservationist creating vibrant, thorny arteries of hedgerow habitat, says Richard Negus.
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'A garden should be the cosiest of places, but with some element of awe, menace, and glimpses of the wider landscape'
Isabel Bannerman shares her thoughts on making a garden that makes people feel at home.
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Athena: Sacrificing the Arts for 'self-imposed' fiscal rules?
Cuts to our cultural institutions will only save a minimal amount of money, but could do a significant amount of harm.
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'Without fever there is no creation': the tumultuous talent of Giacomo Puccini
Three of the top 10 operas performed worldwide are by the emotionally volatile Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, who died a century ago. Henrietta Bredin explains how his colourful life influenced his melodramatic plot lines.
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'Rural England need not be retirement England': How hybrid working can save the countryside
Forcing people back to the office reeks of management insecurity, and tracking them on their computers is Orwellian. What hybrid working can do is make people happy and bring life back to rural communities.
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Beware experience, lest we forget what actually makes these places important in the first place
Jousting in castles? Falconry demonstrations? That's all fine, says Athena, as long as people don't forget about the real purposes of our visitor attractions and cultural institutions.
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Country Life 18 September 2024
Country Life 18 September 2024 looks at the best-kept secrets in the Cotswolds, the exotic animals who've made Britain their home and the man who made steel stainless.
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Anya Hindmarch: 'Luxury can become achingly boring and a bit worthy. I like things that make you smile’
The thrill of a new pencil case doesn’t fade with age, finds Jo Rodgers, on a visit to Anya Hindmarch’s new stationery pop-up shop.
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'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'
The effects of climate change 'reach right down into every aspect of the planet’s life, from the spread of disease to the profound changes wrought by rising sea levels and intensive storms,' writes our columnist Agromenes.
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Get two free tickets for the London Homebuilding & Renovating Show
The London Homebuilding & Renovating Show takes place at ExCeL in London from 27-29 September, and Country Life readers can attend for free.
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Country Life 11 September 2024
Country Life 11 September 2024 visits George Harrison's garden, picks the perfect pelargonium and enjoys the songs of the thrush.
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Country Life 4 September 2024
Country Life 4 September 2024 looks at the lore of otters, takes a slippery slope in St Moritz, celebrates Burghley's founder and marvels at the miracle of moss.
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No calls after lunch? The Probate Office is in disarray and the new Chancellor needs to sort it out, and fast
Delays in receiving inheritance are making inheritance tax almost impossible to pay, leaving grieving families in limbo, says Agromenes.
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The small suburban garden: 'It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you do with it'
If you know where to look, a tiny suburban garden can yield as much pleasure as views across open countryside, believes Jonathan Notley.
