Country Life
Bringing the quintessential English rural idle to life via interiors, food and drink, property and more Country Life’s travel content offers a window into the stunning scenery, imposing stately homes and quaint villages which make the UK’s countryside some of the most visited in the world.
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Country Life 28 February 2024
Country Life 28 February 2024 reveals Britain's favourite dogs, tells the tale of Knebworth Garden Village and visits the gardens at Pembury Hall.
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Country Life 21 February 2024
Country Life 21 February 2024 looks at fine art, handsome hedges, and how to grow a wildflower meadow.
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The re-making of Notre Dame: An extraordinary achievement by any measure
Country Life's cultural columnist Athena on the astonishing progress being made in the rebuilding of Notre-Dame de Paris — and how an exhibition in London shows what is being done.
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Jaipur: Rosanna Falconer's unbeatable guide to India's most intoxicating city
In our first of many expert-written, insider travel guides, Rosanna Falconer reveals everything you need to know about Jaipur — India's Pink City — from when to go, to where to stay.
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Country Life 14 February 2024
Country Life 14 February 2024 looks at rough collies, red roses and royal caviar, plus cool conservatories and why hats are back.
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Tuscan Pots
Impruneta Pots, Statuary, and Garden Ornaments from Tuscan Pots
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Top travel tips for making your journey better, from celebrity-style transfers to sushi at 33,000ft
Modern-day commercial flight leaves plenty to be desired, but there’s lots you can do to stop the experience from ruining your holiday, says Richard MacKichan.
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Country Life 7 February 2024
Country Life 7 February 2024 looks at the finest places to travel around the world in 2024, pokes around Chillingham Castle and marvels at Britain's most spectacular waterfalls.
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Marcus Barnett Studio
Marcus Barnett Studio is one of the leading garden and landscape design practices in the UK and has won multiple Gold medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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Where to see snowdrops: The best places in Britain
The sight of these tiny white flowers peeping through in January or February never fails to cheer us up – here's our pick of where to see snowdrops.
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A heavenly thatched home in Oxfordshire that's a perfect chocolate box cottage
From Summer Fields and the Dragon all the way to Oxford University, Farthing Cottage near Wallingford has got expensive education on the doorstep.
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Todhunter Earle Interiors
Todhunter Earle design studio is renowned for creating beautiful, sensitively considered interiors.
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Country Life 31 January 2024
Country Life 31 January 2024 looks at the names of rivers, marvellous miniatures and how to garden with a chainsaw.
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Seven outstanding rural homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
Our look at the best homes to come to the market via Country Life in recent days includes a sprawling pile in the Lake District and a superb family home in Ascot.
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The vegan farce that is 'bee-free' honey will spell disaster for bees, farmers and all of us
Our columnist Agromenes ridicules the notion the bee-free honey is a kindness to bees.
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Country Life 24 January 2024
Country Life 24 January 2024 looks at the chaos pets can cause, wine rooms, national parks and the best podcasts to try.
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The War Cloister, Winchester College: A moving and elegant memorial to the Winchester boys who lost their lives in the World Wars
The architect Sir Herbert Baker was the creator of the War Cloister at Winchester College, perhaps the greatest of his many public-school war memorials. Timothy Mowl explores the history of this remarkable monument.
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Janey Butler Studio
Janey Butler Studio is a team of talented interior designers and architects who together create beautiful homes.
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Those 'who have ridden roughshod over men and women they should have protected must be held accountable'
Agromenes reflects on the Post Office scandal, and implores that we learn from the mistakes
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Country Life 17 January 2024
Country Life 17 January 2024 looks at beautiful bridges, delightful dahlias and the house that inspired Brideshead Revisited.
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British Library cyber attack is a wake up call to the cultural sector
Thankfully, physical objects are safe from cyber warfare, but our cultural institutions need to sit up and take notice, warns Athena
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Country Life 10 January 2024
Country Life 10 January 2024 looks at Britain's secret sunken roads, poisonous plants and the ultimate winter comfort food: the pie.
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Dry January 'is an abomination' dreamt up by 'misery merchants who are never happier than when they’re uncomfortable'
Our columnist Agromenes turns away from his usual focus to take a look at the Dry January movement. It's fair to say, er, that he's against it.
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The lost art of letter writing: 'Opening a letter brings a nostalgic feeling of joy unrivalled in this digital age'
From scribbled thank-you notes to long, lyrical testaments of love, the handwritten word creates a meaningful and lasting record, says Sarah Fortescue, as she laments the lost art of letter writing.
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