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A house so beautiful you'll wonder how they built it — but you'll be glad that they did
Built in Victorian times, renovated for modern living, and with private access to the South West Coast Path, Rockton is an inspiration.
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Sensory overload: If the modern car is all about safety, then why don't I feel safe?
Regulation and a race to innovate means our cars are full of technology that we don't want, we didn't ask for, and in some cases can cause an accident. But most of all, it makes driving absolutely awful.
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A five-bedroom Georgian country home on the edge of the Lake District for less than a three-bedroom London flat
Comes with its own orchard and 1.5 acres of land in one of England's most beautiful counties and has been meticulously restored and maintained by its current owners.
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Wining and dining with a view: is this the best kitchen on the property market?
The only downside to this four-bedroom architectural masterpiece near Smallfield in Surrey is that everyone will always want to come round.
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Eastern promises: The best places to live east of London, from Diss and Dedham to Newmarket and Newport
Liz Rowlinson takes a tour of popular East Anglian towns and villages.
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Cooking baked beans in an Aston Martin, rubbing shoulders with Beyoncé and sneaking onto yachts at Monaco, with Adam Hay-Nicholls
The motoring and travel journalist Adam Hay-Nicholls joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast this week.
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The not-so-definitive Country Life guide to buying a car
Need to transport a falcon to Scotland? Drive the kids to school? Cruise silently on a beach? Escape from James Bond? These are all important questions. We have some of the answers.
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An Oxfordshire village mansion where Thomas Hughes wrote his most famous book
In a conservation area, with six bedrooms and a castellated balcony, it's easy to see why this house could inspire great things.
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Animals that trespass on our railways, ranked by how often they do it
We've all been delayed on or waiting for a train due to some nonsense on the line. Now, Network Rail have released a list of the culprits.
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'I loved it like a best friend, and shed a tear when it was finally consigned to the great junkyard in the sky': Country Life's team on our first cars
The L-plates are off and it’s time to hit the road. Everyone remembers their first car, so James Fisher asked Country Life staff and friends to tell us about theirs.
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Main character syndrome: How to live like the stars of your favourite tv show
Are you a fan of Bridgerton or The Bear? Then these four properties will turn fantasy into reality.
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'World's cutest sheep' for sale in North Yorkshire
Are your sheep ugly? Do you want new, pretty ones? We have just the sale for you.
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A rare opportunity to own a house near some of Cornwall's best restaurants with a private path to a sought-after beach
The Chapel is a contemporary conversion that makes the most of its excellent position on Cornwall's north coast.
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Leading landscape photographers share their secrets in latest Light & Land exhibition
Charlie Waite, Bill Ward, Astrid McGechan, Ed Rumble and Charlotte Bellamy are some of the many famous names who will be exhibiting at the Mall Galleries from September 3.
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Country Life 28 August 2024
Country Life 28 August is the 'Horsepower Issue', featuring everything you could want to know about horses or cars, from Stubbs and Burghley, to Aston Martin and the Morris Minor, plus schools, blackberries, foraging and the best gardens and architecture.
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Six of the best Scottish Properties for sale in this week's Country Life, from £18.5 million to £980,000
Fancy heading north of the border? We've got you covered.
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The Spice Girls, The Stage and the state of the Arts, with Alistair Smith
The Stage editor Alistair Smith joins James Fisher on the Country Life podcast this week to talk about the performing arts.
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British homebuyers crave living near the pub, new research reveals
Latest data from Jackson-Stops' Property Pulse Survey shows that we want to live near pubs, doctors, and some good shops.
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One of the few private dwellings on Cornwall's Percuil River comes to market, with astounding gardens and waterside living
The aptly named Riverside Cottage is a three-bedroom dream near St Mawes.
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One of the largest banknotes ever printed to be offered for auction
The note, printed in 1998 to celebrate 100 years of Philippine independence, is legal tender and larger than a piece of A4 paper.
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A cosy cottage in the North Wessex Downs in which to relax, unwind and revive
Eastside Cottage is a beautiful two-bedroom listed home near Marlborough that is perfect for getting away from it all.
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A manor house built for the British Empire Exhibition in London that was transported to Salcombe brick-by-brick
Falconers sits in seven acres of pristine hillside above one of Britain's most famous seaside towns. The only thing more interesting than the house is how it got there.
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Getting off-grid on wheels and in luxury — a tour of Scotland's western coast
Scotland's West Coast is one of the world's great natural wonders. What better way to explore it than in one of Wingbeat Escape's luxurious campervans?
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Villa Devereux, home of Ron Hickman and one of Jersey's most famous houses, comes up for sale
From the mind that brought us the Lotus Elan and the Black and Decker Workmate, comes this gorgeous modernist property, inspired by California but made in Jersey.
