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Capri Palace Hotel review: 'A calm, discreet and stylish oasis from the outside world'
Paula Lester discovers the high life at the seriously stylish Capri Palace hotel on the glamorous island of Capri, off Italy’s dazzling Amalfi coast.
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Talland Bay Hotel: A dog-friendly, Cornish delight
When it comes to charming boutique hotels in Cornwall, Paula Lester finds that there’s nowhere quite like the Talland Bay Hotel.
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Boon & Lane: The only British company still producing handmade hat blocks
Boon & Lane supplies bespoke wooden and cast-aluminium hat blocks to leading milliners.
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Great escape: Kandima, Maldives
Into the wide, blue yonder.
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Saving seaside Scottish sheep
The future of a rare, seaweed-eating sheep in Orkney looks more secure, thanks to the work of a new charity.
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Collective nouns for people and professions
Read our favourite collective nouns for people - from a prudence of writers to a shrivel of critics
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Preview: The Cheltenham Collection
Hats off to Penmayne of London and Katherine Hooker at Cheltenham as their collaboration provides brilliant combinations of hats and coats for this year's Cheltenham
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Off roading in Iceland with the Toyota Land Cruiser
The rocky landscape of Iceland is ideal to put the new Toyota Land Cruiser to the test
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A romantic treehouse in Devon
This romantic treehouse has five star amenities on tap
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45 Jermyn Street - review
45 Jermyn Street is open all day and night until 11pm, and whether you have breakfast, lunch or dinner you can be sure you're in safe hands
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Country mouse visits Crufts 2015
Country mouse attends the world’s biggest dog show.
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Grey squirrels to be culled
Grey squirrel crackdown planned.
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Why venison is culinary heaven
As Country Life’s Editor, Mark Hedges, reports on a special stalking trip to Scotland and how best to cook venison in this week’s issue, we recommend three more tasty recipes on the menu at some of London’s finest restaurants.
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Seabirds flying high in Scotland
The west coast of Scotland has seen an incredibly successful breeding season for sea birds
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How to play polo
Paula Lester has a polo lesson at the Beaufort Polo Club.
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Cotswold village vs the National Trust
A sleepy Cotswold village is engaged in a battle with the National Trust to preserve the tranquility of their surroundings
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Nature's good for the bank balance
Countryside investment is great value for money, according to a new report
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HS2: Farmers' lives are on the line
Campaigns to help farms which are to be seriously affected by HS2 are stepping up their efforts
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Is it time to face up to fracking?
Speculation that next week's Queen's Speech will herald changes to access laws that enable energy companies to explore for shale gas without permission from landowners is causing debate in the countryside
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Prince Charles seeks red squirrel strategy
Prince Charles has brought a group together in an effort to conceive a national strategy to preserve the red squirrel
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HS2: It's not over yet
Campaigners have vowed to keep up the pressure even though HS2 came closer to becoming a reality last week in Parliament
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U-Turn on Bishop's Palace
A campaign by Country Life has succeeded in achieving a turnaround on the living quarters of the Bishop of Bath and Wells
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Buy a mountain in the Lake District
One of the most recognisable mountains in the Lake District has come onto the market, alongside its manorial title
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Guns shoot up in value
New research shows that shotguns and their associated equipment make very good investments
