Toby Keel
Toby Keel is Country Life's Digital Director, and has been running the website and social media channels since 2016. A former sports journalist, he writes about property, cars, lifestyle, travel, nature and more.
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Ten stunning character properties for sale at under £400,000
From thatched cottages near the beaches of Devon and Cornwall to a barn conversion in Kent and a wonderful getaway in Snowdonia, here's our pick of the best character cottages and character homes for sale.
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The Brontës original family home has come up for sale with a £380,000 price tag
The Revd Patrick Brontë's former home has come on to the market, where he and his wife lived in their early years before having their children Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell.
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Dawn Chorus: An 11-bedroom castle in Sussex up for sale at just £1 million, plus the world's poshest festival and a mind-blowing fact for the day
Toby Keel tells the tale of what must be one of the most unusual houses in one of Sussex's least unusual towns; plus our quiz of the day and more in Monday's Dawn Chorus.
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Six superb homes, from the picturesque to the palatial, as seen in Country Life
Our pick of some of the best homes to come to the market via Country Life includes a true gem in Buckinghamshire.
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Be more squirrel: What you can learn from Britain's favourite woodland animal, plus Valentines for cheapskates and our Quiz of the Day
Take a leaf out of the book of the red squirrel, and try our quiz of the day.
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A gorgeous home in one of England's most sought-after villages, which offers an easy way in to country house life
The East Wing at Withinlee offers all the beauty and grandeur of country house life — but fewer of the headaches.
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Five beautiful country homes for sale from £1.8m to £7.95m, as seen in Country Life
From a Grade I-listed home in Dorset to an ivy-clad mansion that's ideal for commuters, this is our pick of the properties to be featured in Country Life over the past week.
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Dawn Chorus: The train line in Yorkshire named as one of the world's top things to do in 2025
Global fame beckons for Bentham Line in today's Dawn Chorus.
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Dawn Chorus: The second-happiest place to live in Britain is a complete bargain, where a dream farmhouse with stables goes for £600k
This morning's Dawn Chorus looks at the surprise findings of some recent research, a magnificent new display and shares the Quiz of the Day.
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Epic views, land and a ballroom to die for at a Surrey Hills home created by one of the greatest architects of the Arts-and-Crafts movement
Greyfriars is a beautiful 19th century home with an impeccable pedigree, designed by Charles Vosey and with gardens laid out by Gertrude Jekyll. Now, it's looking for a new owner.
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Dawn Chorus: A Traitors-style castle at the price of a Shepherd's Bush terrace, the very hungry otter, and Octopus's garden at Chelsea and our Quiz of the Day
The hugely popular BBC show Traitors and a hungry (and very brave) otter make our Dawn Chorus round-up today.
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The very hungry otter who stunned passers-by in the middle of Stratford
The home of Shakespeare is usually packed with tourists. This week, they were treated to an amazing sight.
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Dawn Chorus: How to clean a priceless chandelier, a Bohemian rhapsody for sale and our Quiz of the Day
Blenheim's big clean, the best National Park pubs, Maria Callas's costumes and a beautiful, quirky house for sale — they're all in our first Dawn Chorus of 2025.
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A bohemian paradise is up for sale with pool, stables and endless country charm
Swapping town for country has rarely looked so easily tempting.
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A house that comes with 3,500 acres of Loch Lomond National Park
This superb estate in the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park has huge potential, yet is also a perfect family home from which to escape the world.
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A magnificent waterside penthouse in a converted mill on one of Britain's most beautiful stretches of water
In prime position in Dartmouth, this superb five-bedroom home has breathtaking views.
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Country Life's top 10 architecture stories of 2024, from the palace that's 'the stuff of dreams' to a Palladian masterpiece you can rent by the weekend
We take a look back at our most popular architecture articles of the last 12 months.
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Beach house? Country house? A spectacular West Sussex home that does both, with views to die for and a private gate on to the shore
This wonderful home in a gated community near Chichester is a delight.
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Country Life's top 10 arts stories of 2024
From the artist killed on his first day in the war to a masterpiece once sold for £30, these were our most popular arts stories of 2024.
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Country Life's top 20 properties of 2024
We've taken a look back on 2024's most popular property articles on the Country Life website, from picture-perfect cottages to private islands.
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An absurdly perfect thatched country cottage, surrounded by a 6,000-acre estate in the heart of Devon, is for sale at just £650,000
Is it too late to add this Devon cottage to your Christmas wish list?
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Country Life's 20 favourite stories of 2024, from elephants and explorers to the country house that came with a free Harrier Jump Jet
Over the Christmas period we'll be featuring some of the best stories of the year from the Country Life website.
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A Victorian reservoir transformed into a sprawling underground home that's part Roman villa and part Hobbit house
A lot of houses get touted by agents as being 'unique'... but The Old Reservoir in Wharfdale really does live up to its billing.
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Country Life's top 10 gardens articles of 2024
From the gardens of A-listers and crazed plant hunters to tips on compost, we covered it all in 2024.
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