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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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Dawn Chorus: The Secret of GK Chesterton, the owl-saving hero who's breaking the internet, and our Quiz of the Day
GK Chesterton's old house is up for sale in what is the final Dawn Chorus of 2024.
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Dawn Chorus: 'The most beautiful car in the world' made both better, and worse, all at once; best mince pies; and our quiz of the day
A roofless conversion of an E-Type, Disney fever dream and more in this morning's Dawn Chorus round-up.
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Seven perfect Christmas gifts for people who just love beautiful, functional things
William Morris famously said to have nothing in your house that you don't know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. These things do their best to hit both targets.
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Dawn Chorus: Nature's 'wholesale fightback' is an inspiration for us all to keep trying
Tuesday's Dawn Chorus brings you five reasons to be cheerful — or six, if you count turning an austere City institution into a brightly-coloured Christmas delight.
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A former nunnery that's now a spectacular home, with statues, stained glass and magnificent gardens
Barrow Court is a home that demands — and deserves — superlatives.
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The national average house price is now £300,000 — but that's still enough to find a slice of country life, from Surrey to the Isle of Mull
We take a look at five homes which show what you can get around Britain with a budget equal to the national average house price.
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Dawn Chorus: The cheetah who's a Far Side cartoon come to life, plus black poplars, country houses and our Quiz of the Day
A glorious cheetah has lit up our inbox this week — plus, can you help save the black poplar? And with the dust having settled, what does the budget really mean for country houses?
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Dawn Chorus: Symbiosis in action
A wonderful picture from Richmond Park and a look inside Country Life's biggest issue of the year.
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Dawn Chorus: Santa's sleigh up for sale, the Royal photographs and sketches going on show, plus our Quiz of the Day
Today's Dawn Chorus looks ahead to an exhibition set to delight at Buckingham Palace next year.
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A farmhouse and 200 acres of the Lake District for sale at the same price as a two-bedroom flat in Barnet
A beautiful farm with spectacular views and potential to create a lifestyle business, plus a truly magical winter scene and our Quiz of the Day.
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12 magical homes for sale, including a £600k cottage which will make you want to drop everything and move to the country
Our weekly look at the best homes to come to the market via Country Life includes some real gems — including a country house with a tennis court that looks like it could have been lifted from Wimbledon.
