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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Michelin are now giving out 'stars' for hotels as well as restaurants — and the first batch of winners in Britain is an amazing roster of beautiful places to stay
Are these the 133 best hotels in Britain?
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A century of change at The White House
In December 1916 Country Life magazine was granted extraordinary access to The White House.
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Dawn Chorus: The wild creatures back in the West Country for the first time since the reign of Queen Victoria
Pine Martens are back on Dartmoor — but why?
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The Dawn Chorus: Real-life Jurassic Park tech saving the rhino, a 10-hour nature epic and our Quiz of the Day
The man who's been trying to resurrect woolly mammoths has turned his gaze on the animals of today which need saving.
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An exhibition that brings together the gun that started the First World War, Hemingway's typewriter, Captain Scott's snow goggle and Sgt Pepper's Drum
The gun used to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Hemingway's typewriter and the drum featured on the cover of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band are part of Rick Guest's extraordinary collection of photography, Holy Relics at the StART Fair.
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Where the wasps go at the end of the summer
We take a look at the last few weeks of the summer season for wasps — which, for almost all of them, is also the last few weeks of their lives.
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The Dawn Chorus: We're waking up today to a Britain free of coal-powered electricity for the first time in 142 years
Britain's last remaining coal-fired power station has been turned off for good, we reflect on one of Britain's most beautiful lakes, and take a look at a job with an 1980s-style pension.
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Poems about pies, the foul-mouthed parrot upstaging Margaret Atwood and starting World War III via Desert Island Discs: Ian McMillan on the Country Life Podcast
Poet, broadcaster and writer Ian McMillan joins the Country Life Podcast.
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Six truly idyllic properties for sale, from idyllic seclusion to a commutable country estate, as seen in Country Life
We take a look at some of the best homes to fall under the spotlight via Country Life in the past week.
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A magnificent Gothic-style home with curving staircase, a pool and a location on the site of an ancient hillfort
Trewsbury House, in a lovely spot near the source of the Thames, is a delight. Take a look inside.
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Lucy Shepherd: Britain's most intrepid young explorer on how she went from rural Suffolk to trekking the Amazon
Lucy Shepherd has spent the last 10 years adventuring through some of the most extraordinary landscapes in the world. She spoke to James Fisher about her life, her inspirations, her career to date and her latest expedition, through some of the most remote jungle in the Amazon.
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The £27,600 wooden bathtub and other modern day marvels to create an unforgettable bathroom
When is a bath not a bath? When it's a work of art.
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'One of the most stunning houses in Nidderdale' is on the open market, with interiors which could have leapt straight out of a glossy magazine
A delightful manor house, an equally irresistible cottage and magnificent views are part of the package at Manor House in High Birstwith, Yorkshire.
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Goodwood Revival 2024: What you missed at the world's most elegant motor race weekend
The Goodwood Revival is one of the highlights of the summer — even when the weather does its best to put a damper on things.
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Six superb country homes for sale, from Devon to Suffolk, as seen in Country Life
Cliffside drama, bucolic delights, historic homes and thatched beauties are among this week's homes.
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70 mesmerising pictures of Nature and man going on display at Charlie Waite's latest exhibition in London
Admission is free to Charlie Waite's Light & Land exhibition at the Mall Galleries.
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24 irresistible country homes for sale, starting from just £350,000, as seen in Country Life
Glorious — and genuinely affordable — country homes the length of Britain, all featured in Country Life in recent weeks.
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George Stubbs (1724–1806): Hero of the turf
George Stubbs, born 300 years ago, found Nature superior to art and approached his pictures with the eye of an anatomy scholar, yet no contemporary could rival him in capturing the elegance and character of racehorses, dogs and even zebras, as Jack Watkins discovers.
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From the Pyrenees to Los Angeles without getting off your sofa. How to shop for property in Virtual Reality
Virtual property viewings became hugely popular during the pandemic and have remained so, thanks to improved technology. Time to don a headset.
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'Keep thy device clean': Country Life's Tech Commandments
We all use our phones too much. The least we can do is agree on a set of rules for modern etiquette in a digital age.
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Five magnificent country homes for sale, from a palatial Georgian masterpiece to an equestrian dream home in Hertfordshire
Our look at the finest homes to appear on the market via Country Life this week.
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A Scottish island with beaches, castle and farmhouse that's for sale at the price of a two-bedroom London flat
There comes a time in a house buyer's life when they need to ask themselves a question: 839 sq ft in west London, or 270 acres in west Scotland?
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From Tudors and Georgians to pet monkeys in Roman Britain: Matt Thompson of English Heritage on telling the stories of the past
Matt Thompson of English Heritage joins the Country Life Podcast.
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'I can’t look away. I’m captivated': The painter who takes years over each portrait, with the only guarantee being that it won't look like the subject
For Country Life's My Favourite Painting slot, the writer Emily Howes chooses a work by a daring and challenging artist: Frank Auerbach.
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