
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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Six great country houses, from £1.2 million to £13.5 million, as seen in Country Life
One of the grandest country houses in Worcestershire is amongst this our pick of the homes featured in Country Life over the past couple of weeks.
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A 1960s pop star's 'iconic' mansion right by the water's edge in one of prettiest spots on the Thames
Exquisite views, a swish interior and two boathouses for exploring the water are part of the appeal of this Thames-side house near Henley.
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This treasure-filled palace for sale was built by one of the greatest architects of the 18th century, and became the birthplace of Italy as we know it
Palazzo Doria D'Angri, in the centre of the city of Naples, is as fascinating as it is breathtaking.
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The last house built by Edwin Lutyens, an Oxfordshire masterpiece with 27 bedrooms and its own cricket pitch, has had a £3 million price cut
The Grade I-listed Middleton Park is a monumental work that was the vision of one of Britain's greatest 20th century architects.
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The 'new Notting Hill': A world of beautiful architecture, one-bedroom flats with seven-figure price tags, and the sort of private gardens where Hugh Grant might kiss Julia Roberts
The complicated interplay of urban trends, property prices, tax policy and new boutiques have made Notting Hill more popular than it has been for years. Will Hosie takes a look at a couple of places currently for sale in one of its prime spots.
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A 300-year-old home with grace, style and history, yet unlisted and exempt from mansion tax
Linethwaite Hall is a fascinating house that blends Georgian architecture with flourishes reminiscent of a Mediterranean palace, all hewn in sandstone and set in a peaceful corner of Cumbria.
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The nearest thing you'll get to a beach house in London: this four-bedroom Georgian home for sale that's right by the water's edge
This riverside home sits in Strand-on-the-Green, once a medieval fishing village, now a charming spot in one of London's most sought-after postcodes.
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A huge farmhouse that mixes Georgian charm with an 80 foot party barn and a swimming pool
If the Christmas and New Year period left you hankering after a home where you could really go to town with your celebrations, Julie Harding has the answer: a house with a huge party barn.
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Country Life's top 10 garden stories of 2025, from Alan Titchmarsh's hardy annuals to David Beckham's Cotswolds paradise
We look back at the most-read architecture stories on the Country Life website in 2025.
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Country Life's top 10 architecture stories of 2025, from the South Wales terrace with an exquisite Georgian interior, to Ireland's remarkable country houses
We look back at the most-read architecture stories on the Country Life website in 2025.
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Secrets from the world of whisky, from the 60-year-old bottle that sold for £650,000 to the tipple you get at the supermarket
In our last episode of 2025, James Fisher is joined on the Country Life Podcast by Kevin Balmforth and Andrew Simpson.
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Country Life's top 10 property articles of 2025, from the homes of JFK and Alan Titchmarsh to the castle for sale for the first time in 700 years
We look back at the most popular property articles of 2025 on the Country Life website.
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Four homes fit for Father Christmas, from dream chimneys and reindeer stables to a house — with sleigh parking — on North Pole Road
It's the time of year when we stop and wonder what Father Christmas is doing to get ready for his big day — and just as importantly, the sort of house he'd need to live in to prepare.
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The Christmas sales reach the property market: Six beautiful houses that have had their prices reduced
From the Kent coast and the hills of Dorset to a bona fide country house just 20 minutes from central London, these fine homes have all had recent price cuts.
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New Place Manor is actually 700 years old — look inside this magnificent medieval home in Sussex
Never has a descriptor been so inaptly used as the 'new' in New Place Manor, a glorious old home in the countryside on the edge of Pulborough.
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A Cotswolds cottage so perfect it's the stuff of movie fantasy — with a Hollywood A-list asking price to match
This gorgeous, 14th century home is probably the prettiest cottage we've seen all year. It's also one of the most expensive — though there's a very good reason for that, as Toby Keel found out.
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Spectacular Scottish castles and estates for sale
A look at the finest castles, country houses and estates for sale in Scotland today.
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Where should you go in 2026? Anywhere that you can just kick back and relax
Country Life's Rosie Paterson joins the podcast.
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An immaculate Georgian rectory where the halls really have been decked in boughs of holly
Stour Provost Manor is a gorgeous riverside home for sale in Dorset that's been dressed for Christmas.
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18 beautiful houses for sale, from a home counties dream to a private island with its own castle, as seen in Country Life
We take a look at some of the best houses to come to market via Country Life this week.
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Turn left at the most remote village on the British mainland
This self-sufficient dream home is for sale at £395,000, and if you don't fall in love with it too then I don't know if we can ever be friends.
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'We’re in the golden era of family life': The rather lovely accidental up-side of the wildly spiralling cost of housing
House prices have massively outstripped rises in average income in the last few years, according to new research — yet it's not all bad news. Toby Keel reports.
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Property with potential: Renovation projects for sale, starting from just £170,000
From Cumbrian cottages and grand country houses down on their luck, these homes will fire your imagination.
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The King, The Queen, David Beckham and me: Paula Minchin on Country Life's best guest edits
Country Life's Paula Minchin talks about the magazine's high-profile guest edits on the Country Life Podcast.
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