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One of the first substantial buildings constructed from cast iron lives on only in the Country Life Archive
The London Coal Exchange enabled City merchants to buy and sell coal across the world. Despite this magazine's best efforts, it was destroyed in the 1960s.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Did Timothée Chalamet's comments on ballet and opera cost him the Oscar?
His odds of winning Best Actor were slashed after he said that both art forms were headed the way of the dinosaur. In the end, it is they who are having the last laugh.
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'Some of the guys and girls out there haven't slept in 36 hours' — With Defender in the dunes of Dakar
Charlie Thomas reports from one of the world's most gruelling endurance races.
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'The unicorn of the dog world': Why the Glen of Imaal terrier is the best dog you've never heard of
Resembling a wolfhound after a boil wash, the Glen of Imaal terrier is capable of executing the ultimate charm offensive, finds Lucinda Gosling.
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Five grand and impressive country mansions, as seen in Country Life
Our magnificent selection of properties to come to the market through Country Life this week includes a 500-year-old home that's been brought into the 21st century in grand style.
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A world with a toad hiding in your garage is richer than one without
The common toad has always enjoyed a special place in our national imagination, but its numbers have been declining alarmingly in recent decades. What can be done? Sarah Langford investigate.
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The National Trust's untold story: How generations of bachelors poured their souls into their houses, and then gave them to the nation
The acquisition of houses by the National Trust from the 1930s had less to do with the impoverishment of aristocratic families than the industrial wealth of bachelor donors, as Michael Hall reveals.
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Sarah Raven: ‘I find nature very inspiring and reassuring, when things are feeling a bit dire in the world and we have world wars’
The gardener and writer on her love of Cretan wild flowers, why she quit her job as a doctor, her husband’s grandmother Vita Sackville-West — and her consuming passions.
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What happened to bottom knockers, canine-bothering dog whippers and grime-caked mudlarks?
Stephen Roberts explores some unfortunate occupations best consigned to history.
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Fouquet’s New York review: Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to live inside a macaroon?
Country Life's Travel Editor visits the French hotel making waves in the Big Apple.
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Growing leeks: What to plant, when to to it, and how to make them thrive
Our grow-your-own expert Mark Diacono shares his favourite leeks.
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Donald Insall Associates
Johnston Cave Associates specialise in the repair, alteration and adaptation of historic buildings.
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LAPICIDA — Tile & Stone Specialist
Lapicida is a world-class specialist in luxury surfaces.
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Artorius Faber
Artorius Faber make bespoke flooring, paving and internal architecture.
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Harris Bugg Studio
Harris Bugg Studio is an award-winning landscape design practice.
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A £15 million villa on an island that's an A-lister's playground, with its own private outdoor cinema
This sprawling property in Mallorca is almost unbearably chic — just like the island itself.
