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The 2026 Country Life Easter Quiz: Chocolate eggs, country music and Handel versus Lloyd-Webber versus Monty Python
Our special bumper Easter quiz is enough to keep you going all through the weekend.
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'Ugly, pointless and potentially lethal': Why dead hedges are a gardening fad too far
Charles Quest-Ritson takes aim at the phenomenon of the 'dead hedge'.
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'Sorry, I can't reply to your email right now, I'm drifting a McLaren in Finland'
Charlie Thomas learns how to go sideways in a McLaren. Because how else are you going to spend an afternoon?
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What do you get when you cross classic English country house style with a French château kitchen?
The layout of this French château kitchen was influenced by English country-house style.
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Six Thames-side homes where you can watch the Boat Race without even getting out of your pyjamas
The CHANEL J12 Boat Race — aka the annual Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race — is upon us, and if you lived in one of these places you could watch it all take place without even leaving the house.
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Where to find the Easter eggs hidden inside this week's issue of Country Life
Our Art Team have taken great pleasure in hiding 12 illustrated Easter eggs among the pages of this week's issue.
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Celebrating the superwomen who've shaped the world of design
Last month, Hector Finch hosted an event at London Design Week that explored the way that women have shaped 21st-century interior design.
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Country-house treasures: Crafting a claim at Great Chalfield Manor
Country houses up and down the land are renowned for their great treasures. Here we take a look at some less-well known items in their collection that hold a deeper meaning to their owners.
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Banish all thoughts of Mykonos, this is the Greek island you should visit this summer
Syros, is the administrative, cultural, and legal centre of the Cyclades archipelago, a world-away from its cookie-cutter white and blue neighbours. And all the better for it, argues Flo Allen.
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Best country houses for sale this week
A wisteria-clad mansion in Buckinghamshire and a charming Cotswolds farmhouse make our list this week.
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A snob's guide to out of office messages
Humorous out of office messages are a step too far for our resident modern etiquette columnist.
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The risk of taxing our built heritage out of existence is all too real
Is a fragile inheritance in trouble?
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Reader event: A rare glimpse into the world of Elizabeth Gage
Sponsor Content Created With Elizabeth Gage
The iconic jeweller Elizabeth Gage is opening up her workshop to a small group of Country Life readers in an intimate event on Wednesday, May 13.
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'If it is going to work anywhere, it is going to work here': Meet the makers of English olive oil
With English wine going from strength to strength, could our own extra-virgin olive oil be the next homegrown success story?
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Who's got your back? Find out in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, March 31
Test just how well you know your trusty sidekicks in today’s quiz.
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These are a few of Dame Prue Leith's favourite things
The South African-born cook talks to Hetty Lintell.
