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This Cornish manor house with a 700-year-old history is full of life, colour and flairNansough Manor looks every inch the classic Georgian home from the outside — and within it's a joyously pretty family home.
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'The lowliest material on the earth — mud — becomes something beautiful, valuable and unique': Will Gompertz on the 'incredible alchemy' of potteryLittle beats the alchemy of pottery, which turns humble mud into a thing of beauty, as Will Gompertz tells Carla Passino.
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Test your general knowledge in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, September 28, 2026Celebrate Monday with Country Life's latest quiz.
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A wisteria-clad Cotswolds home with a name that'll put a smile on your face17th century architecture and early-Victorian design flair combine in the beautiful Pud Hill, in a village in the heart of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire.
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Will a tourist tax serve those who pay it?The Overnight Visitor Levy will provide welcome financial relief for councils that enforce it, but is the juice worth the squeeze?
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Beheadings, a duplicitous solicitor and a Rembrandt for the price of an Oasis ticket: The sorry story of Sprotborough HallThe definition of 'investment' takes on a new meaning for this South Yorkshire home modelled on the Palace of Versailles.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Have we reached peak 90s nostalgia?With an exhibition of the decade's most famous images opening at Tate Britain (and Oasis returning to Knebworth), could it be that 90s nostalgia is becoming a little cringe?
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The Glovebox: A new era at McLaren, best of Goodwood Revival and say hello to Kermit and NevadaPlus, VistaJet takes to the tarmac.
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Six country houses, from an Elizabethan mansion to a converted boathouse that dips its toes into the water, as seen in Country LifeFrom Cornwall to Hertfordshire, here's our pick of the best homes to come to the market through Country Life in the past week.
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The 'hounds of heaven' are in the skies above, and it's one of Nature's greatest sightsOur Country Mouse columnist Mark Hedges on the joys of watching the V-formations of wild geese that dot the skies above us at this time of year.
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Keep dreaming: The spectacular reimagining of Norwich CastleA bold attempt to reconstruct the early-12th-century interiors of the Keep at Norwich Castle has paid off. Edward Impey visits this hugely ambitious Norman palace to find out more; photography by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
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The epic country house in 'the most beautiful spot on Earth' is for sale for the third time in 200 yearsA three-mile driveway leads to Glenthorne House, a magnificent manor that feels like it's clinging to the edge of the world. Penny Churchill tells its story.
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'People often expect a perfect repair, but we are not about that': The experts taking care of leatherWhether it’s a football used in the First World War or the seats of an early electric taxi, the Leather Conservation Centre in Leicester helps conserve historic objects, as Corinne Julius reveals
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What does it take to conserve vast and untamed African ecosystems for future generations?A former Royal Marine, a pack of anti-poaching dogs and staff with in-depth local knowledge, according to Singita, Africa’s leading eco-tourism brand.
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'I’m not after perfection; I’m after feeling. If people walk through here and feel joy, I’ve succeeded’: Matthew Rice on his gorgeous garden at Ham CourtIt’s impossible to resist the charms of the garden at Ham Court, Oxfordshire, home of Matthew Rice. Tiffany Daneff visits this bustling, colourful garden, which reaches its zenith in late summer. Photographs by Clive Nichols.
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Meet Gerald of Wales, the medieval Bill Bryson who was Britain's first great travel writerPlagues of toads, bands of robbers and ‘remarkable’ eagles were no match for Gerald, discovers Nicholas Crane.
