Country Campaigns
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Help the hedgehogs
With numbers dwindling, make sure you take the necessary precautions to help the hedgehogs this Bonfire night.
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Sign today to save the hen harrier
Defra is petitioned to publish its joint recovery plan for the endangered hen harrier.
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Favourite animals: Red squirrels
Under constant threat from the American grey, red squirrels are fighting back in parts of the UK
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Country Life's Big Debate at the Game Fair 2013
Country Life's Big Debate at this year's Game Fair at Ragley Hall has the title Nature: Should we interfere?
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Who should inherit titles?
As the Royal succession bill allows for the first born child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to be next in line to the throne, regardless of sex, Country Life asks whether titled families should be able to follow suit
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Beware the 'bat mafia'
Thinking of restoring an old building? Nicholas Coleridge chronicles his infuriating and expensive four-year battle with the ‘bat mafia' and concludes that such bureaucracy must be hindering many worthy renovation projects
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Ash: what can be done?
A deadly fungal disease that preys on ash trees is taking hold in Britain. Steven Desmond looks at the causes, and wonders what the future holds for our venerable natives
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Why history matters
The past may be foreign country but today's pupils gain tremendous insights into the present by studying it, says Harry Mount
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Rare plants enjoy purple patch
Patricipation in an environmental stewardship scheme has led one farmer to plant a grand display of viper's bugloss which is an excellent source of nectar and pollen
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Professional mouser seeks responsible role
Currently residing in Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Bandit is a Grade A mouser who doesn't have time for sitting on laps. If you've got a mouse problem, and don't know who to call, adopt Bandit.
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100 years of The Wildlife Trusts
A century of caring for and studying wildlife in all its guises is to be celebrated this year
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The Queen Frontispiece: Princess Elizabeth in 1929
Princess Elizabeth, born in April 1926, was just three when this initmate picture was taken
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The Queen frontispiece: Princess Elizabeth's 21st birthday
Princess Elizabeth was in South Africa on the occasion of her 21st birthday, broadcasting to The Youth of the Empire
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The Queen Frontispiece: Riding Sultan
A bay thoroughbred, Sultan, was presented to The Queen by the President of Pakistan in 1959. Here she is shown riding him at Windsor in 1961
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The Queen frontispiece: At Buckingham Palace
Due to arrive in the Fiji Islands in 1953, here The Queen is shown on the small staircase at the Grand Entrance at Buckingham Palace
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The Queen Frontispiece: Harvest at Sandringham
HRH Princess Elizabeth leads one of the horses at harvest time at Sandringham in 1943
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The Queen Frontispiece: The New Arrival
The new arrival of the Princess Elizabeth is heralded by Country Life with a picture of her with her parents
