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- May 27th
- Huge swathes of Britain will be replanted with trees. But where will they be? Who will do it? Who pays? And, critically, which trees should we be planting?
- A 'quintessential English cottage' in Devon with endless charm, spectacular outdoor space, and walking distance from the beach
- Country Life 27 May 2020
- May 26th
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- May 23rd
- May 22nd
- A Tuscan kitchen reborn: 'When we first took it on a tree was growing through the kitchen and the basement was full of snakes'
- A church converted into flats where Gothic windows and stained glass meet LED lighting and bespoke fittings
- In Focus: The village and cottage featured in Constable's The Hay Wain, the the ultimate image of English country life
- May 21st
- The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Glorious garden furniture, from perfect parasols to a love seat for a ménage a trois
- Knock, knock: What's the best colour front door for selling a house?
- How to make perfect asparagus risotto, with the vegetable that's 'one of the true joys of English spring and summer'
- May 20th
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- May 17th
- Four beautiful country houses for sale, including one built in the 11th century and another in the 21st, as seen in Country Life
- How to grow peas: What to plant, when to plant it, and how quickly you'll be dishing it up
- The common garden plants that are deadly to dogs and cats – and what to do if they eat one
- May 16th
- Five magnificent country houses on semi-detached suburbia budgets
- Curious Questions: How does soap work?
- Everything you need to know about growing camassias
- The grand plan to re-seed the Cotswolds with endless carpets of wildflowers
- The best and worst of London's bridges, from the sheer elegance of Albert Bridge to the utilitarian solidity of Wandsworth
- May 15th
- May 14th
- May 13th
- May 12th
- Top 10 earrings to bring a little dressing-for-dinner glamour to your life right now
- How Chequers has changed — and stayed the same — in a century, as pictured in Country Life
- Alan Titchmarsh: 'I suppose I should be going stir-crazy in self-isolation. The reality has been rather different'
- Five of the finest Belgravia homes for sale today, from £5m to £20m
- Rosie and Jim: 'You’re stuck/safe in one of the UK’s most beautiful swathes of countryside, so give thanks and get outside'
- May 11th
- May 10th
- May 9th
- A home in Britain's oldest chartered town with gorgeous library, indoor pool and romantic views over St Michael's Mount
- Curious Questions: Why don't spiders get caught in their own webs?
- Galloway: 'There are no wobbling lips or tears of pride around these parts; we’ll leave that sort of carry-on to the Highlanders'
- The head of the CPRE: 'Just looking at open fields and woodland and hills makes you feel great... The countryside has a soul, and people can feel that'
- May 8th
- May 7th
- The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Cheese by the wheel-load, ducklings by post and sticky ginger pudding
- The real story of Belgravia: Angry mobs, the 'Bloody Bridge', and London's most beautiful garden squares
- Six authentic wartime recipes to celebrate VE Day, from Lord Woolton's pie to 'Surprise Potato Balls'
- May 6th
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- May 2nd
- Curious Questions: Who first used corks in wine — and how did they get them out again before the invention of the corkscrew?
- The gardens at the Old Rectory in Litton Cheney, where formal and informal come together in harmony
- The photographer walking 7,000 miles around the coast of Britain: 'After 450 days of walking I've not been bored once'
- May 1st
- A drink for all seasons: Jaffa Cake Gin (yes, really) and what might be the world's first 'crunchy' wine
- Perfectly imperfect: Why the unfussy charm of block-printed textiles is winning us over
- Seven golden rules for selling a country house
- In Focus: A sculptor creating 21st century art from the detritus of 20th century life
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