Features Archive | June 2023

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June 30th
- Property Talk: When is the right time to downsize?
- A 13th-century home with boldly exotic 21st century interiors that you’ll either love… or not
- Life, the universe, cave art... and no longer believing in Heaven, by Robin Hanbury-Tenison
June 29th
- Seven slices of interior inspiration for summer, from lazy lounging to a masterclass with a legend
- The ‘undiscovered’ Arts-and-Crafts farmhouse in Suffolk that’s come to the market
- How raw milk is fighting its way back to our tables: 'One taste and you'll be hooked... there's no going back'
June 28th
- A traditional farmhouse with a perfect touch of modern living — and an easy commute to London or Cambridge
- Country Life 28 June 2023
- Chaumet the sparkles
June 27th
- Buy once, buy well — and repair is better than replacement: The new philosophy of sustainable interiors
- A gorgeous country home with grace, space and an original medieval moat
- Carla Carlisle on Martin Amis: The 'passionate, graceful, fierce' writer who scared us, challenged us, and brought us understanding
June 26th
- A walk in the footsteps of Evelyn Waugh at Madresfield Court, the real-life inspiration for Brideshead Revisited
- A 1,000-year-old medieval monastery that's been turned into a spectacular riverside home that's just 50 minutes to London
- My favourite painting: Skye Gyngell
June 25th
- Seven stupendous country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
- The rose variety that's ridiculously easy to grow: 'Stuff some cuttings into the soil and two years later, they'll be flourishing'
- How to stop a dog biting and nipping, by award-winning trainer Ben Randall
- Powered by the wind since 1887: The past, present and future of Britain's wind turbines
June 24th
- Curious Questions: Why do stars twinkle?
- One of the greatest houses in England is on the market for the first time in its 300-year history
- Bailiffscourt hotel review: I can't believe it's not medieval
- The dazzling interiors event in London that shows how design has the capacity to transform our experience of our daily lives
June 23rd
- The £35 million London penthouse with 1920s glamour, 2020s luxury and a roof terrace that overlooks the Houses of Parliament
- How a £25 set of fake pearls made £150k at auction — and were a bargain at the price
June 22nd
- Alan Titchmarsh: A foolproof guide to growing wisteria
- Tom Parker Bowles: Gooseberries are 'a fat green blob wearing three-day stubble' — but I love them anyway
June 21st
- A glorious Grade-I listed country house for sale that Nelson and his mistress once used as their lovenest
- Country Life 21 June 2023
June 20th
- A love-at-first-sight Georgian mansion for sale, set in 70 acres of parkland created by Humphry Repton
- Keeping cool
- Jonathan Self: My 146-year-old timepiece is the antithesis of the smartwatches — and it's all the better for it
June 19th
- Peacocks: Everything you need to know about 'the limousine of the avian kingdom'
- A castle in miniature in Herefordshire that comes with parkland, pool and its own on-site cinema
- My favourite painting: Joanne Ooi
June 18th
- 17 outstanding homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
- Sweet cicely: A delightful plant with a scent that's 'a gorgeous coming together of fennel, liquorice and star anise'
- How to stop a dog barking at the fence, by leading trainer Ben Randall
- Audley End: The 'great and splendid country house' that beguiled a king
- The Wrought Iron and Brass Bed Company: Local heroes
June 17th
- ‘One of the grandest homes in Hampstead’, previously owned by Oscar-winner Ridley Scott, is now up for sale at £28 million
- Curious Questions: Will the aspidistra ever fly again?
- The Datai Langkawi review: A jungle paradise with conservation at its core
June 16th
- A gorgeous house where you could forget the world exists — yet it's walking-distance from the centre of Bath
- The best open air theatres in Britain
- Thorington Theatre: How a WW2 bomb crater in Suffolk became one of Britain's most beautiful theatres
June 15th
- Opinion: Continuing feuds instead of seeking compromise is irresponsible. As we argue, British wildlife collapses
- A charming Cambridgeshire cottage with a secret underground tunnel dating to the reign of Henry VIII
- How to make strawberry and lemon cake, topped with chamomile whipped cream
June 14th
- One of the greatest houses built in Cornwall in the last decade has come to the market
- A 2,400-acre coastal estate on the Isle of Skye at the price of a three-bed terrace in the London suburbs
June 13th
- A Grade II-listed thatched delight in a charming Cornish village for under £700k
- Country Life 14 June 2023
- A living room that's a lesson in how to restore lost character in a historic space
- Patrick Galbraith: 'And so I found myself totally naked, walking 12 miles with a bunch of IT consultants, retired teachers and a Frenchman in a little red hat'
June 12th
- The 10 best shrubs for your garden, by the legendary gardener who's dedicated his life to them
- 22 delightful country houses for sale, from under £300k to over £15m, as seen in Country Life
- My favourite painting: Beatrice Grant
June 11th
- Plants really do 'talk' to each other and work together — and gardeners can use it to their advantage
- How to keep your dog calm in the car, by top trainer Ben Randall
- Broadwoodside: A farm steading in the heart of a magical Scottish landscape
June 10th
- Elegant, beautiful and arresting, a Georgian house and estate in the heart of rural Herefordshire
- Curious Questions: How did garden gnomes take over the world — and even The Queen's private garden?
- Tottering-by-Gently abroad: Annie Tempest's paintings of a cruise around the Mediterranean
June 9th
- The best regional art galleries in Britain, from Cornwall to Orkney
June 8th
- How to tell a blue tit from great tits, coal tits and the rest of Britain's tit population
- An utterly irresistible thatched property near Winchester with some of the prettiest gardens you could imagine
- How to make gnocchi with peas, spinach, asparagus and mozzarella
June 7th
- How to get rid of rats
- A Tuscan villa transported to Devon, completely secluded and with its own tranquil lake
- Susie Watson on the secrets of a well-loved home
June 6th
- Country Life 7 June 2023
- Tamsyn Mason Interior Design Studio
- A striking former windmill-turned-family home in Cambridgeshire with a unique business opportunity in the garden
June 5th
- A perfect hideaway in County Durham where you’ll never have to buy fruit again
- My Favourite Painting: Christopher Jackson
June 4th
- Anna Pavord: The point of gardening? Not a mad rush to get it done, but relaxed enjoyment of the act of doing it
- Ask Country Life's canine agony uncle a question about your dog
- Castle Drogo: The extraordinary challenge of building a castle in the 20th century — and saving it from ruin in the 21st
June 3rd
- A grand Georgian villa in Cornwall with grace, charm and its own waterfalls
- Curious Questions: Why did the Victorians become so obsessed with travelling the world?
- Is the Orient Express the best way to see Europe?
- Harriet Anstruther's 'magical' garden in West Sussex is 'a seductive, deeply comfortable haven'
June 2nd
- A £12.75 million masterpiece in Buckinghamshire once owned by JFK's sister-in-law
- Will the hot tub lose its fizz? There's an alternative that's cheaper, easier and just as relaxing
- A country house that could pay for itself? The sprawling house that became one of Britain's best-loved country hotels, now up for sale
- Discover why the Cotswolds continues to be England’s favourite area to live — and how it appeals to all generations
- William Shakespeare: The original Nature boy
June 1st
- Blue tits: Beautiful birds, wonderful singers... and absolutely no morals
- An utterly idyllic — and rather enormous — thatched cottage in Cambridgeshire for under £800,000
- How to make a 'carrot cake' swiss roll