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Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum: 'As near as my life will come to finding a golden ticket to Willy Wonka's factory'
Country Life's John Goodall managed to get hold of a ticket to one of the most eagerly-anticipated art exhibitions in years: Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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My Favourite Painting: Marie Soliman
Interior designer Marie Soliman chooses an unforgettable image by Mark Rothko, one of the most distinctive modern artists of the 20th century.
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Brown's Hotel review: Is this the most family-friendly place to stay in London?
The trick to surviving a weekend in London with a young family in tow is to stay in one of the capital's best hotels, discovers Country Life's Dean Usher.
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My Favourite Painting: Martin St Quinton
The chairman of Cheltenham Racecourse picks a classic image from the equestrian world.
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My Favourite Painting: Alistair Smith
Alistair Smith, editor of The Stage, picks a dark and unsettling Goya that hangs in the Prado — yet was never intended to be put on display.
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My favourite painting: Debbie Wiseman
The composer and conductor picks Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso.
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My Favourite Painting: Nicholas Lyons, Lord Mayor of London
Nicholas Lyons, Lord Mayor of London, chooses a dramatic and expressive post-war image.
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My Favourite Painting: Robin Hanbury-Tenison
The explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison chooses a charmingly traditional portrait that resonates with a long-gone age — yet behind which lurks a troubled soul.
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My favourite painting: Aurore Ankarcrona Hennessey
The director of art at The Arts Club in London chooses a picture from The Arts Club in London.
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Country Life 1 February 2023
Country Life 1 February 2023 is our annual travel special, while we also look at wild flowers, Robin Hood and the legendary Flying Scotsman.
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My favourite painting: The Duke of Buccleuch
The Duke of Buccleuch's art collection includes works by Thomas Gainsborough and other household names, but he chooses a piece from a more obscure painter.
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My Favourite Painting: Tahir Shah
Author and film-maker Tahir Shah chooses a military portrait.
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My Favourite Painting: Philip Hooper
Philip Hooper of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler chooses a beguiling portrait.
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My Favourite Painting: The Duke of Northumberland
Ralph Percy, Duke of Northumberland, chooses 'Portrait of the artist with Nicholas Lanier and Sir Charles Cotterell', bought by one of his forbears for just £44.
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Country Life 28 December 2022
Country Life 28 December 2022 offers up a vision of the Grand Tour of Britain in 2023.
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In Focus: The billion-dollar art collection of Microsoft's co-founder, and what happened when it went under the hammer
Huon Mallalieu takes a look at the extraordinary paintings collected by Paul Allen over a lifetime of considered art appreciation.
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In Focus: Britain's forgotten impressionist, whose works of genius lay undiscovered in an attic for over a century
How does art endure? The painter John Louis Petit had no need to sell, did not exhibit his work professionally and most of it was forgotten until the death of his grandniece.
