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Climbing Ben Stack: A perfect, conical mountain whose paths are adorned with bluebells, violets and orchids
Fiona Reynolds takes time out during a trip to Scotland to climb one of its most beautiful little peaks: Ben Stack.
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Glamping DIY: Taking a bit of interior chic with you when you're out and about this summer
No longer relegated to the pages of Harry Potter, luxury camping is now a very viable and comfortable option for those wishing to holiday closer to home. Read our advice for how to keep your tent looking and feeling as luxurious as possible.
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Curious Questions: Why do cricketers call it a 'duck' when they get bowled out for 0?
Martin Fone, author of 50 Curious Questions, explains how a duck egg led to the popularisation of a term in one of the world's great sports.
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The Derby Preview 2019: Andrew Balding’s tips for Epsom this year
Racehorse trainer Andrew Balding’s stables resonate with Derby history. He explains to Kate Green why the race is still the ultimate prize and reveals his tips for the meeting.
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John Gosden: 'I've trained 3,500 winners. I don’t care. It’s the quality of the horses you remember, the ones that capture the imagination'
Jack Watkins talks to the champion racehorse trainer on quality over quantity and preserving Newmarket.
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70 years of the Badminton Horse Trials: From the pig-sticking champions to the miracle champion who took four decades to win
The world's most famous horse trials is seventy years old this year. Kate Green looks at some of the most remarkable moments in its history.
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Badminton 2019: The six best riders to follow, six best fences to watch and six best shopping stalls to visit
Badminton is one of the undisputed highlights of the year for anyone who loves horses – Kate Green shares her tips for anyone making it along to this wonderful event.
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Fiona Reynolds: A walk on the Suffolk coast that brings home the true horror of the new plans for Sizewell
A few months after writing about a development at Otmoor, Fiona Reynolds visits the beautiful Suffolk coast — and can't quite believe how the proposed new work will tear up this idyllic landscape.
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Sporting Life: Why now is the time to get involved with your village cricket team – before it goes the way of the pub and the post office
Village cricket is going through something of a crisis – so now is the time to get out there and get stuck in. Annunciata Elwes reports.
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Sporting Life: Who will win the 2019 Six Nations?
Ahead of the Guinness Six Nations, Owain Jones predicts that Ireland will retain their crown – but they'll be pushed hard by England, Wales and possibly even Italy, based on recent results.
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Sporting Life: Botham, Gower and 17 pints on rest days – a look at cricket in the 80s, through the eyes of Derek Pringle
Pushing the Boundaries: Cricket in the Eighties contains the reminiscences of Derek Pringle reflecting on his years in the world of cricket and the delightful characters he met, both on and off the pitch. Richard Hopton reviews.
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Sporting Life: Can you learn to ballroom dance in seven weeks?
In the wake of Strictly Come Dancing, Alexandra Fraser convinced her partner to join her on a seven-week ballroom dancing course in London to discover how hard it really is to pick up what is fast becoming a dying art.
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Take the Country Life Christmas Quiz: 40 fiendish questions on everything from the Beatles to lobsters
Each year, Country Life's editor Mark Hedges sets a fiendish quiz – see how you get on, and don't forget to share your results with friends and family to establish who gets bragging rights this year.
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Sporting Life: The joys of Fen skating, the great 19th century sport that you've probably never heard of
The near-forgotten sport of Fen skating was once a huge draw, with thousands of spectators and making celebrities of the fastest men on the ice.
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Sporting Life: How to fall back in love with fishing, thanks to a new rod, a borrowed fly and a weekend on the Tweed
After one barren trip too many, our editor Mark Hedges had fallen out of love with fishing. Could a trip to tackle the River Tweed in the company of his regular companion – 'The Judge' – rekindle his joy?
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Sporting Life: The story of the football matches on the Western Front during the truce of Christmas 1914
The folk tale of the First World War's 'Christmas truce' football match is so familiar that it has become accepted among the factual events of the war, but what actually happened when British and German soldiers went over the top on 25th December, 1914?
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Sporting life: 18 golf courses in the UK that every golfer should play before they die
Roderick Easdale nominates his pick of the best golf courses in Britain and Ireland, with some help from the great and the good of the game.
