Country Life 28 November 2018

Country Life 28 November 2018 features our famous advent calendar front cover, with all manner of Christmas goodness inside.
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS: Our annual gift guide promises to help you find something for anyone and everyone.
CANAPES: William Sitwell reveals the winners of Country Life's Canape of the Year competition.
HAMS: Flora Watkins on why a ham is a highlight of the festive season.
HUGH DENNIS: The actor and comedian talks to Country Life.
PARTYING LIKE IT'S 1929: John Goodall goes through the archives to find out about office Christmas parties of the 1920s.
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FAVOURITE PAINTING: A work by Winston Churchill gets chosen this week.
FESTIVE CUSTOMS: Octavia Pollock looks at where our seasonal traditions come from.
LIVING NATIONAL TREASURE: The stained glass maker.
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THE BIGHOUSE ESTATE: David Profumo pays a visit to this Scottish estate.
INTERIORS: Drinks cabinets, and a look inside Susie Watson's hosue.
ARCHITECTURE: A look at Saltwood Castle in Kent.
BRISKET: Simon Hopkinson's recipe for a slow-simmered salt brisket.
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