Country Life 4 March 2020
Country Life 4 March 2020 celebrates the rise and rise of the labradoodle, and reveals the Top 100 designers, builders and architects in Britain.


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THE COUNTRY LIFE TOP 100: Our definitive list of the finest architects, interior designers, garden designers and craftspeople in the country.
LABRADOODLES: The hypo-allergenic dog which took over the world. Sort of.
CANNONS: The 'tantalising fragments' that remain of one of our outstanding Baroque houses.
THE BRITISH CATTLE RARER THAN GIANT PANDAS: Vicky Liddel finds out more.
LEEKS: Melanie Johnson conjures comforting meals.
FAVOURITE PAINTING: The brilliant actor Simon Callow chooses a 16th century portrait.
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GARDENS: Even the car park at The Plant Specialist is designed with horticulture in mind.
BIRDSONG: David George Haskell on the myriad strains of nature's music.
Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by HRH The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and all its diverse joys and pleasures — that was first published in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year. Our eclectic mixture of witty and informative content — from the most up-to-date property news and commentary and a coveted glimpse inside some of the UK's best houses and gardens, to gardening, the arts and interior design, written by experts in their field — still cannot be found in print or online, anywhere else.
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Athena: We need to get serious about saving our museums
The government announced that museums ‘can now apply for £20 million of funding to invest in their future’ last week. But will this be enough?
By Country Life
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Six rural properties with space, charm and endless views, as seen in Country Life
We take a look at some of the best houses to come to the market via Country Life in the past week.
By Toby Keel