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The master builders of the British countryside
Exploring labyrinthine tunnels and forest skyscrapers, John Lewis-Stempel gets lost in the world of animal architecture
Always reaching for the stars
Ben Lerwill requires a head for heights as he meets steeplejacks working at the top of their game
May I have a word in your shell-like?
Natasha Goodfellow combs the seashore in search of her favourite cockles and limpets
Grace and favour rooms
Many grand country houses are now welcoming overnight guests. Rosie Paterson checks in
Keeping it in the family
Norman Thelwell’s descendants have inherited the artist’s creative streak, discovers Octavia Pollock
Rose Balston’s favourite painting
The art historian is captivated by a female artist’s innovative work
From Adder’s Copse to Gallows Down
Fiona Reynolds encounters both history and wildlife in abundance in the North Wessex Downs
A collector’s palace
Clive Aslet marvels at London’s Crosby Moran Hall, a celebration of the Tudor and Stuart worlds
Native breeds
Kate Green on the Eriskay pony
The good stuff
Mellow yellow is the ideal feel-good colour for high summer days, suggests Hetty Lintell
Interiors
Giles Kime discovers that top US designers are eager cheerleaders for classic decoration
Cool, calm and connected
Tiffany Daneff admires the pristine finish in a Chilterns garden created by this year’s Chelsea Best-in-Show-winning pairing
Of beards and men
Ian Morton charts the colourful history of the hedgerow stalwart wild clematis, or old man’s beard
A fool’s paradise
A fruit fool is the perfect summer pudding — and don’t spare the cream, says Tom Parker Bowles
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The fate of the last wolf in Britain? Country Life Quiz of the DayOur daily quiz tests your gut instinct, powers of deduction and downright luck. Unless you happen to know all the answers for sure.
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How to make an ethereal-sounding seafood, spinach and asparagus puff-pastry cloudOur Kitchen Garden Cook's recipe for a stuffed puff-pastry cloud is easier to make than it is to say.
