Country Life April 13 2016


This week in Country Life, do you know your trees? Test yourself and learn the trees you dont' know. Plus, listen out for the amazing songbirds hallelujah chorus and 43 pages of fantastic country houses for sale.
** Sir Tim Laurence, the chairman of the newly independent English Heritage, talks to Clive Aslet
** Charles Quest-Ritson ventures to the Villa della Pergola on the Italian Riviera, where a century-old British garden has received a new lease of life
** In south Devon, Julie Harding meets a man who swapped a life with numbers for one fashioning leather goods
** A new catalogue of the Wallace Collection’s sculptures holds numerous dicoveries about these little-known treasures, as its author, Jeremy Warren, explains
** Simon Hopkinson cooks curry
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Jnane Rumi, Marrakech, hotel review: 'The most talked about opening this year — and for good reason'
The Moroccan capital of Marrakech is the world capital of hotels, says Christopher Wallace — and Jnane Rumi is the latest string to its hospitality bow.
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Breathtaking views and gardens that run down to the water's edge at this delightful home in Cornwall
The Garden House in Polruan sums up the appeal of waterside living. Penny Churchill steps inside.