This week in Country Life we pay tribute to The Queen, who's birthday it is this week - and we also take a look at the enduring influence of Shakespeare on our language..
** Kate Green meets the team behind The Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations at the Royal Windsor Horse Show
** Gavin Stamp reveals the whereabouts of Shakespeare’s skull
** Although he died 400 years ago, Shakespeare’s words are still used every day, explains Michael Billington
** Emma Hughes finds out why we’re so entranced by perfume bottles and which have stood the test of time
** Paul Quagliana spent a year recording the short flowering season of our beguiling tree blossoms
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** Arabella Youens picks the best new-builds and restorations
** Geoff Heath-Taylor reveals the best new country houses in the country
** Our kitchen garden cook gets busy with rhubarb
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About time: The fastest and slowest moving housing markets revealedNew research by Zoopla has shown where it's easy to sell and where it will take quite a while to find a buyer.
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Betty is the first dog to scale all of Scotland’s hundreds of mountains and hillsFewer than 100 people have ever completed Betty's ‘full house’ of Scottish summits — and she was fuelled by more than 800 hard boiled eggs.
