This week Country Life takes you from the absurd to the sublime: from chickens you'd believe were inventions of a fevered imagination, to dazzling displays of daffodils via a whirl around the National Portrait Gallery to see the dazzling photography from a century of Vogue
Exclusive: Country Life reveals the exact oven where the Great Fire of London actually started
** We explore some of the breeds of poultry that are so spectacular they scarcely seem real - with some amazing pictures to prove it
** The Lincolnshire flatlands of Walkers Daffodil Fields are ablaze with blooms in spring
** Countryside Valentines: Jonathan Self discovers that the countryside has inspired some of our greatest love stories
** Philippa Stockley is seduced by a dazzling show of Vogue photography in celebration of the magazine’s centenary
** We discover the changes in store for Earl's Court in London
Plus, winter irises and local panto
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Brockfield Hall, the great Yorkshire house that's gone from Regency mansion to modern family homeBrockfield Hall in North Yorkshire is the family home of Charlie Wood and Hatta Byng, editor of House & Garden, who have transformed it since they came here in 2020, winning multiple awards in the process. John Martin Robinson reports on the restoration project that revived this compact Regency house as a modern family home. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
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Barbour’s heritage jackets get a floral makeover courtesy of ErdemUtilitarian outwear has taken the fashion world by storm and now Britain's world-famous wax jackets are getting in on the act, inspired by some of our greatest countryside icons.
