This week in Country Life we meet the flower champions behind the UK’s 600-plus national plant collections, preserving species from acers to zelkovas, we explore Broughton Hall in North Yorkshire and discovers how one family transformed its medieval seat into a fashionable home, we celebrate the extraordinary charms of the tortoise, we reveal why real men should read maps and we learn to cook with strawberries.
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Gaze over Cap Ferrat in this four-bedroom French villaIgnore the wind and the rain. Imagine yourself in this hillside home with some of the best views the Mediterranean can offer.
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The Airlander wants to save our skiesA new hybrid aircraft promises eco-friendly aviation. Designed and built in the UK, can it be the future of air travel?
