Dawn Chorus

Why calling a fox sly is an insult, the loo with a view, and the end of Billingsgate and Smithfield markets

Plus our quiz of the day and some of our favourite pieces from the Country Life website that you might have missed.

The florist-photographer turning vases of flowers into a 21st century Grand Masters

A look at the work of Harald Altmaier, an unusual solution to an imaginary problem, and much more besides in today's Dawn Chorus.

How to choose a Christmas tree — and then keep it alive once you get it home

Expert advice on Christmas trees, good news for English bluebells, plus our Quiz of the Day and more — it's all in Tuesday's Dawn Chorus.

Why the pub is our favourite amenity, how to send cheap Christmas cards from abroad and the return of the golden eagle

Plus the property of the day, and a quiz.

The £3 million Van Dyck painting going under the hammer with a unique buy-one-get-one-free offer

If you've ever dreamed of owning an Anthony van Dyck, now's your chance to pick up two in one go — plus more fun from today's Dawn Chorus.

Grazing sheep to save a church, a report from the farmers' march and why olive oil will soon be cheap

Plus our favourite property for sale and the quiz of the day.

What happened when Country Life put The Queen's Jack Russells on the Girls with Pearls page

After the sad news that one of Her Majesty The Queen's beloved Jack Russells died at the weekend, today's special edition of the Dawn Chorus looks back at the day that Beth and Bluebell took over Country Life magazine's famous Frontispiece page to become the first ever canine Girls in Pearls.

Buy a guitar from Jeff Beck, unpicking the Massacre of Glencoe and why you might go to prison for trimming a hedge

Plus, a glorious property for sale, watches that are art, and the quiz of the day

A naughty elf, a bridge quits Twitter and how the Americans have come to terms with Mr Blobby

Plus Christian Dior in Scotland, a country house with its own football pitch and the quiz of the day.

How the man who created the British Museum also invented hot chocolate, the £32.5m Notting Hill mansion 'infested with millions of moths', plus our Quiz of the Day

All this plus a gorgeous old Land Rover. We really spoil you every morning at 7am.

Minette Batters solves the Inheritance Tax question, how to buy your own rollercoaster, and why the French are furious about chocolate fingers

Plus the Quiz of the day and the best property for sale.

Dawn Chorus: The breath of fresh air that costs £8, a bizarre trick for getting rid of slugs and what you need to know about the Beaver Moon

Plus our Quiz of the Day.

The mini-Hogwarts for sale in north London

A house in the spookily Gothic Holly Village, a birthday song for His Majesty and good news for fans of keeping warm on remote Scottish islands.

Giant spiders, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on leather, velvet and growing old disgracefully and a home fit for Gunpowder Plotting

Plus, how Glasgow briefly hosted two Interpols and the quiz of the day. It's the Dawn Chorus.

Sleep divorce, hurkle-durkling, a heartwarming royal father-and-son image, and our Quiz of the Day

It's our daily Dawn Chorus, dedicated to bringing you all the things you might have missed that might just bring a smile to your face on a wintry November Monday.

The mini-White House that's come up for sale in the middle of London

Our daily round-up goes supernatural.

Dawn Chorus: Witches at Gainsborough, raccoon sausages and how fax machines power the railways

Plus, the quiz of the week, Britain's best road and a glorious Cotswold property.

The Dawn Chorus: No fruit for wintering birds, Grange Park Opera's 'big deal' and the last V12 Ferrari

Plus, why was margarine pink, 11 of the best houses for sale in the magazine last week and a Halloween podcast special.

The Dawn Chorus: A goose and its conker, naked rollerskating nuns and a £4.2 million bronze buck

Plus, a koi massacre blamed on otters and the property of the day.

The surprise English region named as one of the world's 10 finest destinations

East Anglia is in at number eight in the latest Lonely Planet list.