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Test your knowledge of this week's news in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, November 11, 2026 -
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The Prince of Wales: 'The places you love best are not the ones you preserve unchanged, but the ones you keep quietly improving' -
A picture of royal talent: Prince George's never-before-seen drawing of a kingfisher -
What you'll find in this week's issue of Country Life — and how to subscribe or get your copy -
One of the most magnificent staircases in Britain, in a palatial Baroque home up for sale at £3.25 million -
The Princess of Wales: 'I was told that my recovery would not be linear. There will be good days and bad days, that it will take time. This is the same in nature' -
‘Like Barbours and James Blunt, Port is finally becoming cool’
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Not just a likeness, but a presence: How to commission the perfect portrait -
From Suffolk to Salem: The deadly price of being different in witch-crazed 17th-century England -
Ralph Lauren’s Western watch collection will make cowboys of us all -
I'm just a blue door from Notting Hill, standing in front of a house, asking it to buy me
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One of the most magnificent staircases in Britain, in a palatial Baroque home up for sale at £3.25 million -
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A wonderfully romantic home, born from a mill that's stood in place for 1,000 years -
Six fine homes, from a mansion near the coast to a home that starred on Grand Designs -
A commutable castle in 12 acres, with turrets, cinema room and hot tub -
A £185,000 discount on a £600,000 home? The new opportunists betting on London property -
'One of the most magical estates in the Scottish Borders' is for sale, with 3,500 arresting acres and a Victorian glasshouse -
Best country houses for sale this week
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Residence, refinery, workhouse, ward: The many faces of a 17th-century hospital, smashed to smithereens by the Luftwaffe -
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The architect of the Lloyds Building and the Centre Pompidou cut his teeth on this 1960s house in Wimbledon. It's fascinating -
Staffordshire's fairytale flatpack glass palace destroyed by Second World War soldiers -
A royal foundation: 700 years of Oriel College -
The 18th-century cistern at the heart of a painstaking and ongoing restoration project -
The long-lost mini mansion where one of Victorian England’s greatest ever rags-to-riches stories played out -
'It is hard to imagine a more perfect realisation of Baillie Scott’s ideal of domestic harmony': The story of Church Rate Corner in Cambridge -
This Victorian abbey was so magnificent that Country Life mourned it twice
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The hottest seat in the house: Do you want to be in my club (fender)? -
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Elevating the hardest-working room in the house to new heights with lights -
Marxist, maker and maverick: The curious contradictions of Britain's best textile designer -
Desk appeal: How to create an inspiring office by Britain’s leading interior designers -
'Having learnt the rules, he set out to break them': the legacy of David Hicks -
Our favourite new-season paints and wallpapers to refresh any room -
The best specialist companies in Britain for country-house renovations -
Bring back the scullery: The forgotten rooms of historic country houses
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A lazy gardener's dream: The camellia variety that 'never ceases to thrill', and never needs pruning -
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'There was nothing there. No smell anywhere. This was four years ago': Life as a gardener and artist without a sense of smell -
How d'you like them apples? A tour of the iconic orchards of Frank P. Matthews -
'We’ve been very bold, we’ve gone bigger than we thought and I love it': How bravery paid off in the dramatic garden at Shillies Barn -
'Daunting, liberating and exhilarating': Alan Titchmarsh on the move 'that's given me a new lease of life' -
Why did the tradition of home seed saving go out of fashion?
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Grandpa knows best (dressed): Good tailoring is passed from one generation to the next -
Only in a Caterham can you truly be free -
Shetland sheepdog: Small but perfectly formed -
Jeremy Hackett: ‘People often say that I’m an influencer and I always answer back: “I’m usually under the influence”’
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The Prince of Wales: 'The places you love best are not the ones you preserve unchanged, but the ones you keep quietly improving'
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A picture of royal talent: Prince George's never-before-seen drawing of a kingfisher
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The Princess of Wales: 'I was told that my recovery would not be linear. There will be good days and bad days, that it will take time. This is the same in nature'
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What is wrong at the V&A? -
Going once, going twice, gone with the wind: A rare sailing masterpiece, by one of America's best artists, is going under the hammer -
‘I’ve seen other knitted roast chickens, and I’d like to put my own stamp on one’: No one can resist the charms of Kate Jenkins's culinary creations -
Not just a likeness, but a presence: How to commission the perfect portrait
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'Two whales breached in front of me and I laughed at the idyllic absurdity of it all': Sailing through Indonesia’s Ring of Fire -
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Castles, cathedrals, museums and music: What’s not to like in this overlooked part of northern England? -
You don't need to climb one of the world's most dangerous mountains to conquer it — just look at these paintings instead -
Pack your thermals, a super El Niño could redraw the American ski map -
The former hedonistic hideaway of an Italian duchess is 'something close to hotel nirvana' -
I went to John Lewis and I bought a sofa and a holiday: The return of the real-life travel agent
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‘Like Barbours and James Blunt, Port is finally becoming cool’ -
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'Butter is applied with the kind of exactitude usually reserved for open-heart surgeries': London's hautest potatoes -
London’s most fashion-forward department store is now serving ragu with everything and ‘school cake’ -
‘They’re not calling me a nutter anymore. It’s quite refreshing’: Gut-health guru Tim Spector on collecting cheese and his Consuming Passions -
'Nobody needs a deconstructed roast with 12 little components and a smear of gravy. Keep it generous, keep it recognisable and make every element really bloody good' -
You batter believe we love cake: The Country Life team's definitive guide to London's best afternoon teas -
Pour me a poitín: The moonshine running through the veins of every Irishman
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