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A villa from paradise on Koh Samui where the pool might be bigger than the house
By James Fisher
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‘Greece — it’s eternal and makes me feel ancient and youthful at the same time’: Isabel Ettedgui’s Consuming Passions
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'It was like Fawlty Towers at first': How diversification keeps the country house standing
By Kate Green
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The world is your oyster and here is the pearl: How to spend £100,000 on a holiday
By Richard MacKichan
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Testing times: Inside the RHS's Trials Garden at RHS Wisley
By Charles Quest-Ritson
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The designer's room: How rare, 19th-century wallpaper was repurposed inside a Grade I-listed apartment complex on London's Piccadilly
By Arabella Youens
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The heroine's name in 'Rebecca' and a strange coffee subsitute: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 2, 2025
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PEOPLE & PLACES
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Chanel takes a cruise around Lake Como
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Graham Norton's elegant East London home hits the market, and it's just as wonderful as you would expect
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Vertigo at Victoria Falls, a sunset surrounded by lions and swimming in the Nile: A journey from Cape Town to Cairo
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Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style: A whistle-stop history, from the Roman Baths to Hampstead Heath
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Property
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A villa from paradise on Koh Samui where the pool might be bigger than the house
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Why St George's Hill, Wentworth and the great private residential estates have stood the test of time
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A six bedroom Grade II-listed hall set in eight acres of serene grounds in Norfolk
By Penny Churchill
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Flower power: Garden features that could add the most value to your home
By Annabel Dixon
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curves
By Toby Keel
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Graham Norton's elegant East London home hits the market, and it's just as wonderful as you would expect
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Best country houses for sale this week
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Interiors
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The designer's room: How rare, 19th-century wallpaper was repurposed inside a Grade I-listed apartment complex on London's Piccadilly
By Arabella Youens
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‘It had the air of an ex-rental, and that’s putting it politely’: How an antique dealer transformed a run-down Georgian house in Chatham Dockyards
By Arabella Youens
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The big reveal: A first look at Country Life's RHS Chelsea Flower Show stand
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Sanderson's new collection is inspired by The King's pride and joy — his Gloucestershire garden
By Arabella Youens
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Designer's Room: A solid oak French kitchen that's been cleverly engineered to last
By Amelia Thorpe
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John Sutcliffe — The man, the myth and the paint-naming legend behind Dead Salmon and Elephant's Breath
By Carla Passino
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The power of the youthful gaze: A new generation tackles modern day design conundrums
By Arabella Youens
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'Rooms can be theatrical and comfortable at the same time': Top tips for decorating with conversation in mind
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LIFE & STYLE
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The chronograph watch: 'You can use it to time a furlong, a boat race, a lap of a Grand Prix or, for that matter, an egg'
By Nick Foulkes
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Chanel takes a cruise around Lake Como
By Will Hosie
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'The watch is Head Boy of men’s accessorising': Ginnie Chadwyck-Healey and Tom Chamberlin's Summer Season style secrets
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New balls please: Eddie Redmayne, Anna Wintour and Laura Bailey on the sensory pleasures of playing tennis
By Deborah Nicholls-Lee
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COUNTRYSIDE
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Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?
By Lotte Brundle
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George Monbiot: 'Farmers need stability and security... Instead, they're contending with chaos'
By Toby Keel
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Exploring the countryside is essential for our wellbeing, but Right to Roam is going backwards
By Patrick Galbraith
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Gardens
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Testing times: Inside the RHS's Trials Garden at RHS Wisley
By Charles Quest-Ritson
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Alan Titchmarsh: 'It’s all too easy to become swamped by the ‘to-do’ list, but give yourself a little time to savour the moment'
By Alan Titchmarsh
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'I'd willingly give a year of my life for a fortnight there': The green dream that is the garden of Derreen
By Charles Quest-Ritson
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Six of the best Clematis montanas that every garden needs
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Alan Titchmarsh: A foolproof guide to growing wisteria
By Alan Titchmarsh
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The man who trekked Bhutan, Mongolia, Japan, Tasmania and New Zealand to bring the world's greatest magnolias back to Kent
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ART & CULTURE
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'Tate Modern has exploded the canon of art history, and transformed the public’s relationship with contemporary art'
By Annunciata Elwes
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Athena: We need to get serious about saving our museums
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Folio, Folio, wherefore art thou Folio? Shakespeare set to be auctioned by Sotheby's
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These are J. M. W Turner's 11 best paintings, as chosen by Britain's top curators, art historians and creative minds
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Travel
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The world is your oyster and here is the pearl: How to spend £100,000 on a holiday
By Richard MacKichan
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Vertigo at Victoria Falls, a sunset surrounded by lions and swimming in the Nile: A journey from Cape Town to Cairo
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Everything you need to know about private jet travel and 10 rules to fly by
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The Business Class product that spawned a generation of knock-offs: What it’s like to fly in Qatar Airways’ Qsuite cabin
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Seven of the UK’s best Arts and Crafts buildings — and you can stay in all of them
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Why British designers dream up the most desirable hotels
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Food & Drink
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What to bake this weekend: Xanthe Ross's chocolate chip and almond butter cookies
By Xanthe Ross
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'Monolithic, multi-layered and quite, quite magnificent. This was love at first bite': Tom Parker Bowles on his lifelong love affair with lasagne
By Tom Parker Bowles
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Spam: The tinned meaty treat that brought a taste of the ‘hot-dog life of Hollywood’ to war-weary Britain
By Mary Greene
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Never leave a bun behind: What to do with leftover hot cross buns
By Amie Elizabeth White
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Two quick and easy seasonal asparagus recipes to try this Easter Weekend
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Gill Meller's recipe for a seasonal new potato omelette, with smoked garlic, onions and Cheddar cheese
By Gill Meller
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How to make a rhubarb and Swiss meringue cake that's almost too pretty to eat
By Melanie Johnson
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