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The Country Life Podcast
When the King and Queen edited Country Life, by the editor who guided them every step of the way
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Property
A beautiful Georgian home with columns, colonnades, cottages, space and stables
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Comment & Opinion
Jonathan Self: Real friendship survives separation, violently different opinions and surprisingly shabby behaviour'
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The Country Life Podcast
Isabella Tree on how rewilding took the Knepp Estate from a ruin in the red to a miracle of Nature
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Property
A classic Georgian manor house in an ancient hilltop town in the Cotswolds
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Art and Antiques
The English climate destroyed almost all our medieval church paintings — but not these ones
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Property
Six of the best homes in the Cotswolds (or just outside) for sale, as seen in this week's Country Life
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Gardens
'I could buy ready-to-go evergreens and hurry up the process, but I’m not in a hurry' — why gardeners, like plants, should move slowly
Property
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A honey-coloured home in Wiltshire that sits at peace with its landscape
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Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian? The most popular period property styles revealed
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A 'rare and exceptional' medieval estate with an Elizabethan-style house, a string of cottages, and a location an hour from London
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A true ‘all-rounder’ home, with Grade II-listed farmhouse and annexe, two holiday cottages and equestrian facilities to boot
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Seven gorgeous Cotswolds homes for sale at under £500,000
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An iconic artist's studio in Padstow is on the market for the first time in two decades
Interiors
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Architecture
Stansted Park, West Sussex: From royal favourite to stranger’s heir
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Nature
From the 'gatekeeper' to the 'Scotch argus', where did butterflies and moths get their strange names?
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Gardens
'A haunt of ancient peace' — The gardens at Iford Manor and their remarkable history
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Travel
'Sometimes I like to think I have my finger on the pulse when it comes to design and fashion. I am incorrect' — Celebrating one of Europe's biggest street parties in the cushion of contemporary luxury
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Travel
Latimer Farm in Oddington: 'One of the most charming places that you could spend a few days'
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Promoted
An exclusive chance for Country Life readers to see The George Farrow Collection before it goes under the hammer
Nature
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Michael Prodger: How Britain’s landscapes have inspired painters across the centuries
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'The most important spring landscape flower in Britain' that 'engulfs everything in its path' — The unstoppable exuberance of the frothing cow parsley
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The mystery of the hedge: How an exhibition on these living walls seeks to explain our fascination with their place in the landscape
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18 of the best places across Britain to go and see bluebells this spring
Travel
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Glebe House, Devon: 'The antithesis of big brand hotels'
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Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way: 'Who knew that winding coastal lanes could be so lucrative?'
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Is this the best holiday house to rent on Cornwall’s north coast?
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Sterrekopje: A centuries-old sanctuary hidden in a blessed corner of South Africa
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'As if a cathedral had been flooded with turquoise waters': The Spanish hotel where Gothic and stained glass meet time off in the sun
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Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge: The west at its wildest, showiest self
Cars
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Curious Questions: Who was the first person to take a driving test?
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The Queen's old Range Rover — one which she used to pick up the Obamas — has come up for sale
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E-Types, Scotland's best beaches and the 'backwards-looking fantasy' of rewilding: Country Life's best features of 2023
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My 'Franken-Land Rover' has had three new chassis and using the indicators turns on the windscreen wipers. But I just can't get rid of it.
Food & Drink
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Chocolate hobnobs, mascarpone and mint — the perfect cheesecake for summer
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The wicker weavers who can make a picnic hamper with such skill that you can choose whether it's silent or squeaky
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Charcuterie, chilli oil, pickling and pastry: how to make the world's best picnic
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‘I have nothing but rapt adoration and the greatest of respect for this sugary art form’: Tom Parker Bowles on the perfection of puddings
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Tom Parker Bowles shares his sublime fish pie recipe, but with a few rules attached
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Jason Goodwin: When gaucho chic in Dorset becomes something 'between instrument of torture and decommissioned nuclear reactor'