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- October 7th
- Get more than your five-a-day with the Country Life Quiz of the Day, October 7, 2026
- Road tripping through the magical European holiday destination that hasn't been ruined by overtourism
- Steve McQueen 'f***king loved' this watch, reimagined in super-strong horse leather
- The oxymoron of luxury tinned tuna
- How sheep farming transformed the architectural face of the Cotswolds
- October 6th
- A 'masterpiece of engineering' on one of the most dramatic and historic headlands in Cornwall
- The Country Life Quiz of the Day, October 6, 2026, takes a look at this week's news
- The best specialist companies in Britain for country-house renovations
- Country Life October 7, 2026
- London's past, present and future is hidden in the docks
- An Aga so special it inspired the salvation of a magnificent 300-year-old home
- 'There was blood, graphic nudity, even a portrait of a murderer': A five-minute guide to the 1990's greatest and grittiest moments
- From Pokémon to Iron Man: Why 21st-century collectors are looking beyond art
- October 5th
- It's spooky season in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, October 5, 2026
- Why build a new country house? There's a long list of things you'll gain if you can live without that lovely patina of age
- 'Flowers were used to communicate sentiments too intimate or improper to say out loud': The forgotten Victorian tradition of floriography
- This ruinous stately home inspired one of Britain's greatest satirical paintings
- Sheep are getting bad press. Is any of it fair?
- October 4th
- It ain't nothing but a song about a hound dog: Musical muses of the canine world
- Does the world’s most famous route still capture the romance of the open road?
- Six outstanding homes, from an Elizabethan farmhouse to a miniature castle in Sussex, as seen in Country Life
- Are you brave enough to take on Cornwall's 40-foot answer to Hawaii's big waves?
- 'A platform that dignifies the views outwards into the world': Doddington Place's elegant prospect tower
- October 3rd
- Agatha Christie bought and sold homes like she was playing real-life Monopoly — and one of her favourites has come up for sale
- The search for the perfect carrot led me to one of Wiltshire’s loveliest new hotels
- Pioneering chef Raymond Blanc on never saying no and eating caviar for pudding
- This former soup kitchen, on the crossroads of ancient civilisations, is now an Ottoman masterpiece you can stay in
- 'More is more has always been my mantra': The visionary who made the Eden Project from an abandoned clay pit in Cornwall
- October 2nd
- 'We did that London thing of going "wow, look at how much house we can get for our money"': India Knight on her first house in the country
- It's time to face the music in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, October 2, 2026
- I’ve journeyed to Cleopatra's lost emerald mines in search of the gemstone that's 100 times rarer than diamonds
- The ghost stations of the London Underground
- Bring back the scullery: The forgotten rooms of historic country houses
- Going against the grain: Meet the British bakeries championing ancient and heritage crops
- October 1st
- Your parents could have bought Ardross Castle — home of The Traitors — for just £70,000
- Are you faithful to 'The Traitors'? Find out in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, October 1, 2026
- Contemporary Korean art is still very much a product of its past
- The expert tips and tricks to creating a tropical oasis in a very British garden
- Burnham's property dream is 'ambition we should all support' — but his plan 'ignores the countryside' and 'throws young Londoners under the bus', say agents
- Make your ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ dreams come true at this marvellous Oxford home complete with its own ballroom
- 'As dangerous as possible — the best way to be’: Political satirist Ralph Steadman on cartoons and working with Hunter S. Thompson
- New Wealth, New Buyers: The experts of Knight Frank on the changing country property market
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