All content Archive | May 2017

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May 31st
- ‘One of Durham’s finest houses’ comes to the market
- What's changed in 120 years of Country Life? Everything and nothing
- The class of 1897: It isn’t just Country Life celebrating a 120th birthday this year
- An idyllic newly-refurbished rectory in north Devon
- Country Life May 31 2017
May 30th
- Smart ideas for your wedding, from fashion to fragrance
May 29th
- The bakers who saved the Cornish pasty
- A stunning Somerset farmhouse with renovation potential
May 28th
- 15 beautiful houses for sale, as seen in the pages of Country Life
- Regency House, Hemyock: A Devonshire garden of great atmosphere and personality
May 27th
- A new spin on the inn: Heston Blumenthal's redesigned Hind's Head
- A gorgeous waterside lodge in one of Devon's most delightful villages
May 26th
- A charming English village house, originally built for the first Bishop of Zululand
- My favourite painting: Joanna Trollope
May 25th
- A stunning apartment in the shadow of the Clifton Suspension Bridge
- Pea and chorizo risotto with monkfish
- An enchanting rural estate with an Elizabethan manor house at its heart
May 24th
- An amazing home carved out of a former reservoir
- Country Life May 24 2017
May 23rd
- Chelsea Flower Show 2017: 'Stark and brutal' quarry-inspired space named best show garden
- The Game Bird review: Fine dining without the formality
May 22nd
- Lord Attenborough's Scottish bolthole up for sale
- Chelsea Flower show 2017: How to watch on television or get last-minute tickets
- Mini-break: The Painswick, Gloucestershire
- 1,000 acres of Welsh wilderness up for sale for just £500k – and you can try before you buy
May 21st
- 13 fantastic properties for sale, as seen in the pages of Country Life
- Edible flowers: 15 beautiful blooms that really are good enough to eat
- Dreamy properties in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
May 20th
- How metal handles offer a beautiful finishing touch to a kitchen
- Wormistoune: A luxuriant, sheltered garden tucked away in Scotland
- Bloomin' lovely activities inspired by the Chelsea Flower Show
- The Duchal estate: A Georgian mansion and 450 enchanting acres a few miles from Glasgow
May 19th
- A 200 year old cottage with fabulous views over the Marshwood Vale
- Jean-Michel Basquiat painting goes under hammer for $110.5 million
- Great escape: Kandima, Maldives
- 250 years of Bath’s Royal Crescent: From Druidic influences to big screen fame
May 18th
- The country house that left Dr Johnson impressed, on the market for the first time in 294 years
- Carrot, blood-orange and hazelnut cake with cream-cheese frosting
May 17th
- The sprawling country house in Surrey hailed as 'the best of the best'
- Highland Retreats review: Proof that shooting lodges that aren’t all freezing monstrosities
- Dream properties in Mediterranean hotspots
- Country Life May 17 2017
May 16th
- Romantic but affordable cottages within an hour of London
- Lundy Island: The joys of a good walk, inspiring beauty and no phone signal
May 15th
- Why morning dress is flattering, tasteful and essential for weddings
- When Sotheby's and Savile Row collide: The jacket with a work of art within
- How, and why, to decorate your house with black paint
- New kids on the block: Spectacular new builds in Monaco
May 14th
- The Adriatic: A paradise for yachtsmen, with beautiful properties throughout
- Fiat 124 Spider review: The return of the Italian job
- Crisp-and-hot chicken salad with sesame
May 13th
- A magnificent Surrey manor house that boasts gardens designed by Gertrude Jekyll
- Move over Como: The lesser-known lakes of Italy
- Clandon Park after the fire: The National Trust’s largest ever reconstruction project
May 12th
- The seven stages of life for a guide dog, from puppy to retiree
- My favourite painting: Danielle Steel
- The Blue Pool: How a disused quarry turned into one of Britain’s most beautiful lakes
- The Tarn: An undiscovered part of south-west France that boasts beautiful properties
May 11th
- Cold-chicken salad with tarragon-cream dressing and pea shoots
- Bodies of sailors and airmen face being dredged up at Goodwin Sands
May 10th
- The Maiden's Tower: The B&B within the walls of one of England's greatest castles
- A pocket-sized Downton Abbey for sale on the edge of the Peak District
- Country Life May 10 2017
May 9th
- Royal Ascot: Rich pageantry, high living and fast horses at Britain's finest racing festival
- A mouthwatering recipe for lamb rump with asparagus and broccoli
May 8th
- A 16th century home with a moat dug by hand by a former resident
May 7th
- Roasted sea bream with agretti - aka the 'new samphire'
- The cigars that we loved and lost
- Did Mary Shelley really write Frankenstein?
- An elegant Cotswold town house with a pretty cottage at the end of the garden
May 6th
- Sezincote: The Cotswolds country house built in the Neo-Mughal style
- The ill-fated life of Henry IX, the king that Britain never had
- Five beautiful Cotswolds homes for the price of suburban semis
May 5th
- Why to invest in a set of bespoke tweeds – and where to get them made
- Like Eton or Harrow, but for dogs: Britain's greatest gundog schools
- Down to a tea: The finest teashops in the Cotswolds
- The country house remodelled in the style of a Gothic villa
- 12 beautiful sofas to fit any living space, from classic to contemporary
May 4th
- How cycling freed British people to enjoy the countryside once again
May 3rd
- A delightful 18th century home set in 36 acres of glorious Cotswolds countryside
- Badminton Horse Trials 2017 preview: Can the British regain Badminton?
- Country Life May 3 2017
May 2nd
- Why a wedding day is about the people, not the price tag – no matter how high
- The ultimate way to watch the America’s Cup? Charter a yacht to watch the race in style
- Elegant Queen Anne country house described in Pevsner’s Norfolk Volume of the Buildings of England
May 1st
- Must-visit shopping stands at Badminton Horse Trials 2017
- Country Life Top 10: Fabulous florists
- Gorgeous Georgian former rectory with formal gardens designed by Verity Hanson-Smith
- The ‘dreamy and absorbing’ garden at Constance Spry’s holiday bolthole