All content Archive | September 2018

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September 30th
- A delightful Hampshire home with kitchen garden, pool and a party room, as seen in Country Life
- Nightmare stories from some of the naughiest gundogs in Britain
- The secret life of duchesses, from nursing and sculpture to flying aeroplanes at retirement age
- The luthier: 'You don’t know if you’ve been successful until you put the strings on. That’s the moment when it comes alive'
September 29th
- Six gorgeous houses with majestic views of rivers, mountains and lakes
- Curious Questions: How did Galileo take the credit for inventing the telescope despite being beaten to it by two Dutchmen and an Englisman?
- Powis Castle: An exemplary, inspirational and uplifting garden full fit for the 21st century
September 28th
- The absolutely inessential, utterly indulgent and entirely marvellous weekend shopping list
- A rare and wonderful estate that includes a Georgian house, a former royal deer park and 500 acres of the Cotswolds
- In Focus: The painting by Churchill's nephew that gives a unique view of the evacuation of Dunkirk
September 27th
- Sporting life: At last, a bike for the middle-aged man emphatically NOT in Lycra
- A superb Georgian house for sale, set in 38 acres of Cotswolds parkland
- Recipe: A seeded cauliflower loaf that's a fine gluten-free bread
September 26th
- Tottergill Farm review: Cosy cottages perched spectacularly above the Pennines
- Country Life 26 September 2018
September 25th
- The benefits of four-poster beds: 'I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t sleep better in one'
- Jason Goodwin: 'On our watch, the natural glories of our island have been atrociously depleted'
September 24th
- 12 breathtaking images to inspire you to enter the International Garden Photographer of the Year
- Stunning riverside family home set in the heart of the Cotswold AONB
- My favourite painting: Chris Patten
September 23rd
- Japanese knotweed: How a delicate bloom beloved of the Victorians became a modern British scourge
- How an Arts-and-Crafts architect fought to preserve the beauty of Chipping Campden
- The wine merchant: ‘We supplied George III’s Coronation and have been official supplier to every reigning monarch since’
September 22nd
- Six stunning Cotswolds houses, perfect for every type of outdoor enthusiast
- Curious Questions: Which came first, the bee or the wasp? And why is the Queen Bee such a slapper?
- Across Scotland by motorbike: The wonders of Raasay, and the joys of Calum's Road
- Recipe: Blackberry-and-apple tea cake with blackberry sorbet
September 21st
- How to choose a perfect gentleman's smoking jacket
- An 80-acre Cotswolds estate with atmospheric main house, bordered by the River Avon
- The Jugged Hare, London review: A gentleman’s game tea
- In Focus: The photographer obsessed with why we all like to be beside the seaside
September 20th
- Sporting life: The best spots in the Cotswolds to enjoy country pursuits
- A Georgian-style house with a gorgeous walled garden in a picture-perfect Cotswolds village
- The London life or the country life: Who's right?
September 19th
- Blueprint Café review: A beautiful space and a brilliant view, but the food is still the star
- The winners of Country Life's competition to find the best-dressed people at the Goodwood Revival
- Country Life September 19 2018
September 18th
- Walking Hadrian's Wall: An epic walk from coast to coast and back in time
- Six utterly irresistible homes under £795,000
- Jason Goodwin: 'I was outraged. The bones of a king I’d barely heard of five minutes earlier had been spirited away – by foreigners!'
September 17th
- Sarah Raven: '15 years ago we couldn’t sell a dinner-plate-sized dahlia for love nor money’
- A country house whose spectacular walled garden boasts 16th century turrets
- My Favourite Painting: Simon Dickinson
September 16th
- Five gorgeous country houses, as seen in Country Life
- Alan Titchmarsh: How to make your garden a riot of colour in the depths of September and October
- Sark: A dot on the map, a step back in time and an unforgettable, eccentric holiday spot
- The Windsor chair maker: 'What fascinates me is that a wooden chair can feel so lovely and comfortable. They just wrap themselves around you.'
September 15th
- 10 houses for sale in England's 10 best market towns, from £380,000 to £5 million
- Curious Questions: How did shrews get such a bad name?
- Natural swimming pools: Everything you need to know about building one in your garden
- Gordon Beningfield: A celebration of the artist and champion of the countryside
September 14th
- A picture-perfect retreat from the world, in an ideal spot in England's smallest town
- In Focus: The candelight paintings which are the highlight of the career of Joseph Wright of Derby
September 13th
- Sporting Life: Stoke Park, the golf club with the famous clubhouse, now has an equally famous coach
- A completely self-sustaining house in one of the most remote, idyllic locations imaginable
- Recipe: Home-made sausage rolls with red onion, prune and wild ketchup
September 12th
- Country Life September 12 2018
September 11th
- The latest news in bathrooms: from designer tiles to Japanese saunas
- An eco-friendly mansion in Kent that looks like something out of the Hollywood Hills
- From Sea to Shoot to Street
- Jason Goodwin: 'I think about it when I’m on the stepladder, reaching out dangerously far to tweak a ripe fig'
September 10th
- Noel Fitzpatrick, TV's new favourite vet, is not afraid to rattle a few cages for the sake of his animals
- A glorious Sussex home where one of Henry VIII's wives cavorted before marrying the king
- My favourite painting: Roxanna Panufnik
September 9th
- Four fine properties from just £350,000, as seen in Country Life
- How to enjoy home-grown berries for seven months of the year
- The Italian Greyhound: Tiny, beloved of royalty and anything but fast (until they put their minds to it)
- The putcher fisherman: Flying the flag for a dying way of life
September 8th
- Four period country houses which are actually brand new
- Curious Questions: What is the biggest potato ever grown?
- Recipe: Italian apple tart, perfect for the weekend
- What it was like to ride the last steam train in Britain, by the passengers of the 'Fifteen Guinea Special'
September 7th
- Mowden Hall School
- Confessions of a head boy: 'Was I to be shot or, equally tragically, expelled? I wondered which would disappoint my parents more'
- Stunning 15th century country house with picturesque ruins and a 20th century recreation barn
- In Focus: The evocative, sensual masterpiece created in the wake of the First World War
September 6th
- An eager fisherman, the Laxford Highland pools and one lone salmon
- Oakham School
- Queen Anne's School
- Shaggy sheep stories: 21 native British sheep breeds and how to recognise them
- Merchiston Castle School
- Roedean School
- Moreton Hall School
- Withington Girls’ School
- Ellesmere College
- St Mary’s Calne
- The King's School, Canterbury
September 5th
- A county-by-county schools guide to help you find the right place for your child
- Rockport School
- St Thomas More Catholic School
- Campbell College
- Oundle School
- Nottingham High School
- Maidwell Hall
- Gresham's
- Abingdon
- Beeston Hall
- St Hugh's School
- Sibford
- 13 tips on how to pull off the vintage clothing look
- Lincoln Minster School
- Loughborough Grammar School
- Glenalmond College
- Benenden
- Loretto School
- Shrewsbury
- Kings' College
- Tring Park School
- The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
- Hereford Sixth Form College
- Hereford Cathedral School
- St Swithun's School
- Farleigh School
- Holmwood House School
- Mayfield School
- Sherborne
- Milton Abbey
- Perrott Hill
- Abbots Bromley School
- Lichfield Cathedral School
- Barnardiston Hall
- Ipswich School
- Charterhouse School
- Mount Kelly
- Blundell's
- S. Anselm's School
- Repton
- Windermere School
- Durham School
- King’s College School, Cambridge
- Godstowe
- Westonbirt
- Caldicott
- Woodcote House
- Bradfield College
- Christ College
- Monmouth School for Boys
- Warwick School
- Abberley Hall
- Seaford College
- Malvern College
- Bootham
- Hazlegrove Prep School
- Country Life September 5 2018
September 4th
- The Mews Suites at Sopwell House review: A private idyll just outside London
- An estate full of mountains, lakes and rivers where Robert the Bruce once fled his enemies
- Jason Goodwin: ‘Every voyage is different because the sea is never still, never the same from one hour to the next’
September 3rd
- A beautiful townhouse in Deal with a kitchen that mixes modern and Georgian
- A former stud farm that's now a leading equestrian centre – and a wonderful family home
- My favourite painting: Susan Crawford
September 2nd
- Three fine homes, as seen in the pages of Country Life
- Alfa Romeo Giulia Super review: An Italian masterpiece
- The racing-yard manager: ‘The hours sometimes get on top of you, but when you get the winners, it’s all worthwhile’
September 1st
- Six glorious country houses, perfect for horse lovers
- Curious questions: Do dogs like listening to music?
- How to identify the pebbles you find on Britain's beaches
- The life-enhancing possibilities of an outdoor kitchen