All content Archive | August 2019

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August 31st
- Curious Questions: What's the world's largest totem pole?
- The life of the oak tree collector: 'You soon see there’s only one sensible course of action: collect the lot'
August 30th
- St Mary’s Shaftesbury
- Eight deliciously refreshing summer drinks to get you through the last few days of summer
- Seals might look adorable — but they'll take your fingers off if you're not careful, experts warn
- 'Tipping point' reached for green energy as renewables topple coal across OECD nations
- A 13,000-acre estate with seven properties and teeming with wildlife in 'one of Britain's last great wildernesses'
- Country Life Today: Summer's most beautiful invader, and farewell to the model of the 21st century Duke
- Cerne Abbas Giant to be re-chalked to former glory
- In Focus: How the Victorians wove beautiful jewellery from the hair of their deceased loved ones
August 29th
- Somerset cow gives birth to triplets, defying 1-in-100,000 odds
- The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Everything you need for the last weekend of summer
- The elusive birds attracted by this British summer, from the corncrake to the brown booby
- A converted shepherd's home in the shadow of 'one of the finest hill walks in Scotland'
- Country Life Today: Sheepdogs guarding geese, our best ever blackberry jam recipe and cows just jumping for joy
- How to make Raymond Blanc's Saint Agur blue cheese croquettes
August 28th
- A historic Suffolk landmark finally has new wind in its sails after a year-long conservation effort
- Cardigan Welsh Corgis: 'Smashing little dogs’ which deserve as much recognition as their Pembroke cousins
- Guard dogs are seeing off foxes and badgers to protect one Somerset farm's poultry population
- How to seamlessly blend the old and new when transforming old rooms into country kitchens
- Insect protein for pets is being recommended by vets - but is it really better for animals and the environment?
- A historic house completed just before the brutal Battle of Culloden hits the market in Scotland
- A previously unknown freshwater pearl mussel population has been discovered in a secret location in Scotland
- Country Life Today: The unveiling of 'Poly' the plastic seal and why The Lion King's meal of grubs may be better for your dog than steak
- Country Life 28 August 2019
August 27th
- We're searching for Britain's naughtiest dog — could it be yours?
- Countryside to get 5G mobile connectivity ... and taller phone masts
- How to make a living off your garden: 'The garden draws you in with its wonderful sense of stillness'
- Britain braces for Pacific pink salmon invasion
- How to buy a house where you can be your own beekeeper
- Country Life Today: The secret life of pigs
- Jason Goodwin: Rome's Bus 64, the Baby Toss Scam and other crooked dealings to look forward to on holiday
August 26th
- Alfa Romeo Stelvio review: 'When you want the Stelvio to lift its skirts and fly, it really can'
- Master in miniature: Transforming a gardener’s bothy into a stunning home
- A beautifully restored Regency castle, standing proudly over the wetlands and estuaries of West Wales
- 22 of the best village shops in Britain, from the West Country to the Western Isles
August 25th
- Is Rutland the best-value county in England? Five properties which suggest exactly that
- Alan Titchmarsh: Forget what the neighbours might think — it's time to end gardening's strangest taboo
- How a village forge became the charming family home of architect Hugh Petter
August 24th
- A historic Lancashire manor with connections to Henry VI, raised up from ruins into wisteria-covered majesty
- 100 years of British Airways, from a converted bomber transporting grouse to afternoon tea at 35,000ft
- 10 breathtaking photographs from the 2019 Audubon Photography Awards
August 23rd
- Dog owners fitter, slimmer and healthier, study finds
- Why you should be giving sweet wines another chance and the ones to try when you do
- As happy as a pig in mud or feeling sow-er? New technology could read animals’ emotions
- How to make a living off your garden: ‘I was literally putting down roots’
- A 17th century farmhouse perfectly combining old and new, with ample acreage and enviable Lake District views
- Country Life today: A coastal warning, sheep at Hamptead Heath and proof we’re all dog people
- In Focus: how technology can transform old art, producing replicas not to deceive, but to stimulate artistic thinking
August 22nd
- Villagers fight to save telephone box that protected them during WWII
- The Utterly Inessential Bank Holiday Shopping List: A few simple pleasures to indulge in over the historic August long weekend
- Charity raises concern over health of British rivers
- Rewilding project aims to restore white stork species in Southern England
- A stunning, 16th century English mansion on Guildford Estate...across the pond in Pennsylvania
- Country Life today: Eagles spell trouble, the cheapest Cotswolds cottage and an underground farm
August 21st
- The charming Cotswolds house that could be yours for just £12,000 (just mind your head)
- Growing Underground: London air raid shelter provides unlikely setting for salad farm
- Three of Britain's finest sculpture parks, where you can enjoy the art — and then take it home with you
- Extreme weather exposes shipwreck of a sailing boat that sunk without trace in 1854
- Country Life today: A scorching forecast, hidden plastic pollution and a moo-ving rescue
- Country Life 21 August 2019
August 20th
- Sugar Beach, St Lucia: The sweet spot in between the Pitons where you get a butler, four-poster bed and can whizz round in a tuk tuk
- UK’s forests celebrated with stunning stamp collection
- How to make a living off your garden: ‘It’s like having a child — you can’t leave it and you always want a bigger family’
- Researchers discover concerning plastic ‘pebbles’ littering UK beaches
- Living life in LA: 'It's more relaxed than London or New York — in LA, you can be who you want to be'
- Black kites set to colonise the UK for the first time
- Country Life Today: The value of green spaces, floating farms and a boost for the little tern
- Jason Goodwin: Forget what you were told at school — history is simply a cracking story that happens to be true
August 19th
- Making waves: Could floating dairy in Europe's busiest port pave the way for future farming?
- The little tern has just enjoyed its most successful season in almost 30 years
- Keeping fish: Building a world-class aquarium, choosing what to put in it — and getting them to swim into your arms
- Vegetables, cows and horses star in very countryside-friendly list of the best jokes at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- A pair of spectacular properties in Florida, as seen in Country Life
- Country Life Today: The sleepy English village where people keep on digging up treasure
- My Favourite Painting: Barb Jungr
August 18th
- 16 beautiful homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
- How to grow your own apricots and enjoy 'deep, honeyed richness' far beyond what you'll find in the shops
- Matthew Parris on his llamas: 'They’re interested in everything humans are doing'
- A thatcher's life: The ladders, the smell of the straw and the joy of creating a roof 'from something that resembles a bad hair day'
August 17th
- A stupendous William-and-Mary house just outside Oxford to delight even the most demanding house hunter
- Curious Questions: Is kissing good for you?
- How to do a long weekend in the Hamptons, from where to stay and eat to the best place to brush up your surfing
- How to make a living off your garden: ‘It might not be hugely profitable, but your lifestyle is rich’
August 16th
- A cold, damp week in August? Then it's time to reach for the sherry, Port or Madeira
- Country Life Today: What it's like to spend two months alone in a remote cottage on the Moors
- In Focus: The mesmerising automaton created by the man who made Chitty Chitty Bang Bang fly
August 15th
- Walking Derby and the Derwent Valley, on a morning with 'dappled light on the river reflecting the monumental 18th-century mills'
- A £20m Cotswolds estate for sale 'the like of which may never be seen again'
- Toxic algae in ponds across Britain can be fatal for dogs, warn vets
- Country Life Today: How four out of five children can't recognise a bumblebee or an oak leaf
- The joy of the fruit fool, where school dinners meet sophistication — and an unbeatable recipe for raspberry fool
- Scientist recreates the face of a 2,000-year-old druid from Scotland
August 14th
- A golden eagle has been spotted high above Deeside with its leg caught in a trap
- Country Life 14 August 2019
- A fairytale castle in Wiltshire which could be straight out of Sleeping Beauty
- Country Life Today: The mystery of black squirrels has been solved
August 13th
- Underwater cameras show determined nursehound shark off Alderney's coast
- The Christian Dior afternoon tea at The Franklin: 'Monsieur Dior himself would surely have approved'
- Why the black soldier fly could save the planet
- 'She’s not someone you easily imagine in wellies': The challenges faced by Theresa Villiers, Defra's new chief
- Dubbed the Glastonbury of birdwatching, Birdfair promises a weekend of wildlife fun
- Council's decision to spray weedkiller on Hoylake Beach called 'the dumbest act of environmental vandalism'
- Country Life Today: The rare pink grasshoppers appearing across Britain, and an ancient gold ring found in Kent
- Jason Goodwin: 'I was ashamed to think that, had Aivazovsky popped a frame around it, we might have found the whole effect absurd.'
August 12th
- The challenges facing grouse shooting, from draining moors and heather beetles to the corridors of Westminster
- In praise of the chaise: The subtle art of sprawling in style on a vintage-style chaise longue
- A centuries-old altar cloth from a rural English church turned out to be the 'lost dress' of Elizabeth I, and it's set to go on public display
- Laura Ashley's former home in a remote and idyllic valley has come up for sale
- CCTV, laser-beams and even digging moats: How farmers are protecting themselves from rising rural crime
- How to create a classic English country cottage garden: What to plant, where to plant it and what to use around it
- A Cotswolds cottage that shows just what's possible when architect, builder, craftsmen and owners come together in perfect harmony
- My Favourite Painting: Michael Wainwright
- Country Life Today: River Frome turns neon blue, and the truth about Britain's self-sufficiency
August 11th
- The history of Tintagel and the enduring appeal of King Arthur, a millennium and a half after his reign
- Six devastatingly pretty houses across Britain, all for sale at £2.5 million
- The rise of primitive sheep: Why our own Scottish sheep win top marks for milk, meat and conservation grazing
August 10th
- The historic home of Sir Francis Drake, long familiar to sailors coming up Exe, has come up for sale
- Curious Questions: Does Amsterdam really have the most bridges in the world?
- Seattle: A foodie (and drinkie) tour of the city which inspired the culinary world of Frasier
- Country Life's guide to what makes a British pub great
August 9th
- A farmer in Norfolk has accidentally turned one of his fields into an entire field of sunflowers
- Tom Parker Bowles' five favourite cocktails
- Tintagel's new bridge: Dramatic, contentious and finally open to visitors
- How to combine the modern and classic in a comfortable, cosy kitchen
- The 20-bedroom castle that went on the market for £500,000 — and what happened to the men who bought it
- Piglets, sunrises and sheep trying to drive tractors: A day in the life of Britain's farmers, as shared via #farm24
- Country Life Today: How everyone in Britain — yes, including farmers — wins when we eat less meat and more vegetables
- In Focus: The masterpiece painted in Cornwall by an iconic Finnish artist
August 8th
- Five of the finest afternoon teas in London
- 'There is real potential here... things we are already doing' — IPCC gets positive about climate change in latest report
- The Utterly Inessential Beach Shopping List: From ocean-inspired drinks to a Dragon paddleboard for the entire family to enjoy
- A beautiful Edwardian country mansion with a tennis court and swimming pool, sitting pretty on Chichester Harbour
- How to grow a giant gooseberry, and other top tips from the 219th Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Show
- A foolproof recipe for raspberry soufflé pancakes that offers a delicious little taste of summer
- In praise of nightingales: 'I’ve listened to Gregorian chants in Gothic cathedrals — but the greatest musical performance I ever heard was outside my bedroom one night'
- Country Life Today: The 'Holy Grail' of gooseberries has been grown in Yorkshire
August 7th
- Ikat patterns, full of Eastern promise, and worthy of consideration for an English home
- A majestic windmill in Norfolk for sale that could be a gorgeous home — or a thriving lifestyle business for someone escaping the rat race
- Revealed: How to stop seagulls from stealing your chips
- The nature of value in art and antiques discussed in a glittering night at Christie's
- Country Life Today: The Viking drinking hall unearthed on Orkney, and why harvest mice fall asleep in flowers
- Curious Questions: What dog should Boris Johnson get as the new pet for No. 10 Downing Street?
- Country Life 7 August 2019
August 6th
- In praise of ponds, the water havens that 'teem with life as fantastic as anything in science-fiction'
- A Tuscan resort on Italy's Silver Coast with villas which blur the line between holidays and holiday homes
- A Wiltshire country house with spectacularly pretty gardens that's a horse-lover's dream
- Jason Goodwin: How to be a Master of Mayo
- Country Life Today: The Spitfire flying round the world, the 'robot nanny' for Britain's sharks and an electronic tongue that tastes whisky
August 5th
- Sutton Hoo's £4m transformation from 'boring heaps of earth' to a place that gives a 'tingle in the hairs on the back of your neck'
- Your own loch and 65 acres of Scottish countryside for the price of small flat on the outskirts of London
- Michael Vaughan on the Ashes: 'You end careers in Ashes cricket'
- A Hampshire farm with immaculate farmhouse and a huge entertaining barn, just a few miles down the road from Country Life
- My Favourite Painting: James Mayor
- Eight irresistible thatched cottages for sale, from under £450,000
- Country Life Today: How crime in the countryside is on the up once more
August 4th
- The most impressive perennial grown in Britain: The swamp pot
- How architect Sandra Coppin sympathetically updated a Modern house in Wiltshire
August 3rd
- Pisa, Italy: A wellness haven of ancient thermal baths, historic Italian villas and deliciously healthy food
- The garden of the Yorkshire Manor house which inspired Jane Eyre’s Thornfield Hall, lovingly restored
August 2nd
- How your washing-up water can help save street trees
- Yorkshire castle removed from ‘at risk’ register thanks to 10-year repair programme
- Could an orangery be the perfect place for a kitchen?
- Potential French law aims to preserve the countryside's most integral (and apparently, annoying) sounds
- A secluded Cotswolds farmhouse tucked away in a valley made famous by Laurie Lee in 'Cider with Rosie'
- Country Life Today: Dinosaur protection in Skye, rush hour on the farm and a chocoholic on the run
- In Focus: The Hogarth masterpiece which shows that sometimes you need to 'listen' to a painting
August 1st
- Plastic-free supermarkets a step closer thanks to new scheme's popularity
- A beautifully-flavoured raspberry and mango tart, perfect for afternoon tea
- The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Solid chocolate ice cream, a trackable passport cover and a £7,000 silver ice bucket
- ‘We are in it together’: The Duchess of Sussex launches workwear range to help women gain employment
- England’s best view? Tintagel, Cornwall, where seas of turquoise crash on slate tinged with copper
- A wonderful country house just outside London that was once home to a Tudor rebel and one of the last Liberal prime ministers
- Glow-in-the-dark pocket shark discovered by scientists
- Country Life Today: Plastic bag sales plummet by 90% thanks to Blue Planet effect and seagulls are up to no good in an Exeter pub
- Cricket, whether at Lord's or on the village green, is the essence of the English summer — but it needs our help