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February 2022 Archive

72 articles

28 February
Will the Chinese tiger pounce in 2022?
10 top locations to invest in international property in 2022
A home just outside Chelmsford bursting with period features, complete with detached barn thats ideal as home office, party space and more
My favourite painting: Annie Sloan
27 February
A West Country idyll for sale, including a glorious house from 1650, six acres of countryside and a barn crying out for a new lease of life
The 15th-century country house
26 February
A home that'll challenge your views of what a country house should be, built on the site of the defining battle of English history
Curious Questions: Why do cats have whiskers?
Dog photography: How to capture perfect pictures of your pooch
25 February
A gorgeous Hampshire home once built as a farmhouse, now reimagined as a home for entertaining, with party barn and bar
In Focus — Beatrix Potter: Remarkable, doughty, gifted, intimidating, and a child who just never grew up
24 February
Farming Life: 'The scale of the inflation is boggling... The January price for our milk is double what we did our budgets on'
A 'country estate in miniature' for sale just a few miles from Henley, with beams, cottages and a tennis court
23 February
Curious Questions: Do earwigs go in your ears?
A glorious clifftop home in the village of Beer where you'll just want to drink in the views
Country Life 23 February 2022
22 February
Planting big trees: What you need to know
One of of the finest homes in Worcester has come up for sale — and it's a glorious blend of 1820s and 2020s
Joyce DiDonato: 'Lockdown was the sabbatical I really needed, but would never have given myself'
21 February
Christening and Confirmation presents to cherish for a lifetime, from Cassandra Goad
A truly imaginative oast house conversion that's created a simply breathtaking home in the Kent countryside
My favourite painting: Martin Brudnizki
20 February
A stunning former brewery that was once owned and run by Scott of the Antarctic's parents
The best potato varieties to grow in a British garden
The 550-year evolution of Queens' College, Cambridge
19 February
An utterly enchanting cottage in Cornwall that's straight out of a fairy tale
Curious Questions: Should you bring a snowdrop into the house?
Poodles: Bright, questioning and surprisingly hardy — and 'once you're an owner, you won't switch'
18 February
How to make stuffed butternut squash with bangers and mash
A small country estate nestled amongst 23 acres of rolling Cornish countryside, just a stone's throw from Falmouth — for sale for £1.85 million
In Focus: The oldest known map of the cosmos, and the detectorists who sold an £8m find for just £13,000
17 February
A 23-bedroom house with three cottages, exquisite Georgian stable block and a walled garden
16 February
Country Life 16 February 2022
15 February
A sprawling Derbyshire country pile with stables, cottages to let, its own pub and mini-Versailles walled garden
Carla Carlisle: 'Truth is a rock. Chip away at it enough and you end up with gravel, then sand'
14 February
Muswell Hill: The London spot whose views are 'unrivalled for beauty’, with 'a snapshot of the whole of London in front of you'
My favourite painting: Tarka Russell
13 February
16 wonderful homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
How to stop resource guarding in dogs, by Ben Randall
Alan Titchmarsh: The best gardening books in my library of 5,000 volumes
Queens' College, Cambridge: The seat of learning that helped set the mould for Cambridge's most beautiful colleges
12 February
A splendid stately property within striking distance of London that features a magnificent Victorian ballroom
Curious Questions: Who is Maris Piper?
The story of the red telephone box, one of the iconic emblems of 20th century Britain
11 February
Nine of the best potting sheds and potting tables
A beautifully-restored Tudor home flooded with light, surrounded by five acres of rolling Kent countryside
In Focus: The Hamilton Aphrodite, 'the finest ancient sculpture ever to have resided in Scotland', and how it smashed its £3 million auction estimate
10 February
The transformation of an old Cotswolds farmhouse into a beautiful eight-bedroom house
An exquisite Georgian house in the Suffolk countryside with a 32ft ballroom and 'magical' gardens that have been 35 years in the making
How to make honey and soy chicken that's a mouthwatering way to get kale onto your plate
9 February
How to eat seasonally in February, by Tom Parker Bowles
An irresistibly original medieval house with its own moat, exquisite kitchen and its own pub within the grounds
Country Life 9 February 2022
8 February
A Cambridgeshire cottage that's right on the village green — and the house next door is an ancient abbey
Jonathan Self: The greatest novel of the 20th century? Maybe, but 'Ulysses' still sent me to sleep within three pages
7 February
A lovely Cotswold idyll with 31 acres of land to play with and outstanding views
My favourite painting: Richard Anderson
6 February
An entire wing up for sale at a castle in Kent where Henry VII was a regular visitor, and where lawn tennis was born
5 February
Curious Questions: Do tear-free onions actually stop you crying when you chop them?
Rosie and Jim: The bittersweet experience of saying goodbye to your beloved childhood home
One of the oldest houses in Chelsea has just come up for sale — not that you'd guess its age from the interior...
4 February
A breathtaking ground floor apartment in a Victorian country house with a wonderful courtyard and expansive terrace overlooking the grounds beyond
Investment strategies to counter rising inflation
A striking Arts-and-Crafts house in Wiltshire with a glorious racing past
In Focus: How Constable moved from peaceful and bucolic to radical and expressive
3 February
An achingly pretty former village forge in Hampshire that's a beautiful example of the quintessential country cottage
An equestrian home in Buckinghamshire with delightful period features and gorgeous country views
2 February
A beautiful old Grade II-listed school crying out for restoration, for sale at just £500k
Country Life 2 February 2022
1 February
A grand Victorian stone house on the edge of a popular commuter village in the Northumberland countryside that offers the best of both worlds
Exquisite views, perfect privacy and a setting among camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas at this Arts-and-Crafts property in Cornwall
Jason Goodwin: 'We have enough stuff to last us for a generation. We are at Peak Gubbins. What we do not use and re-use gets plastered across beaches in the South China Seas'