All content Archive | November 2024

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November 30th
- A 450-year-old house where you can revel in Tudor charm while still enjoying toasty-warm underfloor heating
- Curious Questions: What's in a (scientific) name? From Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides to Myxococcus llanfair pwll gwyn gyll go gery chwyrn drobwll llan tysilio gogo goch ensis, and everything in between
- ‘You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life’: The unforgettable life, times and pithy quotations of Winston Churchill, 150 years on from his birth
November 29th
- Britain's top luxury property hotspots outside London
- It's not all glass and horror: Two of London's latest luxury apartments show us that good taste and sensitive design still reign supreme
- How to feel like the most important person at an England rugby game
- A four bedroom Grade II-listed villa in Kent with interiors reminiscent of the temples of the Greek gods
- Dawn Chorus: Chandeliers and marble floors in Britain's most eye-popping £750,000 house, plus and our Quiz of the Day
November 28th
- The iconic cottage from ‘The Holiday’ doesn't exist in real life — but this one does, and it's for sale in one of the prettiest areas in the Cotswolds
- The home is more than just 'a machine for living in': how architects, interior designers and builders respect the past, embrace the present and define the future
- Country Life's luxury editor's Christmas gift ideas for leading ladies
- Country Life's luxury editor's gift ideas for gentlemen
- Why calling a fox sly is an insult, the loo with a view, and the end of Billingsgate and Smithfield markets
November 27th
- 'Hotter than the hinges of hell': Tom Parker Bowles's 10-alarm chili
- Knock down or rebuild? Kitchen island or cook's table? The 10 questions to ask when you're doing up a house
- Wooden walls restored: The astonishing restoration of the church at Urși
- A four-bedroom house that was once a bank on the high street of a Cotswolds town for less than £1 million
- Dawn Chorus: The photographer-florist creating modern Grand Masters, plus Ashdown Forest and our Quiz of the Day
November 26th
- When it comes to heritage development, the conservation officer is king. We need more of them
- Country Life 27 November 2024
- A country house which blends the best of England, Scotland, Italy and France, with 'views to die for', and an easy commute to Edinburgh
- John Lewis-Stempel: The moors, a landscape of 'seamless sameness'
- How to choose a Christmas tree — and then keep it alive once you get it home
November 25th
- Property Talk: The cost of moving more than doubles in a decade (and it’s set to climb further next year)
- What to get the wine lover who has everything? How about a 300-bottle barrel, a string of über-vintages or a wine that comes with a trip on a private jet
- Kelvin Fletcher: From Strictly Come Dancing to the sheep dip
- Why the pub is our favourite amenity, how to send cheap Christmas cards from abroad and the return of the golden eagle
November 24th
- Five of the best properties for sale, as seen in Country Life
- Do not fear the Spanish invaders, the English bluebell will reign supreme
- Apethorpe Palace, 'the stuff of dreams', and the spectacular renewal of one of England's great Jacobean houses
November 23rd
- By Royal Appointment: We spoke to 10 of the newly appointed warrant holders
- A picture-perfect country house tucked away in its own secret valley, with land, a pool and an exquisite verandah
- Curious Questions: What is a Royal Warrant and how do you get one?
- Rose hips: the perfect accompaniment to the gentle descent into winter
November 22nd
- The 25% premium for the pleasure of living in one of the UK’s national parks
- The key to a great bathroom? Make it feel more like your sitting room — even to the point of having an armchair next to the bath
- A cottage that looks like the cottage from The Holiday, but is not the cottage from The Holiday, for sale in Cornwall
- The £3 million Van Dyck painting going under the hammer with a unique buy-one-get-one-free offer
November 21st
- The Legacy: Hans Sloane and the creation of the British Museum
- A huge bubbling, burping, living thing: The rise (and rise) of sourdough starters
- 100 years of the Shipping Forecast, winning the war on antibiotics and the world's best young cheesemonger
November 20th
- The end of deference: Why using the right title matters
- The (royal) seal of approval: Shoes, hats, socks, whiskies and a gold dachshund.
- Minette Batters: 'There are serious questions to be asked as to whether the advice given to ministers is correct'
- What if a castle was old, but also brand new? What then?
- Grazing sheep to save a church, a report from the farmers' march and why olive oil will soon be cheap
- Country Life 20 November 2024
November 19th
- In pictures: Farmers march against inheritance tax in London
- Where have all the salmon gone, and what can we do about it?
- The five most beautiful Advent Calendars of Christmas
- Britain lost 25 million of its 'graceful giants', the elm tree — but there's finally real hope that they are coming back
- Welcome to the Notswolds: The county with 'all the ambience of the Cotswolds without the price tag', where a classic Georgian rectory is under £1 million
- What happened when Country Life put The Queen's Jack Russells on the Girls with Pearls page
November 18th
- Henrietta Spencer-Churchill: My life at Blenheim Palace, from waterskiing on the lake to dealing with a £10 million bill for a new roof
- Queen Camilla says 'sad farewell' to her beloved Jack Russell, Beth
- Lost and then found: A missing painting by Lord Leighton returns to London
- John Lewis-Stempel: Into the deep of England's lakes
- Buy a guitar from Jeff Beck, unpicking the Massacre of Glencoe and why you might go to prison for trimming a hedge
November 17th
- 13 delightful rural homes for sale from £1m to £15m, as seen in Country Life
- 'That first taste, six months later, was a quiet revelation': Mark Diacono on how he was inspired to grow his own vegetables
- How to deal with an older dog starting to show some bad behaviour after many happy years
- Knowsley Hall: How Liverpool's grandest country house — and one of the largest homes in England — was brought back to life
November 16th
- The Aston Martin DB12 Volante: 671 horsepower wrapped in a smoking jacket
- A commutable country home for sale that has Cliveden on its doorstep
- 'Other cultures celebrate the elderly. So why do we consign them to beige farms that smell of cabbage and wee?': Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on Changing Rooms, retirement living and growing old disgracefully
- Dummy eyes, faking death and and the whiff of rotting flesh: The great deceptions of Nature's most cunning creatures
November 15th
- John Lewis-Stempel: The Broads, a relic wetland resurrected
- Skate at Somerset House is the friendliest thing you'll ever do in London
- 'The perfect English country retreat from the modern world', with medieval origins, Georgian flourishes, towering oaks and immaculate gardens
- A naughty elf, a bridge quits Twitter and how the Americans have come to terms with Mr Blobby
November 14th
- Best bar none: The London pub renaissance
- Masterpieces in miniature: Where art and elegance meets the precision of timekeeping
- An 800-year-old home where oak panelling and ancient floors sit alongside a heated pool and football pitch
- How the man who created the British Museum also invented hot chocolate, the £32.5m Notting Hill mansion 'infested with millions of moths', plus our Quiz of the Day
November 13th
- When Christian Dior came to Scotland: 'I was even more struck by the beauty of the country, the castles, and the moors, than I had expected'
- A cake with a surprise ingredient that's either a stroke of genius or 'grounds for divorce'
- An unofficial guide to some very nice whiskies that you can drink this Christmas (or before, if you like)
- Zebras, lobsters, lions and Ronald Reagan's baby elephant: The strangest pets in history
- A four-bedroom bungalow of 3,500sq ft with views over the Helford River reminds me why I hate stairs
- Minette Batters solves the Inheritance Tax question, how to buy your own rollercoaster, and why the French are furious about chocolate fingers
November 12th
- Country Life 13 November 2024
- On board the new Britannic Explorer, the luxury sleeper train set to tour the UK, and created by the people who run the Venice Simplon Orient Express
- House prices 'to go up £84,000 in the next five years' as signs of a fresh boom emerge
- Ben Randall: Ask Country Life's canine agony uncle a question about your dog
- A house in Teddington fit for a cardinal, where Henry VIII's right-hand man Thomas Wolsey lived with his mistress
- Dawn Chorus: The breath of fresh air that costs £8, a bizarre trick for getting rid of slugs and what you need to know about the Beaver Moon
November 11th
- The Anderson shelter: Good for gardening, good for storing wine, and great for hiding from bombs
- The science behind how Nature can heal us, and how it's easier than you think, with Professor Miles Richardson
- In the heart of Penzance, an artist's paradise comes up for sale that's quite unlike anything we've seen before
- The First World War, as seen through the unique Country Life Picture Archive
- Dawn Chorus: The mini-Hogwarts for sale in north London, a song for the King and our Quiz of the Day
November 10th
- A beautiful Cornish bolthole, a £15m mansion and a converted mill dating back 1,000 years, as seen in Country Life
- Growing together: Why the community garden is more than just plants and green space
- John McCrae: The solider, surgeon and poet whose words inspired the Poppy Appeal
- How to look after a dog who's gone deaf, by A-list trainer Ben Randall
- 'Wrecking balls swung from the ceiling, pillars were shown toppling, cornices crumbled... it was sensational': The groundbreaking museum exhibition that helped save the country house
November 9th
- An immaculate Devon farmstead up for sale, with a courtyard, stables and a roundhouse
- Curious questions: Where did Quality Street get its name from?
- ‘They knew they were all going through the same hell’: The graffiti of the First World War
- St Moritz and the slopes of hazard: How a Victorian bet sparked the Swiss resort's love affair with adrenaline-pumping winter sports
- Alan Titchmarsh's garden: No insecticides, no herbicides, just beautiful flowers, lawns, a statue of Repton and a swing seat that's impossible to resist
November 8th
- 'After one lunch, our server took £5 out of a tip we had left and handed it back to our gobsmacked four year old. He’s still talking about it': The best places for Sunday lunch in south-west London
- Bentley tells us the future and announces fully electric car for 2026
- Be at one with the River Thames on this luxurious houseboat in Putney
- Dawn Chorus: Hot news just in from The British Reversible Plough-Off Final, meet Country Life's new kitten and our Quiz of the Day
November 7th
- A gorgeous Scottish island for sale that's cheaper than two garages in Clapham
- Agromenes: A budget of betrayal
- Can a gentleman use food as an aphrodisiac? Tom Parker Bowles on mankind's search for the ultimate 'jiggy jiggy juice'
- 'The regular Satanic sort of thing', 'an appurtenance of terror', or 'capillary decorations': The moustache still divides opinion
- A gorgeous Devon home owned by a great novelist and a Hollywood star, set in one of Britain's most unusual seaside villages... and it even has a bargain price tag
- Living in the real-life Cotchester, why would anyone buy a public toilet near Truro and how it took 21 years to designate a footpath
November 6th
- The law of unintended consequences is teaming up with Britain's latest tax rises — and it'll hit our historic houses hard
- What do you get the dog that has everything? A shepherd's hut with a heated towel rail
- How to make three-cheese sourdough bread and a perfect winter-warmer soup to go with it
- A perfect Cotswolds home in the village made famous by Disney's Rivals, where you'll have The King and Jilly Cooper as neighbours
- How to dress with joy, elan, exuberance and carefully-managed extrovertism — no matter how old you are
- Diamonds are a man’s best friend
- Dawn Chorus: The seven types of gentleman, the hillsides covered in Cadbury's, and try our Quiz of the Day
November 5th
- Patrick Galbraith: 'What struck me is that English vineyards represent a rare example of farmland being re-peopled'
- Country Life 6 November 2024
- Ashby St Legers: The spectacular house where the Gunpowder Plot was hatched
- Skip the election mayhem and buy your own White House with our handy guide
- Giant spiders, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on leather, velvet and growing old disgracefully and a home fit for Gunpowder Plotting
November 4th
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: Changing rooms, mixing leather and velvet, and the joy of growing old disgracefully
- Ghost hunters: the search for Britain's rarest flowers
- No Time to Buy: A James Bond themed advent calendar for the spy who loves you
- A breathtaking house and garden for sale that was created by one of Britain's greatest landscape architects as a playground for his family
- Dawn Chorus: Sleep divorce, hurkle-durkling, a heartwarming father-and-son Royal image, and our Quiz of the Day
November 3rd
- Five magical homes for sale, from an equestrian dream property to a 17th century manor, as seen in Country Life
- The incredible legacy of the 'the only man ever to get away with smoking in the RHS Library'
- You've got peemail: Why dogs sniff each other's urine
- London's Lost Interiors: Inside the houses of the capital's plutocrats in the days when money was literally no object
November 2nd
- A true once-in-a-lifetime chance as 554 acres of blissful English countryside come up for sale in a location just 45 miles from central London
- Curious Questions: How did a scrotum joke confuse paleontologists for generations?
- Inside The Painswick hotel's brand new holiday cottage
- 'Prepare to be amazed' by a cathedral of autumn in the heart of Herefordshire
November 1st
- 'Only the richest estates will be asked to pay': Labour's DEFRA Secretary hits back after backlash over inheritance tax plans for farms
- The Stamp Duty surprise, inheritance tax on farms and more: A breakdown of the Autumn Budget
- 'All the attributes of a classic country house' wrapped up in this stunning (and surprisingly unlisted) Yorkshire paradise
- White Prince Property Finders
- The Dawn Chorus: A White House doppelganger for sale, the dog that saw a ghost and how to be better looking than David Beckham