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Getting lost in the woods: The Cotswold hotel that puts you up and in the trees
At TreeDwellers, creator Tim Rees has attempted to create a luxury experience in the woodland canopy in which you can switch off and reset. His elegant idea has been executed with aplomb.
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The McLaren Artura Spider: A hybrid triumph that carries on a rich British tradition
McLaren's hybrid supercar has been re-engineered to perfection. The result is an eye-wateringly quick spaceship that is endlessly entertaining and easy to drive.
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The Dawn Chorus: We tried a Guinness shandy so you don't have to
Plus the quiz of the day, swimming the Channel three times to raise money for the Garden Museum, and why the moon looks so big and bright.
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Three bedrooms under thatch that featured in Midsomer Murders
This thatched cottage is a star of the screen, and it's not hard to see why.
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Conker cheating scandal rocks world championships, a kingfisher becomes ungovernable, and dogs in the army rewarded with latest tech: It's the Dawn Chorus
Plus, the quiz of the day, a modern day Arts-and-Crafts masterpiece for sale, plus Jane Austen's writing desk returns to Southampton — it's the Dawn Chorus, our regular daily round-up of things you don't need to know, but you will enjoy finding out about nonetheless.
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If I could, I wood: Beat the Christmas rush by buying your own tree farm
What gift do you give someone who already has everything they need? A Christmas tree farm, of course.
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In with the old, in with the new: a seven bedroom Arts-and-Crafts house in Hampshire that's six years old
Beeches Hill near Alton walks an elegant tightrope of having plenty of space, contemporary features and elegant design. All under one roof.
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North of England crushes the south in crucial 'can you afford to buy a house' competition
No longer just a safe space for those who didn't get into Oxford or Cambridge, the county of Durham is now considered England's most affordable place to buy a house.
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Dawn Chorus: David Hockney in the south of France, Christmas lights, quiz, and how to eat a hamburger like the royals
A painting from Hockney's time in the south of France sells well at Sotheby's, an ambitious plan to save Scotland's capercaillie, plus you've been eating hamburgers wrong.
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Knead a rest? Rent a house on the street made famous by Ridley Scott's Hovis advert
Before Alien and Blade Runner, there was a little boy cycling up a street in Shaftesbury delivering bread. Now, one of the properties on that famous street is available for you to stay in.
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A four-bedroom home in a Cornish valley that opens up like a Tardis
Mill Cottage in the Red River Valley looks achingly rural on the outside, but is gloriously refurbished for modern family living on the inside.
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Respite for Brighton's heritage, what's rarer: a fish or a 50p? and how digging through your drawers can save the planet. It's the Dawn Chorus
We're running out of salmon. We're running out of copper. And other stories. Plus a quiz, and a house with a moat for less than £500k.
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A two-bedroom cottage with a moat in the Lune Valley for less than £500,000
Thurland Cottage is the perfect small home in some of the finest English countryside, with a castle quite literally on your doorstep.
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Millennial misery continues, as they become first generation of homebuyers to see mortgage repayments increase
New data published in Hamptons' Generational Affordability Index is bad news for those born between 1981–95 who have made it on to the property ladder.
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A Victorian manor house with 36 acres on the edge of the Chilterns comes to the market for the first time in its history
Surrounded by 450 year old woodland, this 10-bedroom property also offers 20 stables, a three-bedroom annexe and village living in Kingston Blount.
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An Easter Island eclipse, and English Heritage needs your help in looking after 1 million historical objects. Plus, the quiz of the day and more
A photographer travels to the South Pacific to grab a glorious shot of an annular eclipse, and English Heritage is asking for donations to help manage, restore and understand its immense collection. Plus, an affordable art auction during Frieze Week.
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Epic beauty, sweeping grandeur and water pouring through the ceiling: What it's really like to live in your own castle, with Cosmo Linzee Gordon
Cosmo Linzee Gordon joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast to talk about his upbringing at Cluny Castle.
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'I have tasted ecstasy and felt peace': The Retreat at the Blue Lagoon, where the Northern Lights dance
The Blue Lagoon has long been one of Iceland's most famous attractions. The five-star Retreat Hotel on site is the ultimate way to experience it and to remind yourself that everything is going to be ok.
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A Highgate hidden gem with seven bedrooms, a plethora of period interiors and a walled garden
This could easily be a country manor house. Instead, it's 500 metres from Highgate Village. The dream.
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3,600 acres on the shores of Loch Lomond in which to lose yourself and save the planet
The Stuckendroin Estate comprises enormous amounts of land on the shores of Loch Lomond, as well as two detached houses and plenty of sporting and environmental potential.
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A two-bedroom property overlooking a Cornish cove in which to decompress
The Cellars is a blue-stone retreat, with astounding views over the Atlantic Ocean and easy access to the South West Coast Path.
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One year after being cut down, Sycamore Gap tree lives on with new legacy
Saplings from the iconic tree will be planted across the country and a new exhibition in Northumberland will ask the public to make promises to nature.
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Country Life 25 September 2024
Country Life 25 September 2024 straddles both sides of the pond, with the best architecture, property and gardens the US has to offer, as well as why the British hedge is best, the beauty of our canals and the masked women who ruled our roads.
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Literature, landscape and re-wiggling rivers, with Vicky and Charles Rangeley-Wilson
Vicky and Charles Rangeley-Wilson join James Fisher to talk about their upcoming literary festival in Norfolk and why the Arts and the landscape are so intertwined.
