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The winter Olympians of the natural worldMeet the penguins that like to luge and their animals friends that could give any Olympic athlete a run for their money.
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The only thing better than a stately home is a stately home in wooden miniatureMeet George Barham — the gifted woodcarver who can turn your family pile into a wooden masterpiece.
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A 350-year-old estate in Barbados that’s hosted royals and Helen Mirren, furnished with 400 potted plantsOh, and it comes with 400 pot plants.
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This Hollywood star's home in the Canadian wilderness is now an exclusive-use lodgeThe vast, open spaces of Canada’s British Columbia can make you feel very small, but very much alive. Photographs by Allison LoBalbo and Brice Portolano.
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Couples are changing how they holiday — even on honeymoonRising costs and limited airline capacity means the current generation of newlyweds are having to think before they book.
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How Coco Chanel's crush on a polo-playing Parisian inspired a revolutionary handbag and fine jewellery lineThe launch of Chanel's 2026 Coco Crush jewellery collection was lauded in Hollywood, but its origins and inspirations lie hundreds of miles away, in the designer's home country of France.
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The Cotton House review: If you're going to be the only hotel on Mustique, you better be greatThe definition of pressure is running the only hotel on the Caribbean's most famous island. Rosie Paterson checks in to find out how they're faring.
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New kids on the block: London's hotel boom and the new openings around the world to have on your radarFrom Scotland to the Seychelles, there are myriad new hotel openings this year to inspire your travels.
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Badrutt's Palace Hotel review: The beating heart of St Moritz’s jet-set social scene has never put a foot wrong -
An 'architectural masterpiece' on New York's Fifth Avenue — and Ralph Lauren could be your neighbour1107 5th Avenue is a pre-War cooperative with a storied history and starry list of residents, past and present.
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Come rain or shine: Burberry’s Gabardine Capsule collection celebrates the art of dressing for Britain’s changeable skiesBurberry is celebrating the revolutionary fabric its founder invented with a new collection designed for adventures in Britain's countryside — and its unpredictable weather.
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Inside the 19th century château in St Tropez where hotel guests are ferried to the beach in Rolls-Royces and season four of The White Lotus is about to start filmingThe previous three seasons of the hit TV show have all taken place at a Four Seasons property, but season four is now believed to be set inside Château de la Messardière, an Airelles hotel.
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'I first read this as a teenager and was open-mouthed at the sharp satire and the normalising of deep eccentricity': The books that the Country Life team return to again and again and againHave you made a resolution to read more in 2026? Members of the Country Life team reveal the fiction novels they've turned to time and time again.
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A Venetian palazzo that entranced John Ruskin and was painted by Monet is for sale — but beware, it’s cursedPalazzo Dario, on Venice's fabled Grand Canal, is an architectural gem, but new owners will have to grapple with its unfortunate past.
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Country Life's top 10 travel articles of 2025, including the Scottish survival experience beloved by David Beckham and what a A-list ski resort does when it stops getting snowCountry Life's Travel Editor takes a look back at the most read travel pieces of 2025.
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What does the future hold for the exclusive Caribbean island that shuns shoes, spectacle and social mediaRosie Paterson visits Mustique, the Caribbean island that has beguiled and baffled for more than half a century.
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What the Country Life team are asking Father Christmas for this yearWe hope he has deep pockets.
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What on earth is the person who comes up with Annabels's otherworldly facade displays on? London's most magical Christmas shop displaysPhotographs by Greg Funnell.
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The Surrey hotel review: The new kid on New York's Upper East SideRosie Paterson checks into The Surrey, A Corinthia Hotel, one year on from its grand opening.
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Whodunnit? Le Bristol hotel in Paris already has a resident Birman cat — now it has its own Cluedo game tooLe Bristol hotel is without doubt one of Paris's best Grand Dame hotels. And to celebrate its centenary, its collaborated with Cluedo.
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A handful of Scotland's last available freshwater pearls have been transformed into 'mesmerising' pieces of jewelleryEdinburgh jeweller Hamilton & Inches have been trusted to handle the incredibly rare organic gemstones.
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The rapid decline of our local abattoirs means we can no longer claim to be a country with leading animal welfare standardsOnce the backbone of ethical, small-scale meat production, these essential processors are disappearing fast.
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Hold the front page: 13 famous Frontispieces, from Deborah Mitford to Sir David and Lady BeckhamTo mark the appearance of Sir David and Lady Beckham on the Country Life Frontispiece, Rosie Paterson selects 13 standout Frontispieces from the Country Life Image Archive.
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Exclusive: Sir David Beckham's guest edit is out now — have a look insideThe October 22, 2025, issue of Country Life is out now and it's been edited by none other than Sir David Beckham.
