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Where should you go in 2026? Anywhere that you can just kick back and relaxCountry Life's Rosie Paterson joins the podcast.
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An immaculate Georgian rectory where the halls really have been decked in boughs of hollyStour Provost Manor is a gorgeous riverside home for sale in Dorset that's been dressed for Christmas.
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18 beautiful houses for sale, from a home counties dream to a private island with its own castle, as seen in Country LifeWe take a look at some of the best houses to come to market via Country Life this week.
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Turn left at the most remote village on the British mainlandThis self-sufficient dream home is for sale at £395,000, and if you don't fall in love with it too then I don't know if we can ever be friends.
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'We’re in the golden era of family life': The rather lovely accidental up-side of the wildly spiralling cost of housingHouse prices have massively outstripped rises in average income in the last few years, according to new research — yet it's not all bad news. Toby Keel reports.
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The King, The Queen, David Beckham and me: Paula Minchin on Country Life's best guest editsCountry Life's Paula Minchin talks about the magazine's high-profile guest edits on the Country Life Podcast.
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18 country houses across Britain, from £400,000 to £4 million, as seen in Country LifeOur look at the homes to come to the market via Country Life this week picks out a charming Kent cottage and an Arts and Crafts house in Leicestershire.
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Can you buy happiness? The latest list of Britain's happiest places, and what you could end up with if you moved thereCan you buy happiness? Of course not, but you can buy a nicer house in a better town... and, well, that's probably going to help quite a bit.
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It'd be crazy to buy this 500-year-old farmhouse just because of its utterly gorgeous Aga — so thank goodness that the rest of this place is also really nicePerry Mill Farm is an immaculate yet characterful four-bedroom dream home in the country at a price that will make city dwellers immediately start Googling 'working from Worcestershire'.
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Why don't more of us live in brightly coloured homes?It's not often that you see a home sporting the colour palette that you'd get if you hired a four-year old as your interior designer. But why not? The Blue House in Bethnal Green asks this and many more questions.
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Five magnificent mansions, from a former monastery to an Art Deco wonder in the South Downs, as seen in Country LifeWonderful homes, including a superb beach home in Cornwall, all fresh on the market via Country Life.
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A 14-bedroom 'miniature Downton Abbey' to call your own — and there's not a penny of Mansion Tax to be paidNorton Manor is an incredible period home that's on the market for £1.3 million.
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A country home that comes with a perfect lifestyle business: one of Britain's oldest vineyardsAstley Vineyard in Worcestershire, and the lovely house that it comes with, are looking for a new owner.
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Magna Carta Island for sale on the Thames, complete with the stone tablet on which Magna Carta itself is said to have been sealedThis beautiful house on a private island on the River Thames isn't just a charming home — it's one with an extraordinary tale to tell.
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The Mansion Tax is here: Who will be hit, when and for how muchChancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced that the mansion tax will come into force in England and Wales from April 2028.
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Jane Austen's greatest scoundrel: Being Mr Wickham, with Adrian LukisThe actor Adrian Lukis, who played the role of Mr Wickham in the iconic 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, joins the Country Life Podcast.
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A wreck's renaissance: The 150-year-old mill that was falling apart stone by stone, now a beautiful Highland home ready for the next century and a halfBogbain Mill's award-winning transformation was a labour of love for the owner, but it's now time for them to move on.
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Old rectories are the second most sought-after homes in Britain, and this idyllic £2.45 million home is a perfect example of whyPenny Churchill looks at the wonderfully pretty Oakley House in Hampshire.
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12 fabulous rural homes, from £650,000 to £4 million, as seen in Country LifeOur look includes a magnificently-situated home in Devon, a village home in Somerset and a historic Welsh farmhouse.
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The pink granite chateau that the Cointreau family built in the Loire Valley is for sale at £3.5 millionThe great country seats of the Guinness family have an equivalent over the Channel, where the chateau built by the Cointreau family is on the market.
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The thatched cottage dream at these five beautiful country homes, from £425,000 to £1.2 millionJulie Harding and Toby Keel pick out some of the prettiest thatched cottages and houses for sale today across England.
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Storrs Hall: A glimpse of what a trip to Lake Windermere ought to beLake Windermere — the largest stretch of water in the Lake District — is a tourist mecca that can often feel crowded, but head to places like Storrs Hall and you can still find the beauty and seclusion that first drew people here. Toby Keel takes a look.
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A home where medieval, Georgian and modern come together in rare styleSet in a couple of acres in the leafy outskirts of Essex, Rochfords is a family house that blends old and new with charm and a sense of fun.
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The dogs of Country Life, with Agnes StampCountry Life's deputy features editor Agnes Stamp joins the Country Life Podcast to talk all things dogs.
