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What is everyone talking about this week: Why eavesdropping is backEveryone seems desperate for everyone else to hear them. Hell, London's new builds are swapping out indoor pools for podcast studios. Let's all lean in, shall we?
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What is everyone talking about this week: Did Timothée Chalamet's comments on ballet and opera cost him the Oscar?His odds of winning Best Actor were slashed after he said that both art forms were headed the way of the dinosaur. In the end, it is they who are having the last laugh.
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Meet the men trying to revive our pubs — and farms — for the price of oneWhen James Gummer, Phil Winser and Olivier van Themsche opened the Pelican in 2022, the pub became the sexiest place to see and be seen. It now forms part of a consortium boasting seven properties and an enviable farm-to-table model, which its founders believe can help revive the English countryside.
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What is everyone talking about this week: The man creating the new Turner PrizeLouis Elton, an alumnus of both Oxford and Cambridge, believes innovative artisanship is the answer to Britain's challenges. Now, he's launching a prize for what he calls the country's 'misfit makers'.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Longevity? I think farmers invented that...The longevity-industrial complex is making trillions recasting time-old ideas as radical breakthroughs. Wait till its enlightened advocates hear about the countryside
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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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The hype over Wuthering Heights has reached fever pitch. A new podcast from the team behind The Rest Is History is cutting through the noiseHistorian Dominic Sandbrook is teaming up with his longtime producer, Tabitha Syrett, on their new programme The Book Club. They tell Country Life about their own favourite books and what everyone gets wrong about Brontë's novel.
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'The most beautiful house for sale in London' is a six-bedroom home with a walled garden that backs on to Greenwich ParkWill Hosie takes a look at Crooms Hill — and immediately starts figuring out how to raise three million pounds.
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What is everyone talking about this week: How to make the most of wetter wintersWith constant storms throughout January and February, 2026 has confirmed climate science's view that British winters are becoming rainier. The least we can do is embrace this
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‘Please, for heaven’s sake, not a pear-shaped diamond with a gold band’: Proposal etiquette for the modern manValentine's Day unsurprisingly ranks as one of the top dates each year for proposals. But how to make sure you are doing it right?
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What have the Romans ever done for us? For one thing, taught us the art of seductionMore Britons are single, unmarried or living alone now than at any other point in history. Our predecessors might offer ways out of the rut — and into each other's arms.
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The W1 set is up in arms about Liz Truss's roof terrace. But what is a members' club without one?The former Prime Minister is launching a new club in Mayfair's Leconfield House, angering local residents who've complained prematurely of the ruckus this is certain to cause.
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What is everyone talking about this week: As Valentine's Day beckons, love letters are making a comebackYoung lovers are foregoing expensive gifts and turning instead to quill and paper. Is it a result of the cost-of-living crisis — or something else?
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'Uncut Gems' and the mystery of the most significant collection of Tudor and Stuart jewels ever found in LondonAs the London Museum prepares to unveil the Cheapside Hoard in new premises on Smithfield, Will Hosie speaks to historian Victoria Shepherd about the story behind these precious jewels.
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When is a cottage not a cottage? When it's a spectacular, glass-walled lakehouse making waves in 'Heated Rivalry'The television show 'Heated Rivalry' has become such a huge hit that the phrase 'coming to the cottage' has found a whole new definition. But does that spell trouble for those who still think of a cottage as an ancient stone-built home with a thatched roof? Will Hosie investigates.
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The Country Life Guide to Marrakech: Where to shop, stay and eatMagical Marrakech is a tale of two halves, says Hetty Lintell, who enjoys both going back in time and its new, design-led focus.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Everything you wanted to know about Greenland* (*but were afraid to ask)The jewel in the Danish crown has become our latest cause célèbre as the USA muscles its way onto the island. But how much do we really know about it?
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What is everyone talking about this week: Mutton chops are back and everyone's drinking sloe ginIn his latest Country Life column, Will Hosie reveals what everyone's talking about this week (and growing, and drinking).
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What is everyone talking about this week: Winter weddings might just be better than their summer counterpartsAs our winters warm, so have Britons warmed to winter weddings. Just keep the fireplace well stocked.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Rewilding starts in your own back garden — even in the cityIf you were to string all of Britain's gardens together, they would cover a space larger than Devon. That's why we need to rewild them.
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Jazz music has always made a case for revolution, and we're falling back in love againThere’s more than a whiff of swing in the air–and on the airwaves. Will Hosie explores the resurrection of one of music’s most exciting genres
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Tate-à-tête: The National Gallery’s promise to grow its modern-art collection risks reopening old woundsThe National Gallery's announcement of a new wing and more modern art promises to reignite a historic rivalry with Tate.
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What is everyone talking about this week: January is the worst month of the year. Here's 15 ways to make it funP.s if you've made any New Year's resolutions, please don't tell us — or anyone else — about them.
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The 'new Notting Hill': more wine, more cafés, and the same old gardens where Hugh Grant kissed Julia RobertsThe complicated interplay of urban trends, property prices, tax policy and new boutiques have made Notting Hill more popular than ever with first-time buyers. Here are a couple of places currently for sale in one of its prime spots.
