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The Dawn Chorus: The Eden Project's rarest plant is destined to take its own life
One of Britain's most popular tourist spots has got itself a Madagascan suicide palm, one of the world's rarest plants. When you find out how its lifecycle goes, you won't be surprised that there aren't many around.
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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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London as you've never seen it — and as you'll never see it again
The East End of London has changed rapidly in recent years, but photographer Paul Trevor chronicled it from the 1970s to the 1990s. His images have been collected in a new book, Market Day.
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Dawn Chorus: 'If we don’t decarbonise heat, we’re b*ggered'
Straight talking from a business-minded climate activist, plus two of the few professional models to appear in a Country Life photoshoot.
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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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Country Life 16 October 2024
Country Life 16 October 2024 visits Holyrood Palace, tells the 90-million-year tale of the South Downs and looks at carnivorous plants.
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Dawn Chorus: The dog that costs £120,000, the definition of English style, great balls of fire and the Quiz of the Day
Plus, a €12 million estate, and a rare outbreak of good news in Britain's waterways — it's The Dawn Chorus, our regular daily round-up of things you don't need to know, but will enjoy finding out about nonetheless.
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Dawn Chorus: The future of life on Earth, a Surrey house that's 'like being in the Highlands', accidentally unplugging Steven Hawking and the Quiz of the Day
Plus, the answer to a question nobody has been asking: can you boil eggs in the kettle?
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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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The artwork thrown in a museum bin, Cambridge's most famous sight and the world welly wanging champion unmasked by the BBC
What is it like to grow up in a castle? Can you name Cambridge's most famous landmark? And who is the Welly Wanging World Record Holder? All this and more is revealed in today's Dawn Chorus.
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Country Life 9 October 2024
Country Life 9 October 2024 is our interiors special, with dozens of pages of inspiration and tips to make your old house feel like new — plus a look inside the home of our interiors editor, Giles Kime.
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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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Dawn Chorus: Will 2024 be a bumper year for Autumn colour? Plus take the quiz of the day and more
A year of staggeringly wet weather across most of Britain has caused all sorts of ups and downs for gardeners and farmers — but will it have an impact on the changing colours of the leaves on the trees around us?
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Ten wonderful country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
From commutable farmhouses to a Georgian masterpiece of astonishing splendour, here's our pick of the best houses to hit the market via Country Life this week.
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Dawn Chorus: Riding through the kitchen on horseback, and other classic English country house pursuits
A spectacular view of Snowdonia, the intelligence of owls and our quiz of the day are all highlights of this morning's Dawn Chorus.
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Michelin are now giving out 'stars' for hotels as well as restaurants — and the first batch of winners in Britain is an amazing roster of beautiful places to stay
Are these the 133 best hotels in Britain?
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Dawn Chorus: The wild creatures back in the West Country for the first time since the reign of Queen Victoria
Pine Martens are back on Dartmoor — but why?
