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The ship that was in two different centuries, two different years, two different months, two different days and two different seasons, all at the same time
On December 31, 1899, the SS Warrimoo may have travelled through time — but did it really happen?
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How to stop your dog from being protective and barking at builders
Barking can be annoying and unsettling for visitors. Ben Randall looks at how to get a little peace and quiet.
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Tiny sanctuaries: The best huts in Britain
A shed is merely somewhere to keep tools. A hut, on the other hand, is a doorway to sporting adventure. Robin Ashcroft selects five of his favourites in the UK.
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Reaching Olympian heights: 10 moments which define the original spirit of The Olympics
As the Olympic games begins this weekend, Country Life looks back to moments that were inspired by the ideals of Faster, Higher, Stronger and Together.
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Henry Wood: The man who made The Proms
As the 2024 Prroms get under way, we take a look at the man who began this great British summer institution: Henry Wood.
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'I didn't realise quite what we were getting into': how to make cheese in Norfolk and what it says about us
Patrick Galbraith visits a cheesemaker in Norfolk and leaves wondering what 'a hard day's work' really means.
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The seven greatest winners in the history of the Badminton Horse Trials
The Badminton Horse Trials, the oldest competition of its kind in the world, celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2024. Kate Green chooses seven heroic winners in its history.
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Everything you could ever want to know about Badminton, 'the most important and most typically English' eventing competition in the world
In the latest edition of The Legacy, we look at the 10th Duke of Beaufort who, so disgusted at Britain's eventing performance at the 1948 Olympics, decided to set up his own competition at his home at Badminton.
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14 things to book today to make the most of the 2024 Summer Season
Music, sport, gardens and more — here are some of the best events to attend this summer.
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Behind the scenes at Blenheim Palace, from the £40m leaky roof to towing visitors stuck in muddy fields
Emily Spencer of Blenheim Palace joins the Country Life Podcast to give a glimpse in to what it takes to keep a UNESCO World Heritage site up and running with 6,000 visitors a day coming through the hallowed halls.
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Curious Questions: Was music's famous 'Lady of the Nightingales' nothing more than a hoaxer?
Beatrice Harrison, aka ‘The Lady of the Nightingales’, charmed King and country with her garden duets alongside the nightingales singing in a Surrey garden. One hundred years later, Julian Lloyd Webber examines whether her performances were fact or fiction.
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Curious Questions: Who wrote the Happy Birthday song?
There are few things less pleasurable than a tuneless public rendition of Happy Birthday To You, says Rob Crossan, a century after the little ditty came into being
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Why do we get so many April showers?
It's the time of year when a torrential downpour can come and go in minutes — or drench one side of the street while leaving the other side dry. It's all to the good for growing, says Lia Leendertz as she takes a look at the weather of April.
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Help for our four-legged heroes: the charity that looks after retired service animals
In 2016, the Countess of Bathurst set up the National Foundation for Retired Service Animals, which continues to look after blue-light families and their animals.
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John Lewis-Stempel: Never look after other people's animals
Our countryside columnist does a friend a favour, and ends up having to free a half-ton heifer from a muddy trench.
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A walk across the Cheshire Plain, the 200-million-year-old landscape where yesterday’s old industrial sites are today’s nature reserves
Fiona Reynolds heads out for a walk on the Cheshire Plain, where industry and farming are juxtaposed to startling effect.
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St Patrick’s Chapel ruins, Heysham: The mythical Lancashire ruins with a heavenly view
Annunciata Elwes takes a look at St Patrick’s Chapel ruins, a Morecambe Bay landmark.
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Malvern College
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The 10 most romantic declarations of love in film and literature
Kate Green takes a look at the ten most romantic movie moments and literary declarations of love.
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The worst-behaved pets in Britain: 'They would grab a cigarette briskly from your lips and fly around the room with it'
From leopards in the dining room and jackdaws in the kitchen to demonic dogs, crazed cats and the ferret who broke into a nursery, Bronwen Riley presents a whodunnit of the worst-behaved pets in the history of British country houses.
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Curious Questions: Who created the Oxford English Dictionary?
Martin Fone, who has long been fascinated by words, digs in to the story of how Sir James Murray created the first Oxford English Dictionary — despite having a full-time job and 11 children — and ended up having his own special post box.
