Features Archive | January 2021

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January 31st
- Five country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
- How to grow vegetables which look as good as they taste
- Sheringham Hall: How Repton created a 'masterpiece in the synthesis of architecture and landscape'
- Tyneham, Dorset: The village sacrificed for the sake of the D-Day landings that ended up frozen in the 1940s
January 30th
- A clifftop home right on the beach in Newquay, with a suspended footbridge to let you visit the neighbours
- Curious Questions: How did cats come to be man's second-best friend? (Or best, depending on who you ask)
- Drummond Castle Gardens in winter: The winter beauty of the gardens made famous by Outlander
- Seahenge, Norfolk: The ancient Bronze Age circle that lay hidden for 4,000 years
January 29th
- How the Lifebook autobiography service is keeping memories alive for generations to come
- Balnahard beach, Isle of Colonsay: A magical beauty spot with thousands of years of history
January 28th
- Should the lynx be reintroduced to the Scottish Highlands? Scottish public to have their say
- India: Emerging from crisis
- A sumptuous Victorian home with a main hallway perfect for hosting a Bridgerton-style ball
- The Williamson Tunnels, Liverpool: The bizarre underground system that's still a mystery, 180 years later
January 27th
- Janine Stone: 'We create houses not only for clients, but for future generations'
- A incredibly stylish home with studio and waterside gazebo, just down the river from Hampton Court
- Burrow Mump, Somerset: Alfred the Great's lookout point
- Country Life 27 January 2021
January 26th
- Engagement rings and beyond from Cassandra Goad
- A simply perfect house on the Thames with gardens that run down to the water's edge
- Capel and Tudeley, Kent: The unassuming village churches with concealed masterpieces within
January 25th
- My Favourite Painting: Floella Benjamin
- A breathtakingly beautiful 125-acre farm with unbeatable country charm, yet with full-fibre broadband and a home office
- North Meadow, Cricklade: An ancient field where half a million wildflowers create a wall of colour
January 24th
- Four grand and beautiful homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
- The best holly to grow in your garden — and how to make sure it's the right sex
- Bothies: The hidden shacks across Britain offering shelter, comfort and warmth to weary travellers
- Beinn Dubh, Argyll and Bute: 'It'll take you a while to climb it, simply because you’ll have to stop repeatedly to admire the view'
January 23rd
- A magnificent 15th century farmhouse with space and charm, and under an hour from London
- Curious Questions: Why can’t we resist puppy dog eyes?
- Traeth Llyfn beach, Pembrokeshire: 'A beach so remote you’ll be the sole person on it'
January 22nd
- Firepits, chairs and blankets for making the most of your garden in winter
- Simon Jenkins: The new planning white paper is a domesday for development
- Coombe Hill, Buckinghamshire: 'Rare chalk grassland humming with butterflies, wildflowers and grazing cattle'
January 21st
- A converted mill at the heart of a glorious small estate in the Cotswolds
- Doddiscombsleigh, Devon: 'A happy haven amid tiny twisting lanes'
- The famous curries of the The Oriental Club, transported to your own kitchen
- Heath Chapel, Brown Clee, Shropshire: 'You’re transported back to the 12th century'
January 20th
- Thorney Island, West Sussex: The beauty spot accessed via a secret button through a barbed wire fence
- Country Life 20 January 2021
January 19th
- An entire village on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park up for sale at just over £1 million
- Toyota Hilux: The vehicle built for farmers' fields, school runs and surviving the end of the world
January 18th
- An extravagant Surrey mansion with a helipad, an American diner and a colourful history of presidents and parties
- My Favourite Painting: Sir Mark Prescott
- Binevenagh, Northern Ireland: Lava-hewn crags and cliffs at the end of one of the planet's great railway journeys
January 17th
- A private island for sale in Weybridge with its own bridge, three acres of gardens and a rushing weir to sing you to sleep
- The best British potatoes to grow for every meal, from roast potatoes and chips to mash and salads
- Rosebery House: A former Prime Minister's retreat in the heart of Midlothian
- Osea Island, Essex: A secret so well-kept that even the locals have barely heard of it
January 16th
- The home of one of the heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar has come up for sale
- Curious Questions: How do starlings murmurate?
- Lino to make a comback? Six interior design predictions, hopes and dreams for 2021
- Pont Minllyn, Gwynedd: The ancient pack-horse crossing that's four centuries old
January 15th
- Greatest recipes ever: Simon Hopkinson’s Roast Chicken
- A Georgian home near Salisbury comes to the market, full of light and charm
- Kingley Vale, West Sussex: The ancient, twisted yews that are the oldest living things in Britain
January 14th
- A thatched, pink cottage that was once the love nest of a Lord Mayor of London
- Mynydd Carningli, Pembrokeshire: The ancient volcano in the shape of a reclining woman
January 13th
- Idyllic homes for sale in Woodbridge, a gem on the Suffolk Coast
- Racton Folly, West Sussex: Flying bricks, faces in windows and a ghost tractor that sneaks up behind you
- Country Life 13 January 2021
January 12th
- Seven glorious country houses for sale at £2.5 million, from lakeside homes to a vast Jacobean mansion
- Carn Euny, Cornwall: The baffling ruin with a tunnel dating back to the Iron Age
January 11th
- Jason Goodwin: 'What gets lost will be forever lost, whereas pylons, cars and trains may be rendered obsolete'
- An elegant Georgian mansion in Cornwall set in 14 acres of blissful woodland
- Wistman’s Wood, Devon: The remnant of a vast forest that once covered Dartmoor
January 10th
- An Arts-and-Crafts home named after a Tolkienesque land, with a world-class collection of rare plants in the garden
- Charles Quest-Ritson: 2020 was terrible in so many ways — but at least it was the best year I can remember for roses
- The tale of Ireland's 'House Burning Mania' of 1919-1923
- Grey Mare’s Tail waterfall, Dumfriesshire: 'Mesmerising even to the peregrine falcons that nest in the crags around'
January 9th
- A country house created from the ruins of a crumbling farmhouse, set in 19 acres of Surrey Hills
- Curious Questions: When were dogs domesticated?
- Gwennap Pit, Cornwall: 'The most magnificent spectacle this side of Heaven’
- Best bucket list destinations for life after lockdown, as picked by our Travel Editor
January 8th
- The best new interior design books which will set the tone for 2021
- Georgian gems and a converted church in the picture-perfect seaside town of Deal
- In Focus: A show that uses Degas, Picasso and Cezanne to warn us about the post-Brexit world
January 7th
- Best January sales deals, from winter coats to exquisite jewellery
- A genuine Henley-on-Thames landmark comes up for sale at £6.25 million
- How to make Toad in the hole, the ultimate British comfort food
January 6th
- Barnes: The London village encircled by the Thames that's left an indelible mark on the nation
- 10 of the best things about 2020 — really — and why we need to keep them up in 2021
- Country Life 6 January 2021
January 5th
- A family home for sale in West Sussex that's full of Gothic flourishes
- Jonathan Self: Don't measure your life in years — measure it in dogs
January 4th
- A little help from your friends at Neptune
- My Favourite Painting: Tony Hall
January 3rd
- The wit and wisdom of snow, from Laurie Lee to Ogden Nash
- Scottish Wildcats: Six things you should know about the 'Highland Tiger' and how it's fighting for survival in 21st century Britain
January 2nd
- Eight of the biggest country house sales in Britain in 2020
- Charlie Mackesy on The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: 'It's humbling... The reaction was beyond anything I ever imagined'
- Veloso Tours
- Veedon Fleece Carpets
January 1st
- Ivar London
- Island Fine Arts
- Boutique Stone
- Quorn Stone
- Adcote School for Girls
- Bedford School
- Bedford Girls' School
- Cornwell Manor
- Repton School
- Felsted School
- Survey completed
- Elegant Merino
- Berkhamsted Schools Group
- Wrought Iron and Brass Bed Co.
- Elstree School
- Wax Concept Luxury Candles
- Kate Lloyd Scarves
- Old Buckenham Hall
- Dragon School
- Foster Barry — men's luxury clothing, made in Britain
- Myddelton College