Features Archive | August 2021

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August 31st
- Ben Goldsmith: 'Families who have worked the same land for generations are best placed to breathe life back into our landscapes'
- A highlands estate with over 900 acres of pristine Scottish landscape — and two houses powered by wind turbines
- Tales from a post-lockdown holiday: 'The first thing we do is reverse the hire car into a tree'
August 30th
- The gardens at Elton Hall: A 40-year transformation, an 'absolute hell of weeding and mulching ', and more than worth the effort
- Peace and grandeur on offer in a 900-acre estate that offers world class fishing, walking and sport — but you'll have to be quick
- My favourite painting: Turtle Bunbury
August 29th
- 'One of the finest houses in Dumfries and Galloway' up for sale, with grand rooms, grander views and a kitchen which looks like a set from Downton Abbey
- Alan Titchmarsh: How to grow exotic flowers in English country gardens
- The six most destructive dog breeds
- What you need to know before trying to save a crumbling country pile
August 28th
- An £11 million castle for sale in Kent, with 130 acres, views over to France, and absolutely breathtaking both inside and out
- Curious Questions: Who invented the lawnmower?
- A weekend (or longer) on Skye, Scotland: What to do, where to eat, where to stay
- The ultimate way to see The Lake District? By air, from the cockpit of an autogyro
August 27th
- A slice of Scottish paradise in a beautiful estate with wildlife, open space, and its own private island
- In Focus: The life and times of Mouse Macpherson, a truly extraordinary wildlife artist
August 26th
- How to choose the perfect dog to fit your lifestyle, family and home
- Beautiful windows and accessories, from hand-carved stone mullions to cast iron handles
- Ted Dexter: The Italian-born icon who brought dash and glamour to English cricket
- How to make a picture perfect blackberry tartlet with mascarpone, maple syrup — and a few chocolate hob-nobs
August 25th
- Country Life 25 August 2021
August 24th
- Best poolside accessories, from loungers to shades
- A grand country house with its own salmon fishing stretch at the price of a London terrace house
- Jason Goodwin: My new life as a Swiss hotelier in the heart of Dorset
August 23rd
- The great sash-window debate: Repair, replace or drag them into the 21st century
- A Scottish estate with over 4,600 acres and eight lochs on offer for those seeking adventures
- My Favourite Painting: Kiki McDonough
August 22nd
- 17 wonderful country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
- Best tulips: The bulbs to buy now to light up your garden throughout next summer
- How to go on a butterfly safari
- Colebrook House: The serene English country garden with a touch of Tuscany
August 21st
- A country house in Kent once battered by storms and neglected by rock-and-roll royalty, now restored and on the market
- 2,000 years of the dock leaf
- Meet the intrepid explorer who ran the entire 630 miles of the South West Coast Path
- Avoiding the Insect Apocalypse: 'Love them or loathe them, we need insects'
August 20th
- The uncomfortable problem of how to find the perfect bed
- A Wiltshire mansion in 30 acres of land with three floors, 10 bedrooms and a lifestyle business as part of the package
- 10 of the best beaches in Britain and Ireland, from sandy spaces for families to places of exquisite natural beauty
- In Focus: The art that has broken out of London's galleries and made it onto the street
August 19th
- The finest outdoor kitchens and grills
- 'One of the finest houses in the Channel Islands' for sale in Guernsey, an exquisite clifftop paradise with breathtaking style
- The case for UK equities
- An 'intensely Gothic mansion' on the market in the heart of Devon
- How to make raspberry-and-pistachio choux Paris-Brest, perfect with a glass of rosé
August 18th
- Janine Stone's Jeremy Spencer: 'The impact of windows on a building’s appearance can be transformative'
- A farmer's-eye view of Holkham, the ultimate example of profitable food production and wildlife conservation going hand in hand
- A Herefordshire house for sale that was restored from a smouldering wreck by the architects who saved Windsor Castle
- Country Life 18 August 2021
August 17th
- A gorgeously-updated Victorian home with poolhouse, bar, a truly stunning bathroom — and an eight-figure price tag
- Carla Carlisle: 'Maybe we have to accept that dogs share our rage at growing old'
August 16th
- How to create an outdoor room you can use all year round
- My favourite painting: Andrew Love
August 15th
- A really wonderful Georgian country home that sits adjacent to the North River and has a bar in between the first and second floor
- How to get rid of bindweed
- Turvey House: Seven generations and 230 years in the same family, and how they have brought new life to a grand old house
August 14th
- A wonderful house and estate in Hampshire with over 1,000 acres of farm, deer park and woodlands
- Curious Questions: What is a weed?
- The Gardens of Brodsworth Hall: Intensely personal, endlessly original, deeply quirky — and enormous fun
August 13th
- A home in one — a mesmerising Georgian country house tucked away in Kent that has a golf course in the garden
- The Anglepoise lamp, a British invention that puts all other lighting in the shade
- A gorgeous apartment in an Elizabethan house near one of the best beaches in the South Hams
- In Focus: Bernardo Bellotto, the Canaletto of the North
August 12th
- A stylish, carbon-free house in the heart of the countryside, yet just 30 minutes from London
- Wethersfield: The finest example of a classically inspired 20th-century American garden
- A gloriously presented Cotswolds stone farm house with a heritage steam train running through its fields
- How to make Richard Corrigan’s roast grouse and foie gras pie
- The Glorious 12th: 12 facts about the first day of the grouse shooting season
August 11th
- A family home with fabulous grounds close to good schools in West Dulwich
- Stone curlews: The oddball of the bird world with a touch of the prehistoric look
- A stately Manor House in Oxfordshire with an historic icehouse in the garden
- Best walks in London, from Kew Gardens and Eltham Palace to Lesnes Abbey and the 'Cathedral of Sewage’
- Country Life 11 August 2021
August 10th
- A 1920s house with sea views in Devon that was built as an homage to a property in South Africa
- The instant garden room hideaway inspired by the bothies of Scotland and the shelters of Scandinavia
- A handsome period property from the 17th century with additional courtyard outbuildings and impressive leisure facilities
- Tracking the Norfolk spoonbills: 'We’ve hardly walked a mile before a string of three white birds flies towards us'
August 9th
- Why Dulwich is the perfect home for families
- A sprawling farm in Bedfordshire reaching over 1,300 acres is up for sale for the healthy sum of £17 million
- My favourite painting: Sally Clarke
August 8th
- The home of Captain Bligh of Mutiny on the Bounty fame is for sale — but safe to say he might not recognise it if he woke up there today...
- Why cauliflowers forced me to break every rule about what I grow in my garden
- The man who spent a year spotting all 59 of Britain's native butterflies
- Down House, Kent: the house where Charles Darwin lived for almost 40 years
August 7th
- A magnificent 15th century, Grade I-listed Manor House in West Sussex, with two cottages and 15 acres
- Great Yarmouth: Endless skies, endless rides and the evolution of the Great British seaside holiday
- The best days out in the UK, picked by top experts
August 6th
- A Regency-style manor house set amid orchards, woodland and lawns that was once an idyllic yoga retreat
- Best summer hats for the season, from Panamas to Ascot hats
- A beautiful former water mill with an equally beautiful cottage in the garden is up for sale for the first time in over half a century
- In Focus: John Hassall's iconic travel posters
August 5th
- A world-class development in the heart of Westminster, with views over the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben
- How Japanese design influenced the world
- The mouthwatering Victorian recipes that made Victorian cook Mrs Crocombe a 21st century phenomenon
August 4th
- Why is most new-build housing in Britain is awful — and why it doesn't have to be this way
- Why 'the agricultural counter-revolution is being driven by farmers on the ground'
- A 13th century house in Kent, once home to an Archbishop of Canterbury, with walled garden and swimming pool
- Country life 4 August 2021
August 3rd
- A 16th-century home in Surrey with a Provence-style garden that's 'the perfect example of contemporary living with period charm'
- Chalkstream fishing on the River Test and River Dever: 'You have to be as surreptitious and precise as a sniper'
- A stunning contemporary home in West Wittering with plenty of elegance and charm, just 500 metres from the famous beach
- Why reNaturing is better than rewilding
August 2nd
- How to make dried flowers: What to pick, when to pick them and how to dry them
- The new London apartments bordering Holland Park
- My Favourite Painting: Edie Campbell
August 1st
- Seven spectacularly pretty country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
- Alan Titchmarsh: 2021 was the slowest-starting Spring of my life — but my garden has given me more pleasure than ever before
- The English villages that are hotbeds of murder, intrigue and endless summer days — at least in the minds of novelists