Features Archive | May 2023

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May 31st
- Property for sale by UK county
- The new wave of house buyers who are reshaping the luxury property market
- A chic hideaway in Devon that is walking distance from one of the county’s best beaches
- The slipper chair: How one of America's great designers produced a classic of armless fun
May 30th
- Country Life 31 May 2023
- A delightful Cotswold-stone family home that’s within walking distance of one of the prettiest towns in England
- Jason Goodwin: 'What makes a garden is serendipity. Two plants grow together and a stray seedling springs up between them'
May 29th
- A 17th century family home for sale in the heart of one of the prettiest villages in the Cotswolds
- Exquisite ideas to make the most of outdoor living this summer
- My favourite painting: Lady Caroline Percy
May 28th
- 10 exquisite houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
- How to grow delphiniums: Which ones to plant, where to place them, and how to make them thrive
- How to stop a visiting dog disturbing the peace, by leading trainer Ben Randall
- Castle Drogo: How Sir Edwin Lutyens created a place of exceptional refinement and beauty
May 27th
- How a British team of mountaineers conquered Everest, the 'goddess of the sky'
- The 'ultimate fixer-upper' in Cornwall is up for auction — but you'll have to be quick
- Where to see Britain's last remaining wild orchids, by the 'orchid thief' who risked prison to save these beautiful plants
- The Gallivant review: A dog-friendly hotel right on one of Sussex's best beaches
May 26th
- Perry: The pear cider dubbed 'the English champagne' that's been an English passion for centuries
- Best free-standing baths from £4,000 to £14,000 — for people who really want to splash out
- Living in Chelsea: The five reasons why SW3 is one of London's 'golden postcodes'
May 25th
- How to make tarragon chicken with garlic-roasted new potatoes
May 24th
- When will your fruit be ready to pick? A complete A-to-Z guide to fruit in the gardens of Britain
- Looking for a picture-perfect country cottage in the heart of Chipping Campden? We have just the property...
May 23rd
- Country Life 24 May 2023
- An Oxfordshire gem comes to the market in a picture-perfect village with a pub, village green and red telephone box
May 22nd
- The complete package? A property in the Painswick Valley that ticks every box on the 'Cotswold dreams' list
- My favourite painting: Susannah Constantine
May 21st
- Nine sumptuous country homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
- Alan Titchmarsh: The Chelsea Flower Show needs to stop pandering to trends and remember that it's a celebration of gardening
- How to stop a puppy getting overexcited and peeing on the floor, by expert trainer Ben Randall
- The Great House in Dedham: 'How wonderful it would be. The world could be beautiful again'
May 20th
- Can't decide between a dream home in North or South Cornwall? This delightful mini-estate offers the best of both
- Alexandra Palace: How it's survived fires, bankruptcy and even gang warfare in 150 years as London's 'palace of the people'
- Foresters Hall hotel review: The Isle of Wight's biggest opening for a generation, with a soft spot for a certain Hollywood shark
May 19th
- Giles Quarme Architects: Realising dreams
- Mark Gregory, the 'King of Chelsea', on how to create a garden whose plants taste as good as they look
- An island for sale on Loch Lomond at the price of a suburban semi, complete with yew trees planted by Robert the Bruce
- The 2023 summer outdoor opera season: Where to go, who to watch, and what to put in your picnic hamper
May 18th
- A picture-perfect manor house in an idyllic Cotswolds setting, yet just an hour from central London
- Tom Parker Bowles: Why I detested coriander — and how my loathing turned to total adoration
May 17th
- A pair of Cotswolds cottages turned into a gorgeous — and huge — family home
- The big hope for the 2023 Chelsea Flower Show? Gardens made for people, not ecosystem engineers
May 16th
- Nine delightful bedroom ideas to brighten up your home
- Country Life 17 May 2023
- Growing your own? The big mistake you have to avoid
- The ultimate holiday home? A $100 million private island in the Bahamas that starred in James Bond and Pirates of the Caribbean
- Patrick Galbraith: 'We both agreed that, regrettably, adulthood is merely a series of youthful illusions being shattered'
May 15th
- How the sheep of the Cotswolds outlasted the Roman Empire and the Black Death to help build one of Britain's most beautiful areas
- Revel in a touch of country living in the city at this historic river-fronted property in East London
- My favourite painting: John Chatfeild-Roberts
May 14th
- 25 magical country homes for sale from just £225,000, as seen in Country Life
- Jack Russells: Feisty, funny, and the first dog in history to inspire a queen's coronation gown
- Inside Rory Young's remarkable home, the 'nursery of inventions' in the Cotswolds
May 13th
- Stables, pool and party barn at this gorgeous house plus 172 acres in 'one of the most sought-after locations in the Cotswolds'
- Curious Questions: Are rainbows actually circular?
- 15 of the most incredible pictures from the 2023 British Wildlife Photography Awards
May 12th
- The Country Life guide to the Cotswolds: Where to go, what to see, where to stay and what to eat
- How to choose a rescue dog, by expert trainer Ben Randall
- Four ways to give your bedroom the luxury hotel treatment
- Country Life's 100-page Coronation souvenir issue: What's inside and how to order a copy
- The perfect pied-à-terre? A beautiful house in Hackney with a back garden by an RHS Chelsea gold medallist
- Redefining the luxury kitchen: Reader event with Martin Moore and Henry Prideaux
May 11th
- The 15-mile route through Sheffield that's as invigorating as any walk in the country
- A £10 million marvel that 'perfectly blends the contemporary and traditional’ in the heart of the South Downs
- How to make crusted salmon with watercress and wasabi
May 9th
- Country Life 10 May 2023
- An unexpected slice of New England charm in London, in the shape of a cottage in an area dubbed the capital's 'best kept secret'
- The seven bumblebees you'll see in Britain, and how to identify them
- Endless views, period charm and a magical setting at this delightful Devon mansion
- Jonathan Self: What I learned from the last garden hermit in Britain
May 8th
- A spectacular Wiltshire manor house that's been saved from the brink, and now in better shape than ever
- My Favourite Painting: Henry Dallal
May 7th
- Seven magnificent homes for sale including an £8m Palladian masterpiece, as seen in Country Life
- Anna Pavord: A natural-born-hoarder's guide to getting rid of all those plants that really must go
- How to choose the right kennel to leave your dog while you're on holiday
- The £75 million home that's the closest thing you'll ever get to owning your own Royal palace
May 6th
- St Edward's Crown: The tale of the crown being used at the Coronation of King Charles III
- Lime Wood hotel review: The New Forest's country house hotel par excellence
May 5th
- King Charles III, by those who know him best: 'He has already changed the world'
- It shouldn't happen at a coronation: A brief history of crowning day disasters
- What is was like to be there when George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey, by eye-witness Dorothy Wells
- The Coronation oath: 'This is no empty display. It is the foundation stone of our system of government'
- A simply exquisite Lutyens-style house with art studio and 35 glorious acres, on sale for the first time in half a century
- How to take your dog to a coronation street party, by top trainer Ben Randall
- Perfect Coronation street party recipes, from Mary Berry's ultimate scones to Tom Parker Bowles' irresistible coronation chicken
- Westminster Abbey: 1,000 years of coronations, from King Harold and William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II and Charles III
- Coronation memorabilia: Future heirlooms, or future charity shop tat?
May 4th
- Tom Parker Bowles: The langoustine dish that 'was one of my grandmother’s favourites', as The King told me. And it's one of his, too
May 3rd
- Feeling brave? This 'rare find' in Surrey is on the market for the first time in 50 years — and it's crying out for some love and attention
May 2nd
- To mow or not to mow? That is the question every May
- Country Life 3 May 2023
- One of the most complete surviving 14th century manor houses in the world is back on the market
- Jason Goodwin: How to be a saint (you'll need some tongs and a furnace)
May 1st
- A glorious 16th century farmhouse in Kent that is up for sale for the first time in 40 years
- Sir John Major on King Charles III: 'The King was so far ahead of received wisdom that he had to wait for it to catch up'