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It'd be crazy to buy this 500-year-old farmhouse just because of its utterly gorgeous Aga — so thank goodness that the rest of this place is also really nice
Perry Mill Farm is an immaculate yet characterful four-bedroom dream home in the country at a price that will make city dwellers immediately start Googling 'working from Worcestershire'.
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What is a boilie and what does it do? Discover this and other useful knowledge in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 3, 2025
Boilies, Stephen King, Scottish rivers, pink houses and some other stuff. Best get your quiz on.
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The Surrey hotel review: The new kid on New York's Upper East Side
Rosie Paterson checks into The Surrey, A Corinthia Hotel, one year on from its grand opening.
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Country Life's luxury editor's gift ideas for gentlemen
Christmas gift ideas for all of the men in your life, from fathers to husbands, to boyfriends to brothers.
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Sweet civilisation: What do you get when you ask architects to compete in a gingerbread competition?
The Gingerbread City is back in London’s Kings Cross. Lotte Brundle pays it a visit.
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Sophia Money-Coutts: A snob's guide to meeting your in-laws for the first time
There's little more daunting than meeting your (future) in-laws for the first time. Here's how to make the right kind of impression.
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Farmers of Britain, go forth and grow prawns
A new study has proposed that farmers could start growing king prawns to diversify income streams.
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'A masterpiece of timeless elegance' for sale on the charmed Surrey estate once owned by Henry VIII and the Guinness family
The Manor House in Burwood Park is a grand, enormous and undeniably impressive. Annabel Dixon takes a look.
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The secret lives of the British aristocracy, with Eleanor Doughty
Eleanor Doughty has spent years getting to know the aristocracy of Britain — and she joins us on the Country Life Podcast to talk about their lives.
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This week's issue of Country Life — and how to subscribe or get your copy
Find out what's in this week's issue of Country Life — and how to save on the cover price when you take out a subscription.
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Country Life December 3, 2025
Should you let your dog sleep on the bed? Country Life 3 December 2025 weighs in on the debate, as well as looking at winter birds and the Royal Agricultural University.
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A grand hall in Yorkshire with 400 years of history
Carlton Hall is a wonderful family home amid glorious gardens in a quaint village location. Penny Churchill looks inside.
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Country Life's luxury editor's Christmas gift ideas for leading ladies
The Country Life Christmas gift guide is back and it's bigger than ever. Here's what to buy your mother, wife, sister or girlfriend (or all four).
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‘Each one is different depending on what mood I’m in, how I'm feeling and how my energy is’ — meet the carver behind Westminster Hall's angel statues
Bespoke woodcarver William Barsley makes unique scale replicas of the angels that gaze over Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the palace of Westminster.
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Why don't more of us live in brightly coloured homes?
It's not often that you see a home sporting the colour palette that you'd get if you hired a four-year old as your interior designer. But why not? The Blue House in Bethnal Green asks this and many more questions.
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If chess is 'the supreme board game', then it deserves to be played on boards like these
Chess sets and backgammon boards are a familiar sight on drawing-room tables, but one expert Highland woodworker is refashioning their forms in beautiful new ways.
