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An enchanting waterside home overlooking one of Cornwall's most charming coves
Tregwyn looks like something out of a film set, and it could be yours.
By James Fisher Last updated
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Sophia Money-Coutts: How do you cater for tiresome guests on Ozempic?
These days it feels as if they world and his wife are on Ozempic, the anti-obesity medication that's been as busy making headlines as it has helping takers shed the pounds.
By Sophia Money-Coutts Published
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Country Life 28 May 2025
Country Life's May 28, 2025, issue cover star is an eight-week-old Labrador — a tubby little bundle of joy, who has been expertly engineered to perform life-changing duties by Guide Dogs UK.
By Country Life Published
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Chelsea Flower Show 2025: Take a peek behind-the-scenes of the Country Life stand
Discover how interior designer Isabella Worsley and landscape designer Hugo Elwes brought the Country Life Chelsea Flower Show stand to life.
By Rosie Paterson Published
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Poppy Okotcha: The model-turned-gardener who swapped the catwalk for the vegetable patch
The ecological home grower and community gardener Poppy Okotcha joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast.
By James Fisher Published
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Young at art: Meet the new generation of Young British Artists
As British contemporary art beats all odds to remain a cauldron of inventiveness and passion, Carla Passino discovers which artists aged 40 or under are on the radar of forward-looking museum directors and curators
By Carla Passino Published
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The Devon house and estate that inspired The Forsyte Saga has come up for sale
John Galsworthy's beautiful former home is up for sale, along with over 300 acres of Dartmoor.
By Penny Churchill Published
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This property is a scream: Stanley Kubrick’s former Hertfordshire home, where he worked on The Shining, is up for sale
The American filmmaker also managed the production of '2001: A Space Odyssey' and 'A Clockwork Orange' while living at Abbots Mead.
By Lotte Brundle Published
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‘If you’re second, you’re the first loser’: F1 Academy Champion Abbi Pulling on winning, filming with Netflix and what it will take for a woman to race in Formula 1
Last year, Abbi Pulling was the undisputed champion of F1 Academy’s second season. Now, she’s the star of a new Drive To Survive-style Netflix series.
By Rosie Paterson Published
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Five simply magical homes for sale, from £1m to £10m, as seen in Country Life
Our look at some of the best homes to come to market via Country Life this week includes a stunning Georgian manor house near Dorchester.
By Toby Keel Published
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Arthur Parkinson: Ruffled feathers and a bad attitude — my guide on how to deal with broody hens
A chicken's desire to sit on and hatch a clutch of eggs can be the most effortless way to rear your own birds, but for those who are after eggs and not chicks it can be a real issue.
By Arthur Parkinson Published
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Glyndebourne House: The 'entrancing' home with an organ so enormous that 'it brought plaster crashing down from the ceiling when it was first played'
Easily overlooked beside the opera that has made its name world famous, Glyndebourne House in East Sussex — home of Gus Christie and Danielle de Niese — bears the architectural stamp of a remarkable 1930s revival, as Clive Aslet explains. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
By Clive Aslet Published
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'We don’t expect to catch monsters in British seas': The return of the bluefin tuna
It’s no longer necessary to venture to tropical waters in order to catch a monster tuna, says Jonathan Young, as he attempts to land a big-game fish in Falmouth Bay.
By Jonathan Young Published
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Ospreys: The bird that went extinct in Britain for 40 years, and its journey to conservation success story
Once extinct in these isles, the gargantuan, deep-diving osprey locks onto its piscine prey with a laser-like precision akin to the trajectory of a blunt-tipped missile. Naturalist and author Mark Cocker tells more.
By Mark Cocker Published
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A former artist's studio for sale in Chelsea that could become the finest home in SW3
The history is there, the structure is there, now it just needs transforming into perfection.
By James Fisher Published
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'Daniel Day Lewis rang up one day... he wanted us to make him one in a Staithes pattern': Why the gansey jumper is still a compelling yarn
Designed to protect the wearer from wind, rain, salt spray and sun, chunky gansey jumpers retain a special place in fishermen’s hearts and modern fashion.
By Jane Wheatley Published
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Time for the 'Chelsea Chop': The garden job to do as the Chelsea Flower Show ends which will give you more, better, healthier flowers for the rest of the summer
The day the RHS Chelsea Flower Show ends isn't just a day in the gardener's calendar to start looking forward to next year — it's the ideal time for pruning and trimming, as John Hoyland explains.
By John Hoyland Published