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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The financier, racing driver and prolific party animal who saved — and then lost — one of the 20th century's most notable country houses  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ardenrun Place was a short-lived yet architecturally notable English country house. Melanie Bryan tells its tale. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AbKmnbPM4kYS6hTHsYkxkj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[British motor racing millionaire and director of Bentley Motors Ltd, Joel Woolf Barnato arrives in Britain on board The Empress of Britain, in 1931, with his new bride Jackie Claridge Quesly.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A well-dressed woman and man walking across the deck of a cruise ship in the 1930s]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Back when we were a proper country: Putting a V12 in a Jaguar E-Type ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In our latest dip into the Country Life motoring archive, John Taylor takes us back to 1971, when the E-Type was rewarded with a V12 engine for being a very handsome car indeed. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E2BgxAHrkoLyovPiXxAeya-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A 1973 jaguar E-Type Series 3 on the Bealach na Ba in Applecross Scotland]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A 1973 jaguar E-Type Series 3 on the Bealach na Ba in Applecross Scotland]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Monarchs, Rothschilds and ruin: The extraordinary tale of one of Britain’s most beautiful moated homes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rushbrooke Hall was arguably one of Britain's most beautiful and romantic-looking homes. But, like most of the houses in this series, it's demise was brutal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bmg6B2L2GHPE83sC4DnAxH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A small boy lends perspective to the grand hall. Note the original Elizabethan windows on the top floor.  ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rushbrooke Hall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why one of Cornwall's oldest and most definitely haunted houses burned to the ground — 30 years after it was photographed for Country Life ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/why-one-of-cornwalls-oldest-and-most-definitely-haunted-houses-burned-to-the-ground-30-years-after-it-was-photographed-for-country-life</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan traces the history of Treworgey Manor, built during the reign of Henry VIII. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ExnXWKf2UPkhfifLv2nZYa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Treworgey Manor, in 1904, photographed by Country Life’s architectural photographer, Charles Latham.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Treworgey Manor]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Built for a pretender to the Scottish throne, consumed by a coalfield: The doom of Hamilton Palace ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/built-for-a-pretender-to-the-scottish-throne-consumed-by-a-coalfield-the-doom-of-hamilton-palace</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ At its zenith, Hamilton Palace rivalled Buckingham Palace in size — but when it was photographed for Country Life, its days were already numbered, says Melanie Bryan. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5ESEDarvSwHuft6jVupvTA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alfred E. Henson for Country Life]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Hamilton Palace&#039;s Gallery, which ran the length (120 foot) of the first floor.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hamilton Palace]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 17th century Devon home that inspired a smoking ban and lives on only inside the Country Life Archive  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Once upon a time, no one batted an eyelid at smoking in public places — including inside listed buildings. Melanie Bryan investigates why that began to change in the 1960s. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pZkZw4FfqFhCbp4BpdVKPY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The south facade of Dunsford House. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dunsland House]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Titanic cruise line baron who revitalised the fortunes of an entire village sold through the pages of Country Life ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/the-titanic-cruise-line-baron-who-revitalised-the-fortunes-of-an-entire-village-sold-through-the-pages-of-country-life</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan tells the story of James Ismay whose countryside labour of love featured in Country Life multiple times. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Property]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eCmZp6C8Zith6T9TkNJcsW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Titanic leaving Southampton on her fateful maiden voyage.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Titanic leaving Southampton on her fateful maiden voyage on 10th April 1912]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The owners of this Palladian masterpiece amassed an enviable collection of exotic plants before it all burned to the ground ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/the-owners-of-this-palladian-masterpiece-amassed-an-enviable-collection-of-exotic-plants-before-it-all-burned-to-the-ground</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan digs into the Country Life Archive to find out how it all went so wrong at Carclew, in Cornwall. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tGDvZVmPsdYfctM7xuje5E-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.futurecontenthub.com/search/?searchQuery=FCH000626961&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carclew was photographed by Country Life in 1916.&lt;/a&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Black and white photographs of Carclew — a Palladian-style house in Cornwall ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How did a staircase from this Reformation-era country house end up on the other side of the world? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan takes a look at the intriguing history and sad ending of Beaudesert Hall. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2EAZqCNwJnYE4eTyKfNYsP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Long Gallery, the oak from which ended up in the possession of Birmingham City Council.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Beaudesert Hall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Where was Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock series filmed? In a historic Welsh home that first appeared in Country Life a century ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Llanvihangel Court has a Spanish Armada-era avenue of trees and may have been visited by Charles I. To celebrate its star turn in Guy Ritchie's new Amazon Prime television series, 'Young Sherlock', we're revisiting our feature and photographs on the house that first appeared in the magazine in 1916. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XwZGWNuRQBkf2vGDtpxhvk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Hard times breed sumptuous cars': The costly stars of the last-ever London Motor Show ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ More than 50 new cars made their Earls Court debut at the 1976 London Motor Show — its last appearance in the capital before it moved to Birmingham in 1978. In this article from the November 25, 1976, issue of Country Life, writer John Taylor revealed some of his favourite launches. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Motoring]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p6F3jBrXQt7Zrr7KVzrtcR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ One of the first substantial buildings constructed from cast iron lives on only in the Country Life Archive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The London Coal Exchange enabled City merchants to buy and sell coal across the world. Despite this magazine's best efforts, it was destroyed in the 1960s. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PE593qxYfxyqu5w7KVGp4n-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The main galleried trading floor. Sadly, the 4,000 piece marquetry wood floor was a victim of the Second World War.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[London Coal Exchange]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Colour photographs of Gertrude Jekyll’s garden, rediscovered in the Country Life Archive, offer a rare glimpse of what it looked like at the peak of her fame ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In 1997, Country Life published a set of chromatic photographs of Gertrude Jekyll’s Munstead Wood garden that had lain undisturbed in our archive for nearly a century. We have reproduced the pictures, corresponding feature and captions here. ]]>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The double borders of iris and lupins. No image represents Jekyll&#039;s gardening style better than this June garden. Enclosed by a yew hedge, with the loft in the distance, it was a vision quite unlike the cottage garden that inspired it. Waves of white and yellow flag irises and three kinds of lupin, including large mounds of white tree lupin, captured the essence of Jekyll&#039;s gardening message. Drifts of her own strain of lupins, in &#039;white, purple-blue, pale purpose shading to white, pink and red-purple&#039;, were offset with pink China roses and masses of white pinks and pansies along the edges of the garden. When the autochrome was published in 1912, Jekyll commented that the colour photography has not reached &#039;a degree of precision and accuracy to do justice to the careful scheme of colour groupings&#039;. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Munstead Wood garden]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1950 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith: 'Much of the enjoyment is gained from the smoothness and precision with which the most minor details are fitted and work'  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Country Life has a rich tradition of motoring journalism dating back more than a century. We have taken a dip into the archive to bring you this review of the 1950 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith by J. Eason Gibson. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Fisher ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Xi8yWrbapkS4sWqbEt57jc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why has everyone fallen under the spell of Wrotham Park — one of the largest private houses inside the M25  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Wrotham Park, the seat of the Earls of Strafford, is not open to the public and hardly any interior photographs are available to view online. So why do film directors, photographers and luxury brands continue to flock to it? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Kay ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ivcmdi7PFHyht3dFxBnHbN-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pictures of the interiors at Wrotham Park are hard to come by, but the house was photographed for Country Life in 1918 and again in 2002. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Wrotham Park collage]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What binds the Queen Mother and Chicago's first department store? A lost castle that was blown to smithereens by the Territorial Army  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Streatlam Castle was one of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne three principal seats. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2GHRs4pK9muRpRjtBYToa4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Streatlam Castle with it’s three impressive stone cupola’s gracing the balustraded roof.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Streatlam Castle]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fashion fit for the Winter Olympics (sort of) from the Country Life Archive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Country Life Archive is a gold mine of inspiring winter fashion, finds Melanie Bryan. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S5QpsA49dQyhCPuYuMyfmc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The magnificent London mansion that Country Life mourned when it was demolished to make room for the Dorchester Hotel  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dorchester House was once the epicentre of late-Victorian society. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Vrg94rSNVp6sFBuLDbT5tP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dorchester House&#039;s saloon room with its Alfred Stevens chimneypiece and Landseer-approved archways.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dorchester House]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The striking Arts & Crafts country home with interiors by William Morris that disappeared without a trace ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rounton Grange was built using profits from the Industrial Revolution, but couldn't quite survive the economic difficulties unleashed by the Second World War ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DySDNbA4DswnJAN6nMn7qb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Philip Webb’s lost five-storey Rounton Grange was inspired by Scottish peel towers, with interiors featuring work by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rounton Grange]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lord Byron, Charles Dickens and Sir Walter Scott once dined at this Jacobean mansion in London. Destroyed by The Blitz it lives on now only in the Country Life Archive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lord Byron jockeyed for position at the table alongside Lord Melbourne and Benjamin Disraeli. Charles Dickens and Sir Walter ScottThe Holland House estate was once London's best example of early domestic Jacobean architecture in the country. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VQA5N9Lyxm8DdhWmMJZw6A-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.futurecontenthub.com/search/?searchQuery=FCH000406588&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The west wing of Holland House, photographed for &#039;Country Life&#039; in 1905.&lt;/a&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Holland House]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Picturesque Scottish castle built on land admired by Robert Burns and erased by war  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dunglass Castle, in Scotland, was once a vision of 18th century Picturesque beauty. Now it lives on only in the Country Life Archive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y6wti52BKQd5pNaQaTNjEm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dunglass Castle was surrounded by ancient trees and looked out over the Firth of Forth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dunglass Hall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Find out what remains of the colossal country house whose 'corpulent buffoon' of an owner had it blown up with vast quantities of gunpowder  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan revisits Eastbury Park in Dorset — which was photographed for Country Life 99 years ago, decades after large parts of it were demolished. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mystifying Christmas present suggestions that once appeared in the pages of Country Life  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GhfWRhkE8ZmhhUVJJ9tKfP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This colour lithograph was made in 1898 — a year after the first of &lt;em&gt;Country Life&lt;/em&gt; was published. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Vintage colour lithograph from 1898 showing Father Christmas and his reindeer flying through the sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Four festive recipes from the Country Life Archive that have (thankfully) fallen out of favour  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Food &amp; Drink]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K2NzNWSMUrUjE3rkEHBoEf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Victorian dinner tables, groaning under the weight of festive food, would&#039;ve featured some of the dishes, below.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of table covered in Victorian-era food]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sophia Money-Coutts: A snob's guide to meeting your in-laws for the first time ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophia Money-Coutts ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Vg6pd5QpiJS8RjgzyQvqai-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ten of the most exquisite French châteaux, photographed for Country Life in 1906 and still standing today ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In the early 20th century, Country Life commissioned Frederick H. Evans to photograph some of France's châteaux. Here are some of his efforts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uqDPXhuc6cxhBEHnBT3vEY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Neo-Renaissance Château de Boursault was built between 1843 and 1850 by Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, who owned the Veuve Clicquot champagne house. It was sold by her heir and used as a military hospital in both the First and Second World Wars. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Chateau Boursault]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ All fired up: 12 of our favourite chimneys, from grand architectural statements to modest brick stacks, as seen in Country Life  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nothing says winter like a roaring fire, and plenty of the houses that we've photographed for the magazine's architectural places have fireplaces and chimneys worth boasting about. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m2hcMKYvF5icwv2NLJ68ra-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Burghley House has 76 chimneys.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Chimneys]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Where is 'The Traitors' filmed? Inside the Scottish castle sold via the pages of Country Life three times for an unbelievable amount ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Melanie Bryans delves into the Country Life archives and uncloaks the history of the turreted Highland castle made famous by the global TV franchise, 'The Traitors'. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NxcC3gTFagFgACX2r7BtiD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Gothic-style castle and its formal gardens were photographed in 1960.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ardross Castle, a 19th century Gothic style Scottish manor house with a large formal garden, in 1960]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Henry VII-era house that was dismantled piece by piece and shipped to the USA ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Agecroft Hall, near Manchester, didn't meet the same miserable end as some of Britain's other country homes. Instead, it was shipped to the USA and repurposed as a museum. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:13:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XDxNZqQMqmBdnWw7WESqJm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sold, singed and sunk: The sorry tale of Normanton Hall  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Few English country houses suffered more than Normanton Hall. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TV77D7LG66GaMLDvr9pW87-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pugs in pearls: Nine times dogs stole the show on publishing’s most famous page ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PmYLMNtq4BhbHdvWg5CfSD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Harriet Cowan&#039;s dog Tyke tries out his best poses on Country Life photographer Mark Williamson. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Harriet Cowan posing in dungarees for the Country Life Frontispiece with a dog and two cows]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Blurring the lines between ornament and recreation: Nine of Britain’s best Arts-and-Crafts swimming ponds  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Before the vogue for bright blue, chlorine-treated swimming pools, members of Victorian and Edwardian society built naturalistic bathing ponds inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Townsend ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z3f4Tys4ZE8VLt2ghbwUkV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Arts &amp; Crafts circular bathing pool at Hidcote Manor]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Arts &amp; Crafts circular bathing pool at Hidcote Manor]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nuthall Temple: The Palladian masterpiece that was blown up to make way for the M1 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/nuthall-temple-the-palladian-masterpiece-that-was-blown-up-to-make-way-for-the-m1</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:17:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bp5C4mdwGVYQ6iKdYAXvQo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Black and white images of Palladian Nuthall Temple]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Black and white images of Palladian Nuthall Temple]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The curious incident of the vanishing glasshouses: Country Life's photographs are all that remains of these awe-inspiring structures ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ‘winter garden’ and the ‘terraced grounds of exquisite beauty’ were two of Cherkley Court’s featured attractions. They were advertised for sale in Country Life in 1910 — and then they vanished. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Gardens]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fg9sJcQYfg4TBJkbQSVUEf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An Alhambra-influenced filigree screen created the perfect backdrop to the conservatory. Different coloured glass orbs dangled from the ceiling, providing electric light to the Victorian structure.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A manor house with large, Victorian greenhouses and a rare collection of plants ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The country home with an intriguing connection to the Titanic, doomed for demolition  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:27:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HAVpAyHGW3ZrcV8pHL4e73-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The never-before-seen photographs of The House at Pooh Corner that were taken by Country Life when A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin called it home ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CVhNr7QcKm3dKxUVpMgshk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘It only remains for our descendants to curse our impotence and laissez-faire’: Only four photographs of a storied London townhouse survive inside the Country Life archive — and it was brutally demolished not once, but twice ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/lifestyle/it-only-remains-for-our-descendants-to-curse-our-impotence-and-laissez-faire-only-four-photographs-of-a-storied-london-townhouse-survive-inside-the-country-life-archive-and-it-was-brutally-demolished-not-once-but-twice</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ No. 32, Soho Square was demolished not once, but twice, despite warnings of doing so in Country Life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Life &amp; Style]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c74WRm3Bq65QsZNgupoREb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From the archive: 'This retina-awakening advert for British Nylon Spinners Limited sums up the swinging 1960s perfectly'  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vcDbsL7YN4Zp5LpnicVfpT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Brightly-coloured adverts for Bri-Lon]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Brightly-coloured adverts for Bri-Lon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From the Country Life archive: The 19th century answer to Swingball ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EYmg5DJbuREwrrQZpGaZff-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[When it came to women&#039;s clothes, appearance and style were seen as more important than comfort and manoeuvrability well into the 20th century.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Edwardian advert for Swingball]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘It has been destroyed beyond repair, not by the effect of gunfire, but by a deliberate act of vandalism’: Britain’s long lost great houses that live on only inside the Country Life archive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In the wake of the First and Second World Wars, some of Britain’s greatest houses were lost forever — to extinct familial lines, financial woes, neglect, vandalism and tragic accidents. Thankfully, plenty are preserved — in photographic form at least — for eternity, inside the Country Life archive. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HEyAADs35Fct9Fbt6wqYhn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bayons Manor is one of the many long lost houses photographed for Country Life.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Bayons Manor is one of the many long lost houses photographed for Country Life]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From the Country Life archive: The questionable vacuum caps that promised a 'healthy, vigorous growth of hair' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/lifestyle/from-the-country-life-archive-the-questionable-vacuum-caps-that-promised-a-healthy-vigorous-growth-of-hair</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Life &amp; Style]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FM37a3s2Z6MZKNtK29KeuS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Black and white advert depicting a man wearing a suction helmet ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Black and white advert depicting a man wearing a suction helmet ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From the Country Life archive: Yes, that is a Moon Transmitter on London's South Bank ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/from-the-country-life-archive-yes-that-is-a-moon-transmitter-on-londons-south-bank</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rcbuUeuf9eoKWQJTJpHJbg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Moon Transmitter on Festival Of Britain South Bank site]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Moon Transmitter on Festival Of Britain South Bank site]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From the Country Life archive: The St Michael’s Mount Barge long oarsmen  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/from-the-country-life-archive-the-st-michaels-mount-barge-long-oarsmen</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:01:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jF6Nr8CzpouVaMqQwMCE5K-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The Matthews family near St Michaels Mount ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Matthews family near St Michaels Mount ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From the Country Life archive: The Maori meeting house in leafy Surrey ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every Monday, Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:37:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h38KpsY7QkbJoN86kDcbsf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 10 outstanding British gardens from the Country Life Archive  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ With Chelsea Flower Show is on the horizon, we've mined the 128-year-old Country Life Archives for 10 inspiring gardens from across our Isles. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 06:02:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:49:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VZdtAn7wpi5GJFV6PwwdTW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Revisit the Lincolnshire house once described by Roosevelt as 'almost too good to be true', and later dismantled brick by brick ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our original article on Easton Hall in Lincolnshire from January 25, 1902, allows readers to see what the estate was like when the main house was still present in all its glory. ]]>
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