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Dawn Chorus: How to clean a priceless chandelier, a Bohemian rhapsody for sale and our Quiz of the Day
Blenheim's big clean, the best National Park pubs, Maria Callas's costumes and a beautiful, quirky house for sale — they're all in our first Dawn Chorus of 2025.
By Toby Keel Published
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Farmer's Life: Supermarket eggs can be several weeks old. The ones I sell are usually six hours old — but I still get customers who worry because they don't have best-before dates stamped on them
Farmers need to convince consumers that the choices they make are integral to preserving the British environment, says Douglas Chalmers
By Douglas Chalmers Published
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Country Life's 20 favourite stories of 2024, from elephants and explorers to the country house that came with a free Harrier Jump Jet
Over the Christmas period we'll be featuring some of the best stories of the year from the Country Life website.
By Toby Keel Published
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Going up? The property market's top experts on what will happen to house prices in 2025
After a jam-packed year, could a brighter and more stable housing market be around the corner? Here’s our round-up of house price predictions from those in the know.
By Annabel Dixon Published
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Dawn Chorus: The Secret of GK Chesterton, the owl-saving hero who's breaking the internet, and our Quiz of the Day
GK Chesterton's old house is up for sale in what is the final Dawn Chorus of 2024.
By Toby Keel Published
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The most-viewed house of 2024 is a completely ordinary three-bed semi... with a literally fantastical interior
This incredible house in Rhyl, Wales, is emblazoned with murals of Disney characters. Do you dare step into the room full of villains?
By Annabel Dixon Published
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The best wedding pictures you'll ever see, what's the point of a law you don't enforce and talking about gin with James May
Plus our property of the day and the quiz.
By James Fisher Published
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Dawn Chorus: Nature's 'wholesale fightback' is an inspiration for us all to keep trying
Tuesday's Dawn Chorus brings you five reasons to be cheerful — or six, if you count turning an austere City institution into a brightly-coloured Christmas delight.
By Toby Keel Published
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Dawn Chorus: The cheetah who's a Far Side cartoon come to life, plus black poplars, country houses and our Quiz of the Day
A glorious cheetah has lit up our inbox this week — plus, can you help save the black poplar? And with the dust having settled, what does the budget really mean for country houses?
By Toby Keel Published
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Minette Batters: 'I don’t believe this Government set out to wipe out the family farm. Yet it will be the consequence'
Minette Batters — a farmer, former NFU President and a Baroness sitting in the House of Lords — has a harsh warning for Keir Starmer's government.
By Minette Batters Published
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Santa's making the kids cry, a vast organ finds its voice and letting the saltwater into Gloucestershire
Plus a very peculiar Northumberland property and the quiz of the day.
By James Fisher Published
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A spot of Bovaer: The dairy cow additive that's set tongues wagging isn't bad for anyone — and it's just what we need if we want both milk and clean air
Country Life's rural columnist Agromenes looks at the huge improvements being made to the air that we breathe, through the unlikeliest of ways.
By Country Life Published
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Dawn Chorus: Symbiosis in action
A wonderful picture from Richmond Park and a look inside Country Life's biggest issue of the year.
By Toby Keel Published
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What you'll find inside Country Life's 2024 Christmas Double issue, the biggest in 128 years of the magazine's history
Country Life 11/18 December 2024 is our iconic Christmas Double Issue, with 318 pages of Christmas cheer.
By Country Life Published
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Dawn Chorus: Santa's sleigh up for sale, the Royal photographs and sketches going on show, plus our Quiz of the Day
Today's Dawn Chorus looks ahead to an exhibition set to delight at Buckingham Palace next year.
By Toby Keel Published
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A farmhouse and 200 acres of the Lake District for sale at the same price as a two-bedroom flat in Barnet
A beautiful farm with spectacular views and potential to create a lifestyle business, plus a truly magical winter scene and our Quiz of the Day.
By Toby Keel Published
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The happiest places to live in Britain, including the gorgeous town that's 'like living in a Constable painting'
This riverside spot has topped Rightmove’s annual ranking for the first time, taking the crown from Richmond upon Thames. Here’s why.
By Annabel Dixon Published