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The Eden Project's rarest plant is destined to take its own life
One of Britain's most popular tourist spots has got itself a Madagascan suicide palm, one of the world's rarest plants. When you find out how its lifecycle goes, you won't be surprised that there aren't many around.
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The Dawn Chorus: We tried a Guinness shandy so you don't have to
Plus the quiz of the day, swimming the Channel three times to raise money for the Garden Museum, and why the moon looks so big and bright.
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London as you've never seen it — and as you'll never see it again
The East End of London has changed rapidly in recent years, but photographer Paul Trevor chronicled it from the 1970s to the 1990s. His images have been collected in a new book, Market Day.
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'There are whole fields that are 100% taxpayer funded NOT to grow crops for people to eat'
Former NFU President Minette Batters has entered the House of Lords as Baroness Batters, giving her a new perspective, and a new opportunity to find ways to help British farming.
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All the winners from the 2024 Georgian Group Architectural Awards
This year’s Georgian Group’s Architectural Awards, sponsored by Savills, attracted another outstanding crop of entries. Here are all the winners, as chosen by a panel of judges chaired by Country Life's Architectural Editor, John Goodall.
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'If we don’t decarbonise heat, we’re b*ggered', plus Country Life's first professional models, and the Quiz of the Day
Straight talking from a business-minded climate activist, plus two of the few professional models to appear in a Country Life photoshoot.
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Fresh calls to list Jubilee Line extension stations
The stations opened in 1999 deserve to be recognised and protected from future development, according to campaigners.
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Conker cheating scandal rocks world championships, a kingfisher becomes ungovernable, and dogs in the army rewarded with latest tech: It's the Dawn Chorus
Plus, the quiz of the day, a modern day Arts-and-Crafts masterpiece for sale, plus Jane Austen's writing desk returns to Southampton — it's the Dawn Chorus, our regular daily round-up of things you don't need to know, but you will enjoy finding out about nonetheless.
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The dog that costs £120,000, the definition of English style, great balls of fire and the Quiz of the Day
Plus, a €12 million estate, and a rare outbreak of good news in Britain's waterways — it's The Dawn Chorus, our regular daily round-up of things you don't need to know, but will enjoy finding out about nonetheless.
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The future of life on Earth, a Surrey house that's 'like being in the Highlands', accidentally unplugging Steven Hawking and the Quiz of the Day
Plus, the answer to a question nobody has been asking: can you boil eggs in the kettle?
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Time to swap your one-bed flat for an immaculate six-bedroom Victorian villa near the beach? The English town where you can max out bang for your buck
On the hunt for a home with more space? Here’s where you should look… (and why you shouldn’t necessarily focus on price tags)
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Dawn Chorus: David Hockney in the south of France, Christmas lights, quiz, and how to eat a hamburger like the royals
A painting from Hockney's time in the south of France sells well at Sotheby's, an ambitious plan to save Scotland's capercaillie, plus you've been eating hamburgers wrong.
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Respite for Brighton's heritage, what's rarer: a fish or a 50p? and how digging through your drawers can save the planet. It's the Dawn Chorus
We're running out of salmon. We're running out of copper. And other stories. Plus a quiz, and a house with a moat for less than £500k.
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Dawn Chorus: The artwork thrown in a museum bin, Cambridge's most famous sight and the world welly wanging champion unmasked by the BBC
What is it like to grow up in a castle? Can you name Cambridge's most famous landmark? And who is the Welly Wanging World Record Holder? All this and more is revealed in today's Dawn Chorus.
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An Easter Island eclipse, and English Heritage needs your help in looking after 1 million historical objects. Plus, the quiz of the day and more
A photographer travels to the South Pacific to grab a glorious shot of an annular eclipse, and English Heritage is asking for donations to help manage, restore and understand its immense collection. Plus, an affordable art auction during Frieze Week.
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Will 2024 be a bumper year for Autumn colour?
A year of staggeringly wet weather across most of Britain has caused all sorts of ups and downs for gardeners and farmers — but will it have an impact on the changing colours of the leaves on the trees around us?
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The fastest and slowest housing markets in Britain, a £23bn bill for landlords, and the war of words over interest rates
Sales in this neck of the woods are agreed in just 33 days, beating the 60-day average across Britain.
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Riding through the kitchen on horseback, plus take our Quiz of the Day
A spectacular view of Snowdonia, the intelligence of owls and our quiz of the day are all highlights of this morning's Dawn Chorus.
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Michelin are now giving out 'stars' for hotels as well as restaurants — and the first batch of winners in Britain is an amazing roster of beautiful places to stay
Are these the 133 best hotels in Britain?