Country Life 1 May 2019 celebrates the Cotswolds, looks at the extraordinary Mitford family and ponders why we're all bonkers about conkers.
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THE COTSWOLDS: 71 pages of the finest property for sale in one of England's most charming areas.
AN EXQUISITE JACOBEAN HOUSE: The Hall in Bradford-upon-Avon comes under the microscope.
WALKING: Fiona Reynolds visits Exmoor.
GET LUCKY: Why do we love lucky charms and mascots?
WATERCRESS: Melanie Johnson weaves her magic with perhaps the humblest ingredient of all.
THE RETURN OF THE MILKMAN: We're once again enjoying the joys of morning delivery.
BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS: Kate Green on 70 years of this wonderful event.
FAVOURITE PAINTING: Sir Cameron Mackintosh on a theatrical painting.
GARDENS: The English love affair with a perfectly-manicured lawn.
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'Just look at those stairs. Just as an art form, they are bewitching, like the shell of a nautilus': The lure of buying a stairway to heavenIt seems like madness to buy a house purely because you fall in love with the staircase — but sometimes, they are simply so beautiful that it's impossible to resist. Toby Keel takes a look at some glorious examples of staircases we've seen in Country Life in the last couple of years.
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'I found myself in a magical world of a sun-dappled forest, speckled with wild flowers of kaleidoscopic colours and brilliant mosses': Solo walking in the PyreneesThe Pyrenees reserves its best treasures for walkers prepared to venture off the well-beaten trail, says Teresa Levonian Cole, on a solo holiday in Ribes de Freser.
