BLENHEIM PALACE: Jack Watkins salutes Sir John Vanbrugh’s exuberant Baroque creation, Blenheim Palace.
RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW: Rich hues and new stands: the autumn Chelsea is worth visiting, believes Kathryn Bradley-Hole.
CHRISTMAS FLOWERS: Alan Titchmarsh picks his top bulbs for seasonal forcing.
ROBERT MACFARLANE: The author dares to peer through haunted field-glasses at the spookier side of art.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Sue Barnes, the founder of Lavender Green Flowers, on a touching portrait.
CHAINSAW CHALLENGE: There be danger in them trees, discovers Jamie Blackett.
WADDESDON’S NARCISSI Val Bourne finds out the secrets behind the golden swathes of narcissi that light up Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire.
TULIPS: Angel Collins on planting in pots.
WREST PARK: The spectacular pavilion in the grounds of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire.
INSECT BITES: Being attacked by a tiny insect can be astonishingly painful. Simon Lester braves the worst.
INTERIORS: Giles Kime launches the Country Life undyed carpet collection.
FERTILISER: Jeremy Hobson examines the chilling truth behind fertiliser.
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17 outstanding homes for sale across Britain, from under £250k to £6.5 million, as seen in Country LifeSomething for every budget in this week's round up of homes across the country that have come to market via Country Life.
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'We started thinking: if we were going to design a bike for Aston Martin, what would it look like? And then we simply couldn’t stop': Aston's new bike has everything you could ever dream of — except a price tagThe new Aston Martin .1R bicycle, a collaboration with manufacturer J.Laverack, leaves Paul Henderson stirred rather than shaken.
