Country Life August 9 2017 talks about pampered dogs, a house caught up in the Gunpowder Plot and a dramatic Devon garden. Find out more:
DOG'S DINNERS: Do you cook for your dog? You're not alone, as Debora Robertson explains, while Giles Kime examines a new trend in posh dog beds.
CRICKET: Daniel Pembrey tours Britain's best-loved cricket grounds.
PROPERTY: Two fabulous historic homes are looking for new blood to take them on, as Penny Churchill explains.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: Rupert Uloth on why this diverse county ought to be appreciated for more than just the M1, Holly Kirkwood on the best places to live in the county – and the best houses currently on the market – while Matthew Rice writes an extended piece about the beautiful market town of Oundle.
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FAVOURITE PAINTING: It's the turn of regular Country Life contributor Kit Hesketh-Harvey to share his favourite artwork.
RECIPE: Simon Hopkinson admits that perfect pink lamb would be his dream final meal. Here's how he cooks it.
SCULPTURE PARK: The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is 40 years old. Tim Richardson celebrates its journey so far.
COOKBOOKS: Leslie Geddes-Brown takes a look at nine new books about food – including an 849-page opus about cheese that does without a single recipe.
Plus Fiona Reynolds trekking through Snowdonia, the house that JMW Turner designed and much more.
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The garden created by a forgotten genius of the 1920s, rescued from 'a sorry state of neglect to a level of quality it has not known for over 50 years'George Dillistone’s original Arts-and-Crafts design at Knowle House, East Sussex, has been lovingly restored and updated with contemporary planting. George Plumptre tells more; photography by Clive Nichols.
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21 of the greatest craftspeople working in Britain today, as chosen by the nation's best designers and architectsWe've persuaded some of the most celebrated names from our Country Life Top 100 to name the craftspeople they have in their own personal little black books.
