By
Agnes Stamp
published
This week in Country Life we reveal the curious truth behind some of our most beloved carols, we discover why a lurcher really is a countryman’s best friend, we learn to cook with swede and we explore the less-visited side of the Caribbean island of St Barths.
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‘I’m not impressed by an Oxbridge education’: Author Jessie Burton on her acting ambitions, writing ‘The Miniaturist’ and her consuming passionsThe Sunday and New York Times bestselling author wrote her debut novel under her desk while temping as a PA for private equity companies. Lotte Brundle meets her.
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You can now rent King William IV’s former home in London’s Mayfair — for a princely sumThe London property — with royal lineage — is on the market with the estate agency Wetherell for £25,000 a week.
