This week Country Life takes you from the absurd to the sublime: from chickens you'd believe were inventions of a fevered imagination, to dazzling displays of daffodils via a whirl around the National Portrait Gallery to see the dazzling photography from a century of Vogue
Exclusive: Country Life reveals the exact oven where the Great Fire of London actually started
** We explore some of the breeds of poultry that are so spectacular they scarcely seem real - with some amazing pictures to prove it
** The Lincolnshire flatlands of Walkers Daffodil Fields are ablaze with blooms in spring
** Countryside Valentines: Jonathan Self discovers that the countryside has inspired some of our greatest love stories
** Philippa Stockley is seduced by a dazzling show of Vogue photography in celebration of the magazine’s centenary
** We discover the changes in store for Earl's Court in London
Plus, winter irises and local panto
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Chelsea Flower Show 2025: What else to do in SW3 if you're coming to the world's greatest flower showThere's more to Chelsea than just the Flower Show so we've rounded up some of the best places to eat, stay and shop.
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curvesAmid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.
