This week in Country Life we celebrate the Best of British and applaud our nation's greatest glories. We also visit Bamburgh Castle, the defining landmark of the Northumbrian coast, we investigate the role bees play in art, we chart the history of the christening robe, we reveal the latest in interior design and we learn to cook with courgettes.
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'I have lost a treasure, such a sister, such a friend as never can have been surpassed': Inside Jane Austen's Winchester home, the house where she penned her final words and drew her final breathJane Austen spent the last days of her life in rented lodgings in Winchester, Hampshire. Adam Rattray describes the remarkable recent discoveries made about the house in which she died.
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An utterly charming island home in Scotland with gardens so beautiful they made the cover of Country LifeAn Cala on the Isle of Seil has a fascinating history that is only enhanced by its amazing setting.
