This week in Country Life we celebrate spring gardens and admire the enchanting blooms of magnolias, we identify a revival in grand conservatories, we investigate the mischievous magpie, we visit Chinthurst Hill in Surrey and we learn to cook with spinach.
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Canine muses: Lucian Freud's etchings of Pluto the whippet are among his most popular and expensive workIn the third edition of our limited series, we meet the dogs who've inspired some of our greatest artists.
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Maybach SL680: A modern motoring marvel from the marque that once catered for Maharajas and movie starsThe Maybach name has been attached to many of Germany's most luxurious cars over the last century — so does the latest iteration live up to the reputation? Simon de Burton got behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Maybach SL 680 — but only after a quick pronunciation lesson.
