Best country houses for sale this week
Catch up on the best country houses for sale this week that have come to the market via Country Life.
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How to make the simple leek into a sumptuous supper, the Tom Parker Bowles way
Leeks can spice up a simple soup or make a fine accompaniment to foie gras. We take a look at a recipe which is as simple as it is delicious.
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Things to do: The Story Museum re-opens, and one of the season's great charity fairs moves online
Keep your diary up-to-date with our selection of unmissable events and things to do in the next few weeks.
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Country Life 21 October 2020
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Agromones: 60 years on from DDT, we're still unleashing forces we don't property understand — we really do need our heads examined
Country Life's columnist Agromenes wonders how much longer we can go on pumping poorly-understood chemicals into the atmosphere and still expect bees to be able to live as they should — and indeed must.
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My Favourite Painting: Kit Kemp
Designer and author Kit Kemp chooses Lucy Kemp-Welch's The Straw Ride, a study of the horses of the First World War.
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16 homes, from castles and cottages to converted churches, as seen in Country Life
We run through some of the houses to have come to the market via Country Life in the past week.
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Simon Jenkins: Britain’s historic houses are, for the most part, safe — that is not true of the countryside
The National Trust is tying itself in knots, argues its former chairman Simon Jenkins, while missing real challenge of the moment: the future of our countryside and the assault on the planning system.
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A simple guide to identifying British trees
Simon Lester goes out on a limb to identify species and stop us barking up the wrong tree.
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Country Life 14 October 2020
Country Life 14 October 2020 delights in dahlias, visits Cadenham Manor, marvels at Hampton Court and much more.
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Lucy Baring: 'It's unnerving being taught life lessons by someone who's just left school'
Adventures at the intersection of second-hand cars, Marie Kondo and William Morris.
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The lighting designers helping bring light to impoverished communities
Lighting specialist Vaughan has invited interior designers to help illuminate impoverished communities.
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Four properties for sale, including a converted water tower, as seen in Country Life
We take our pick of some of the best homes to appear in Country Life in the past week or so.
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In Focus: The joy of sketch — or how drawing beats snapping pictures with your smartphone
Artist and designer David Gillett takes photographs, just like the rest of us — but he also never travels without his sketch pad.
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Country Life 7 October 2020
Country Life 7 October 2020 looks at the Wye Valley, Charles I's London and shares jam tips.
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My Favourite Painting: Michael Sandle
Sculptor and draughtsman Michael Sandle chooses a haunting Arctic image by Caspar David Friedrich.
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In Focus — The Cotswolds silversmith: 'We make beautiful works of art to last for hundreds of years'
Tucked away in an old Cotswolds silk mill, expert craftsmen harness a century of expertise to raise, planish and finish fine gold and silverware. Jeremy Flint visits Hart’s of Chipping Campden.
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How the great children's literature of the 19th century inspired some of the great domestic architecture of the 20th
From the cheery cosiness of Badger's home in 'Wind in the Willows' to the magic of 'Tom's Midnight Garden', the houses in children's literature have made an impact on architecture as we know it today.
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How to make perfect sloe gin
Follow our perfect sloe gin recipe to make the best sloe gin in preparation for your local opening meet.
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Country Life 30 September 2020
Country Life 30 September 2020 looks at sketching, South Devon and the bogs of Britain.
