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Country kitchens, period house insulation and open fires: Country Life’s best interiors stories of 2023

Country kitchens, period house insulation and open fires: Country Life’s

Best of 2023 Top story We take a look back on the most popular interiors articles in Country Life over
A seaside gem with sensational views that is ‘one of the very best coastal residences anywhere in Cornwall’

A seaside gem with sensational views that is ‘one of

Billed as ‘one of the best coastal properties anywhere in the country’, this light-filled barn conversion is set in 35
From goose and gratin to a very royal recipe, Country Life’s top 10 recipes, food and drink stories of 2023

From goose and gratin to a very royal recipe, Country

Our look back at 2023 makes us very, very hungry indeed. Perfect Coronation street party recipes, fom Mary Berry’s ultimate
A charming stone barn conversion with glorious Tyne Valley views

A charming stone barn conversion with glorious Tyne Valley views

This calming country cottage has four bedrooms and a farmhouse kitchen, plus generous outdoor space complete with formal gardens, paddock
Think what you got for Christmas was bad? The worst presents in literature will cheer you up…

Think what you got for Christmas was bad? The worst

A diamond-encrusted tortoise, a humble pencil case tied up with string and a cursed jewel: Felicity Day unwraps some of
Figs, wisteria, and the roses that ‘are ridiculously easy to grow’: Country Life’s 10 best gardens stories of 2023

Figs, wisteria, and the roses that ‘are ridiculously easy to

We take a look back at Country Life’s most popular gardening features and articles of the year. The rose variety
The ten best properties for sale in Country Life in 2023

The ten best properties for sale in Country Life in

From spectacular stately homes to a delightful thatched cottage, these homes that came up for sale this year were the
The 2023 Country Life Editor’s Christmas Quiz: The Answers

The 2023 Country Life Editor’s Christmas Quiz: The Answers

All the answers to Country Life’s 2023 Christmas Quiz. If you’ve come here before trying the quiz, jump back to
The 2023 Country Life Editor’s Christmas Quiz

The 2023 Country Life Editor’s Christmas Quiz

Test your festive knowledge with Country Life’s biggest quiz of the year, as compiled by Victoria Marston. Best of luck
‘The love we share at Christmas is a refuge. It replenishes our depleted batteries and allows us to go out again into the world’: The 2023 Country Life Christmas message, by Revd Colin Heber-Percy

‘The love we share at Christmas is a refuge. It

A safe haven, a refuge for rest and relaxation, the place we feel we belong—the concept of ‘home’ differs for
The real Ebeneezer Scrooge who inspired Charles Dickens was actually ‘noted for his generosity, jovial disposition and appetite’

The real Ebeneezer Scrooge who inspired Charles Dickens was actually

Ian Morton explores the runaway success of the Dickens Christmas classic and reveals the ‘real’ Ebenezer Scrooge, who was far
Eight beautiful homes with incredible chimneys and fireplaces to make a perfect welcome for Father Christmas

Eight beautiful homes with incredible chimneys and fireplaces to make

Spare a thought for Father Christmas on 24 December, surely the busiest day of the year for him. So we’ve