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Six perfect Christmas gifts for gadget lovers

Six perfect Christmas gifts for gadget lovers

Dreaming of a tech-filled Christmas? Here are six gadgets to hit the spot.   For when telling the time just
The country house where PG Wodehouse wrote one of his best-loved books, and where the wife of Charles I fled from her would-be captors

The country house where PG Wodehouse wrote one of his

It was in the grounds of this 15th century property that Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I, reputedly
Carla Carlisle: ‘Seamus Heaney deserves a sainthood, as well as his Nobel Prize’

Carla Carlisle: ‘Seamus Heaney deserves a sainthood, as well as

Carla Carlisle applauds The Letters of Seamus Heaney and shares how she couldn’t wait until Christmas to devour the collection
My favourite painting: Melanie Vandenbrouck

My favourite painting: Melanie Vandenbrouck

Melanie Vandenbrouck, chief curator at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, chooses a Jadé Fadojutimi image. Melanie Vandenbrouck on her choice,
‘Giving a gardener a tree for Christmas is akin to offering a kitten or a puppy’

‘Giving a gardener a tree for Christmas is akin to

Wondering what to give a green-fingered friend or family member for Christmas? John Hoyland, gardens adviser at Glyndebourne, has some
How to stop a dog peeing in the house, by A-list trainer Ben Randall

How to stop a dog peeing in the house, by

It’s one of the nightmare scenarios for a dog owner: a pooch who suddenly forgets that they’re toilet trained. Ben
Britain’s most eccentric crooked buildings, from the pub that looks tipsy to the church that leans more than the Tower of Pisa

Britain’s most eccentric crooked buildings, from the pub that looks

Warped, twisted and wonderfully wonky, who can fail to be intrigued by the quirky glory of Britain’s medieval buildings? Rob
An elegant Cornish abbey being sold by one of iconic supermodels of the 1960s

An elegant Cornish abbey being sold by one of iconic

Grade ll-listed The Abbey stands high above the harbour in Penzance looking across to St Michael’s Mount. In Cornwall —
The stories behind the strangest phrases in English from being ‘gone for a burton’ to ‘caught red-handed’

The stories behind the strangest phrases in English from being

Learning a language is one thing, getting to grips with a pig in a poke is another altogether. Octavia Pollock
Five of the best eating apples to grow in your garden

Five of the best eating apples to grow in your

The gardeners of The Newt in Somerset share their pick of the best eating apples to grow and enjoy in
Hotel Endsleigh review: A sliver of Scotland in the middle of Devon

Hotel Endsleigh review: A sliver of Scotland in the middle

This Regency fishing lodge in the Tamar Valley is like something out of a fairytale, says our Travel Editor Rosie Paterson,
Boom, bust and property lust: Penny Churchill on 30 years of Britain’s best houses

Boom, bust and property lust: Penny Churchill on 30 years

Country Life’s long-standing property correspondent Penny Churchill looks back on three decades of writing about Britain’s finest houses. Nobody in