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A walk across the Cheshire Plain, the 200-million-year-old landscape where yesterday’s old industrial sites are today’s nature reserves

A walk across the Cheshire Plain, the 200-million-year-old landscape where

Fiona Reynolds heads out for a walk on the Cheshire Plain, where industry and farming are juxtaposed to startling effect.
A converted reservoir in Devon that might be the UK’s most interesting holiday home

A converted reservoir in Devon that might be the UK’s

With some 7,500sq ft of space and room for 16 guests, Woolbrook Reservoir in Sidmouth is a unique property that
Tom Parker Bowles on the classic English food that’s ‘never dull, comforting, and impossible to resist’

Tom Parker Bowles on the classic English food that’s ‘never

We defy you to Tom Parker Bowles’s puddings piece and not hanker after a steak and kidney pudding. Thankfully, Tom
The RNLI’s 200-year journey from being set up in a pub to saving tens of thousands of lives

The RNLI’s 200-year journey from being set up in a

The brave men and women of the RNLI have been working for two centuries to save the lives of those
The art of the bath

The art of the bath

A collaboration between Victoria & Albert Baths and sculptor Sophie-Elizabeth Thompson is an exciting new departure in the history of
Playing the name game: Why what you call a house really matters

Playing the name game: Why what you call a house

From The Manor House to The Glebe, research from Savills reveals the 10 most expensive house names. What’s in a
The Legacy: Miriam Rothschild – Country Life

The Legacy: Miriam Rothschild – Country Life

The celebrated entomologist and Bletchley Park codebreaker was also way ahead of the times when it came to gardening. Miriam
Jonathan Self: The peasants are anything but revolting

Jonathan Self: The peasants are anything but revolting

The people who worked the patchwork farms of Ireland until just a few decades ago are all but gone, laments
Millie Pilkington: Photographing dogs, movie stars and the Royal Family

Millie Pilkington: Photographing dogs, movie stars and the Royal Family

Portrait photographer Millie Pilkington joins James Fisher on the Country Life podcast. Millie Pilkington is one of Britain’s best-known portrait
A West Sussex farmhouse with its own vineyard where you could make 40,000 bottles a year

A West Sussex farmhouse with its own vineyard where you

The ideal country house with the ideal lifestyle business? Dillions Farmhouse and Vineyard in West Sussex are up for sale.
Six of the best sculpture parks to visit around Britain

Six of the best sculpture parks to visit around Britain

A landscape full of sculpture is always a great experience; Carla Passino picks out some of the most extraordinary sculpture
Five breathtaking country houses for sale, from a Georgian wonder to the oldest continually inhabited house in England

Five breathtaking country houses for sale, from a Georgian wonder

We take a look at some of the finest homes to come on to the market via Country Life in