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Six grand and spectacular homes for sale, as seen in Country Life

A palatial home just outside Exter and a glorious waterside property in Cornwall are among the homes this week. Bedfordshire — £2,950,000 A Grade II listed detached barn conversion originally dating from the 17th century situated within formal gardens and paddocks of approximately 16 acres — plus an indoor swimming pool complex with a self-contained guest […]

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How to grow tulbaghia in a British country garden

John Hoyland, the gardens adviser at Glyndebourne, shares his advice on how to get South African favourite tulbaghia growing in Britain. It has become the mantra of many progressive nurserymen and garden designers that only by looking at plants in the wild can we understand how to use them in our gardens and to grow […]

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Tanya is breaking through

“This will be my first guitar festival performance and I am really excited to be part of it,” says this Broome performer. Click to check the original article.

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Have you been walking your dog wrong all these years?

Letting your dog run wild can cause all sorts of problems. Instead, as Country Life’s canine agony uncle Ben Randall tells Katy Birchall, we should see walks as an opportunity to strengthen our bond with our charges. Are you walking your dog correctly? This may not be the most obvious of questions for dog owners […]

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Founders’ Hall, London: The witty, sensitive, post-Modern building that emerged in the wake of the City’s post-war orgy of destruction

Founders’ Hall — at Cloth Fair, London EC1 — is a post-Modern livery hall that is a striking home for The Worshipful Company of Founders, and a building that can teach us something about sensitive development in London. John Martin Robinson reports; photographs by Will Pryce for Country Life. Founders’ Hall, situated in Cloth Fair […]

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Breakfast clubs give rural kids up and go

The kids at Buninyong Public in Dubbo start their day by tucking into eggs from the school’s hens, mandarins plucked from trees in the playground or a bowl of cereal with fresh milk. Click to check the original article.

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Golden Hill White Suffolk tops at $6000 | Farm Weekly

Nutrien Livestock Breeding representative Roy Addis (left), with Elders stud stock prime lamb specialist Michael ONeill, buyer of the $6000 top price White Suffolk ram, Brian Barrows, Yaminga White Suffolk stud, Borden, Yaminga stud adviser John Banks, Albany, Golden Hill stud principal Nathan Ditchburn and Elders Dumbleyung/Lake Grace agent Graeme Taylor. Click to check the […]

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Stockdale White Suffolk ram makes $3100 at York | Farm Weekly

The two Poll Dorset stud sires pictured were offered at the Stockdale ram sale, York and both sold to the breed high of $2900. With the rams were Elders auctioneer Graeme Curry (left), Elders livestock trainee Amber Lewis, Stockdale stud co-principal Brenton Fairclough, one of the top ram buyers, Allen Lawrence, Canternatting Poll Dorset stud, […]

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