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A 300-year-old home with grace, style and history, yet unlisted and exempt from mansion tax
Linethwaite Hall is a fascinating house that blends Georgian architecture with flourishes reminiscent of a Mediterranean palace, all hewn in sandstone and set in a peaceful corner of Cumbria.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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'I first read this as a teenager and was open-mouthed at the sharp satire and the normalising of deep eccentricity': The books that the Country Life team return to again and again and again
Have you made a resolution to read more in 2026? Members of the Country Life team reveal the fictions novels they've turned to time and time again.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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What is everyone talking about this year: The countryside news that will definitely dominate the headlines in 2026, according to Country Life
Country Life's Kate Green takes a stab at guessing what countryside news will make the headlines in 2026.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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A Venetian palazzo that entranced John Ruskin and was painted by Monet is for sale — but beware, it’s cursed
Palazzo Dario, on Venice's fabled Grand Canal, is an architectural gem, but new owners will have to grapple with its unfortunate past.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Gavin Plumley: Shakespeare’s country isn’t Stratford-upon-Avon, it’s the quiet and beautiful Herefordshire countryside where Hamnet was filmed
Herefordshire is the very picture of what England is in the collective mind’s eye.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Our cathedrals are 'by far the most important works of architecture in Britain', and Exeter is a perfect 21st century update to a medieval masterpiece
John Goodall looks at an ambitious restoration project to the choir and cloister of Exeter Cathedral, which was completed in 2025. Photographs by Paul Highnam and Andy Marshall.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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The nearest thing you'll get to a beach house in London: this four-bedroom Georgian home for sale that's right by the water's edge
This riverside home sits in Strand-on-the-Green, once a medieval fishing village, now a charming spot in one of London's most sought-after postcodes.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Tickled pink: Jewellery designers are united in their love for colourful gemstones
Felix Bischof talks to six jewellery designers and auctioneers about their standout pieces of colourful jewellery from 2025.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Country Life's top 10 travel articles of 2025, including the Scottish survival experience beloved by David Beckham and what a A-list ski resort does when it stops getting snow
Country Life's Travel Editor takes a look back at the most read travel pieces of 2025.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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A huge farmhouse that mixes Georgian charm with an 80 foot party barn and a swimming pool
If the Christmas and New Year period left you hankering after a home where you could really go to town with your celebrations, Julie Harding has the answer: a house with a huge party barn.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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The lynx effect: It's about time to reintroduce this shy predator
Beavers and red kites may be flourishing in Britain, but the reintroduction of apex predators here is a trickier issue. Could there be practical and philosophical benefits and would a trial release of lynx be a worthwhile experiment?
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January 2, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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The 12 types of hangover, from 'Backwards Binoculars' to 'Titanic',and how to cure them all
Have you been tricked by the Deceiver or flattened by a Steamroller? Wine expert Olly Smith sets out the 12 different sorts of festive hangover, and how to cure them.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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What to expect from Country Life in 2026
And many thanks for all your support in 2025.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Six things that Britain should be proud of, from world-class restaurants and Championship-winning cars to the countryside
It is too easy to dismiss 2025 as a downbeat year of failure, but good things did happen.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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The 12 biggest country property sales of 2025, from 'one of the finest homes in the Cotswolds' to a £5 million cottage in Cornwall
Momentum came and went during 2025, but agents around the UK showed time and again that exceptional country houses continue to sell, proving that quality and sensible pricing still cut through uncertainty. Penny Churchill reports.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Country Life December 31, 2025, takes a tour of Britain in 50 treasures, and much more.
December 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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The good, the bad and the overblown: Michael Billington looks back at the year on stage
The best, worst, most underrated and most irritating performances of 2025.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Country Life's top 10 Instagram posts of 2025, from a historic yew hedge to rocking around The Ritz Christmas tree
You liked two things above all else this year: country houses and dogs. Surprise, surprise. With plenty of stories and a slice of cake thrown in for good measure.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Our favourite Frontispieces of 2025
Will Hosie takes a look back at some standout Frontispiece portraits from the previous 12 months.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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How an eco-friendly interior designer transformed a former milking parlour into a multi-purpose space in the middle of the Pandemic
Grace McCloud meets the masterminds behind the transformation of a disused milk parlour in Berkshire.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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The Convent Garden of Il Redentore: A Venice masterpiece that's finally opened its gates after 450 years of total privacy
The recent exemplary restoration by Paolo Pejrone of the 16th-century monastic gardens is not to be missed, writes Tim Richardson. Photographs by Nicolò Tacconi/Orto Giardino del Redentore.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Happy New(foundland) year to all
Gentle, heroic and devoted — there is no better dog with which to welcome the year ahead.
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December 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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The real-life Manderley, and the other country houses that inspired Daphne du Maurier
The writer Daphne du Maurier was fascinated by the English country house. Jeremy Musson explores her evocation of these buildings with the help of photographs from the Country Life Image Archive and a series of specially commissioned drawings by Matthew Rice.
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December 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Forget Bond, the understated George Smiley is fiction's greatest spy
As a new exhibition in Oxford charts John le Carré’s legacy, Emma Hughes takes a closer look at his most enduring creation, George Smiley
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December 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Actor Jennifer Garner on Diane Keaton, 'collecting women' — and her consuming passions
Matisse, Diane Keaton and her beloved childhood toy. Lotte Brundle finds out Jennifer Garner’s consuming passions.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM