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Britain's most entertaining (and a little bit salacious) country house scandals
'Country houses seem to have harboured more than their fair share of scandals,' says Adrian Tinniswood, who recounts some of the most shocking.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Mark Hedges: It's been an exceptional year for Country Life, but the hard work would be in vain without readers — and for that you have my very greatest thanks
Country Life's Editor-in-Chief reflects on 2025 and teases some of what's to come in 2026.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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'Herod’s catapult has been confiscated': The Nativity play that might be alright on the night
Never work with animals and children, they say, but surely it isn’t a proper Nativity without them?
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December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Country Life's Top 10 architecture stories of 2025, from the South Wales terrace with an exquisite Georgian interior, to Ireland's remarkable country houses
We look back at the most-read architecture stories on the Country Life website in 2025.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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'It isn’t only a moment in time, but a meeting place of past, present and yet to come': Fergus Butler-Gallie on how our churches shape our Christmases
The Church of the Nativity still moves millions of people to tears and represents the power of hope. It is why, says the Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie, we flock to our local church at Christmas, no matter how far removed it may seem.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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‘I wasn’t really sure that I wanted to be a ballet dancer’: The English National Ballet's prima ballerina on playing Clara in The Nutcracker and her consuming passions
Lotte Brundle meets Ivana Bueno, who is dancing the role of Clara in The Nutcracker this year at the London Coliseum.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Secrets from the world of whisky, from the 60-year-old bottle that sold for £650,000 to the tipple you get at the supermarket
In our last episode of 2025, James Fisher is joined on the Country Life Podcast by Kevin Balmforth and Andrew Simpson.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Country Life December 24, 2025 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the railways, an invention that changed British life at the most profound level.
December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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The railway revolution: 'The most profound change to British society since the arrival of the Normans, perhaps even the Romans'
The railway revolution opened up new destinations, expanded our culinary horizons and dramatically improved trade. Jonathan Self takes us on a whistle-stop tour of ‘railway mania’.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Country Life's top 10 property articles of 2025, from the homes of JFK and Alan Titchmarsh to the castle for sale for the first time in 700 years
We look back at the most popular property articles of 2025 on the Country Life website.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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'We begin making in May and start packing and despatching in November —it’s carnage': How the Cotswolds' favourite cake-makers get ready for Christmas
Jessica White of the Meg Rivers Artisan Bakery makes it on to our list of our heroes of Christmas.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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A short history of all the must-have toys for Christmas
Today’s queues may be digital, but the fight to secure that must-have present and avoid small, disappointed faces is timeless. Tom Howells looks at the toys topping recent (and less recent) Christmas wish lists.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Four homes fit for Father Christmas, from dream chimneys and reindeer stables to a house — with sleigh parking — on North Pole Road
It's the time of year when we stop and wonder what Father Christmas is doing to get ready for his big day —and just as importantly, the sort of house he'd need to live in to prepare.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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The policeman turned goat-herder turned beautician, whose goats' milk soap became a sensation
Beautiful soaps always make a wonderful gift, and that's why the goats' milk soap-maker Nick King is one of our heroes of Christmas.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Two turtle doves: Why the endearing bird is an animal for all seasons, not just Christmas
The beautiful, soft-voiced turtle dove is a symbol of courtship and love and must be saved, urges Mark Cocker.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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What’s everyone talking about this week: For the first time in five centuries, Catholic worshippers in England and Wales may soon outnumber Protestants
New figures suggest that Britain’s youth has found God. Catholicism, in particular, is proving popular.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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How a journey from Greece to Devon in a knackered old Citroen proved that cars have souls
Cars are more than just metal, more than just machines, more than just memories. Simon de Burton reckons with deus ex machina on a long drive home.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Dachshund through the snow: How the sausage dog became the festive season's unofficial mascot
From fearless working dog to festive favourite — a brief history of the dachshund and what it’s really like to own one.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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How the spirit of Andy Warhol lives on through Christmas
Andy Warhol found Christmas a tricky time, yet threw himself into the festivities and, when he decided to illustrate his series on American myths, he had no doubt he should include the jolly old man in the bright red suit.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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The Christmas sales reach the property market: Six beautiful houses that have had their prices reduced
From the Kent coast and the hills of Dorset to a bona fide country house just 20 minutes from central London, these fine homes have all had recent price cuts.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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‘Some ran for cliffs and jumped in panic. Others tried alternative routes, but these are not the paths they’ve followed for thousands of years’: Instagram is putting wildlife at risk and ruining our sense of adventure
Here is how to travel responsibly.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Heaven in Devon: The sophisticated, ethereal beauty of Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral in Devon is an idiosyncratic masterpiece what illuminates the sophistication and personalities behind the development of late-medieval English architecture. John Goodall explains more, with photography by Paul Highnam.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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New Place Manor is actually 700 years old —look inside this magnificent medieval home in Sussex
Never has a descriptor been so inaptly used as the 'new' in New Place Manor, a glorious old home in the countryside on the edge of Pulborough.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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How Britain’s biggest and best country houses are decking the halls (and façades) for Christmas
No one does Christmas better than Britain's country houses (probably).
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December 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Just can't get enough of the muff? The history of the furry handwarmer with the funny name
Deborah Nicholls-Lee goes diving into the history of the muff.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM