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What do 32 pigeons, 38 dogs, four horses and one cat have in common? They've all been awarded a Dicken medal, and now you can have one too

1 week ago | countrylife.co.uk | Annunciata Elwes

It was 10.30pm on August 5, 1946, when two boxers, a brother and sister named Punch and Judy, were severely injured when saving the lives of British officers in Palestine. They ‘belonged to Lt-Col A. H. K. Campbell, the deputy judge advocate general of the Jerusalem Military Court, and Lt-Col H. G. G. Niven, the adjutant general, who shared a house in a Jerusalem suburb,’ explains Christopher Mellor-Hill of Noonans. ‘The two officers were relaxing at home with their two dogs. The front door was open.
A picture-perfect Cotswolds manor house with magical gardens and an ancient orchard

4 weeks ago | countrylife.co.uk | Annunciata Elwes

If the Chelsea Flower Show has got you thinking about a house with a spectacular garden, The Manor House, Blockley, There are lawns, terraces, formal gardens and more, plus an ancient orchard with medlar, walnut, fig, quince, mulberry and various traditional pears — ideal for making up an unusual fruit salad. The main house will also surely grow on you.
What the Dickens! Celebrate 100 years of the Charles Dickens Museum alongside the great novelist's family

1 month ago | countrylife.co.uk | Annunciata Elwes

To mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Charles Dickens Museum in London, on June 9, a number of the author’s descendants will give talks and readings. Museum entry will be free to the public in honour of the occasion, with the day also marking the 155th anniversary of Dickens’s death and the opening of a new special exhibition featuring recently acquired, previously unseen items.
Newly released photographs reveal pioneering role of women in wartime photography

1 month ago | countrylife.co.uk | Annunciata Elwes

The pioneering role of women in wartime photography is spotlighted in an intriguing collection of photographs newly revealed by Historic England to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Although perhaps more famous for the ‘James Bond’ and ‘Carry On’ franchises, during the Second World War, Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire was known as RAF Iver Heath — a base for the RAF Film Production Unit (RAFFPU) and the Army Film and Photographic Unit (AFPU).
The final designs for Queen Elizabeth II's national memorial have been released - now it's time to have your say

1 month ago | countrylife.co.uk | Annunciata Elwes

A national memorial to the late Queen will be built in a reimagined St James’s Park, Central London, and a shortlist of five ambitious proposals have been revealed. A little green haven between Buckingham Palace, Green Park, Horse Guards, The Mall and Birdcage Walk, the park is currently home to some 40 pelicans and statues of the monarch’s parents, George VI and the Queen Mother.
Behind the secret-garden door at 10, Downing Street

1 month ago | countrylife.co.uk | Annunciata Elwes

Once the sole preserve of Larry the cat and whomever he happens to be chaperoning — our Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office currently cohabits with his sixth Prime Minister — the gardens at 10, Downing Street, will open via the London Open Gardens weekend.
Chelsea Flower Show 2025: The first garden designed by a dog

1 month ago | countrylife.co.uk | Annunciata Elwes

Together, Monty Don and his golden retriever, Ned, have designed a garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show — a doggy first for the event. Plantsman Jamie Butterworth, who is creating the RHS and Radio 2 Dog Garden with Don, laid it all out at his nursery, Form Plants in Surrey, then invited Ned to run through all the pots and plants to create pathways to make it ‘as authentic as possible’. ‘Ned followed his nose and forged the routes that we will now copy at the show,’ explains Butterworth.
Sir David Attenborough: 'The next 100 years could either witness a mass extinction of ocean life or a spectacular recovery'

1 month ago | countrylife.co.uk | Annunciata Elwes

When I sat down at my desk this morning I never expected to hear an anecdote about octopuses that would blow my mind. It came from speaking to Colin Butfield, the co-founder and director of Open Planet Studios, who has just written a book with Sir David Attenborough. Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness will be published on May 8, coinciding with Attenborough’s 99th birthday, at the same time that an Attenborough-narrated film on the same subject will be released in cinemas worldwide.
London's Tate Modern celebrates its 25th birthday with the help of a giant arachnid and crustaceous telephone

1 month ago | countrylife.co.uk | Annunciata Elwes

Anyone who remembers the opening of the Tate Modern in London 25 years ago will undoubtedly recall peering up at a 30ft-tall spider, which greeted the first visitors in the 500ft-long Turbine Hall.
Betty is the first dog to scale all of Scotland’s hundreds of mountains and hills

1 month ago | countrylife.co.uk | Annunciata Elwes

Earlier this month, a nine-year-old Kerry blue terrier became the first dog to scale all of Scotland’s hundreds of mountains and hills, plus some of the highest peaks in England, Ireland and Wales. Since 2021, Betty, who lives in Kinloss, Moray, with her human Shona Marshall, has scaled 282 Munros, 227 Munro Tops, 222 Corbetts, 231 Grahams and 140 Donalds, plus 22 Furths (Munro height; there are a further 12 that don’t allow dogs).

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Articles

What do 32 pigeons, 38 dogs, four horses and one cat have in common? They've all been awarded a Dicken medal, and now you can have one too

A picture-perfect Cotswolds manor house with magical gardens and an ancient orchard

What the Dickens! Celebrate 100 years of the Charles Dickens Museum alongside the great novelist's family

Newly released photographs reveal pioneering role of women in wartime photography

The final designs for Queen Elizabeth II's national memorial have been released - now it's time to have your say

Behind the secret-garden door at 10, Downing Street

Chelsea Flower Show 2025: The first garden designed by a dog

Sir David Attenborough: 'The next 100 years could either witness a mass extinction of ocean life or a spectacular recovery'

London's Tate Modern celebrates its 25th birthday with the help of a giant arachnid and crustaceous telephone

Betty is the first dog to scale all of Scotland’s hundreds of mountains and hills

Journalists covering the same region

Simon Godley

Kieran Gair

Peter Ormerod

Maev Kennedy

Hayley O'Keeffe

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