Real Simple Magazine - March 09, 2022

In this issue

Creating the country house
The top 100 specialists you should call.

Shear brilliance: the garden where topiary rules
Winged horses: legends of the Gold Cup
Blossom, blackcaps and W. G. Grace

Mad women go out in the rain

The rain-soaked, deserted Cheddar Gorge proves exhilarating

3 mins

A most welcome return

An award-winning restoration project has addressed serious structural problems within an important Palladian house and brought it back to life as a modern family home. Oliver Gerrish reports.

8 mins

If the blackcap fits

Small, shy and chubby with a neat black cap, this effervescent bird sings its heart out in spring. Jack Watkins meets the blackcap, also known as the March nightingale

5 mins

Charity begins at home

Built for the clergy, the military, retired estate workers and, most commonly, for the poor, almshouses are as important today as they ever were, finds Clive Aslet

7 mins

Golden moments

It is 90 years since Golden Miller won the first of a record-breaking five victories in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Jack Watkins looks back at other equine heroes of the race and assesses Al Boum Photo’s chances of making history at this year’s Festival

7 mins

The store-cupboard superstar

Nothing beats griddled sardines fresh from the sea, but, tinned, these iridescent beauties can be feasted upon year-round, celebrates Tom Parker Bowles

4 mins

Like a moth to a precious tapestry

A campaign to save heritage fabrics from one of our most destructively proliferating insects is going well

6 mins

The COUNTRY LIFE Top 100

Planning to restore, remodel or re-build a country house? Or to establish a new garden? For the sixth year, we have chosen experts with the knowledge, experience and creativity required to get it right

10+ mins

Dressed all in white

As attractive to artists as it is to moths and butterflies, the ‘White Period’ of heavenly spring blossom is upon us and John Lewis-Stempel couldn’t be happier

7 mins

Happy families

Home is where the heart is at three family-sized properties that have not been seen on the market for decades

4 mins

Ripe for the picking

Character cottages for less than £1 million

2 mins

Shear brilliance

So fine is this topiary collection, one might think it dates back to the 18th century, yet it has been created over the past 20 years by a former antique dealer with little interest in gardening

5 mins

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