Country Life

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Country Life, the quintessential English magazine, is undoubtedly one of the biggest and instantly recognisable brands in the UK today. It has a unique core mix of contemporary country-related editorial and top end property advertising. Editorially, the magazine comments in-depth on a wide variety of subjects, such as architecture, the arts, gardens and gardening, travel, the countryside, field-sports and wildlife. With renowned columnists and superb photography Country Life delivers the very best of British life every week.

Miss Zoë Carmichael • Zoë is an equine and animal sculptor—who trained in the Old Master techniques of classical bronze sculpture at Studio Galleria Romanelli in Florence, Italy—and a former international event rider. She is the daughter of Malcolm and Nicola Carmichael of Fossebridge, Gloucestershire.

The awakening • Jesu Lord, blyssed thou be, For all this nyght thou hast me kepe From the f[i]end and his poste

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

The heat is on

Athena Cultural Crusader The mass housebuilding challenge

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting MOK O’Keeffe • Portrait of Lord Thomas Howard de Walden, Later 1st Earl of Suffolk by the British School

Christening Day • A miraculous surprise party

Secret splendour • No 15, Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 After a period of institutional use and abandonment, a house created for a merchant and philanthropist in the 1850s has been turned back into a family home. Clive Aslet reports

Native breeds Wiltshire Horn

‘My sun one early morn did shine’ • Whether a fiery blaze or a gentle blush, sunrise brings life, hope and a time to be at one with Nature. Six early risers tell Ben Lerwill what dawn means to them

Sealing the deal • Fishermen might fear their competition, but most of us are enthralled by their huge eyes and eerie calls. Joe Gibbs goes seal-searching and tries to understand why one British species is declining as another thrives

What lies beneath • Minuscule springtails vault at the base of rough grass, ants march robotically to pursue their mission and, at night, female glow worms light the way with their abdomen. John Lewis-Stempel discovers the life in a meadow’s underworld

The designer’s room • Matthew Williamson employed an artful balance of pattern and colour to create a beguiling space

In the mix • Kit Kemp and her daughter Willow are bringing the dinner table to life

Curious connections • The walls of these storied properties have quite the tales to tell

A roost for every bird • These properties in our capital will cater to everyone’s tastes

London Life • Your indispensable guide to the capital

London Life Need to Know

The fickle finger of fate • Once as reviled as he is now revered, John Nash stumbled, rose and fell again. Carla Passino retraces the life of the man with the face of a monkey

Bring home the bacon • London’s streets are chockful of independent and alternative food shops. You just have to know where to look, says Emma Hughes, who rounds up some of her favourites

Crackling with good ideas • Tilly Ware visits Highlands, a relatively new garden surrounding an old house in East Sussex that is thriving in the care of innovative head gardener Chris Brown, who is introducing a rare and wonderful collection of plants

Give a fig

Supporting acts • Plant frames and trellis structures for the garden, selected by Amelia Thorpe

A real grass act • The great British lawn is a marvel born of our wet weather, gardeners’ determination and the Industrial Revolution. Whether...