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.

Lady Alice Manners • Lady Alice is head of special projects at Bamford and an ambassador for the Royal Countryside Fund, which supports rural communities and family farms across the UK. She is the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland of Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, and follows in the footsteps of several family members who have appeared on the Frontispiece.

In service and love

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

Trust in the good fairies

In praise of our many volunteers

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Martha Lytton Cobbold • Seal Rock, Farallon Islands by Albert Bierstadt

Happy 75th birthday, Your Majesty • On the eve of The King’s big day, Amie Elizabeth White reveals 75 things you might not know about our monarch

A nursery palace • St James’s Palace, London SW1 An official residence of His Majesty King Charles IIICreated as a secure residence for Henry VIII’s heir, St James’s Palace has become the modern home of the Court. Simon Thurley explains the remarkable history of this little-known building

Native breeds Welsh sheep

We can be rural heroes • From a comedian to a Hollywood actress, a young farmer and another who was close to giving up, those who promote or have been helped by The King’s Royal Countryside Fund are equally passionate about it, says Julie Harding

A right royal ruff • Once a favourite of the nobility, the distinguished King Charles spaniel is a loving and loyal little lap dog that can also hold its own outdoors, says Katy Birchall

Elegy in a country churchyard • When the British government forbade the repatriation of fallen soldiers in 1918, many poignant memorials were built here in an attempt to echo those in French and Flemish cemeteries, as Andrew Green discovers

The designer’s room • Cave Interiors turned the awkwardly shaped sitting room of an Edwardian house into a warm and welcoming space

A fireside friend • Why a daybed is a napper’s delight

Men at work • The genius of some of Britain’s greatest architects is showcased in four notable country houses that have recently come to the market

A royal affair • These properties have everything that would be of interest to those who want to feel royally well looked after

Tangerine dreams • Exotic, bohemian and cosmopolitan Tangier has long drawn travellers to explore its narrow streets but the greatest secret of this wonderful city, writes Kirsty Fergusson, is its hidden gardens

The secret nursery

It’s only natural • Jane Bevan’s miniature masterpieces are fashioned from foraged materials, such as acorn cups, sycamore seeds and hawthorn twigs. Natasha Goodfellow meets the woman turning woodland finds into art

Still standing after all those years • A walk around ancient Badbury Rings leads to Kingston Lacy, where an 188-year-old avenue of trees stands proud

Turbot-charged • A versatile Old Master, turbot is a flat fish so eternally appealing that it commands its own cooking vessel, says Tom Parker Bowles

A bundle of energy • Are hydrogen-powered cars the solution to all of our problems?...