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 Bianca White

Ode to winter wildlife

Country Life

Missed opportunity for farming

Going wild to tackle food plight

Two minutes is all it takes

Good week for

Equipping our historic buildings for climate-crisis fight

The truth is out there

Country Mouse • Party time

Town Mouse • One spare ticket

Quiz of the week

Cabinet of curiosities

Time to buy

In the spotlight • Pike (Esox lucius)

Unmissable events

Did you know?

Wines of the week

How dark do you like your toast?

Letters to the Editor

What a waste

Athena • Cultural Crusader

The way we were

My favourite painting John Lewis-Stempel • Portrait of Thomas William Coke, Esq. (1752–1842) inspecting some of his South Down sheep with Mr Walton and the Holkham shepherds

Claus for celebration • Lights and turkeys and bells, oh my! Embrace the festive spirit with Amie Elizabeth White’s A to Z of Christmas

Mastered in every detail • The stories of Henry James are full of descriptions of country houses. Jeremy Musson explores the messages these houses convey, with the help of specially commissioned drawings by Matthew Rice

Aylesbury

Glory of the garden • Flower farmer and florist Rachel Siegfried uses woody plants and perennials to bring colour to late-season arrangements, three of which she has made for COUNTRY LIFE, reports Tiffany Daneff

Rules of engagement

Winter picks: shrubs to grow for winter arrangements

Chrysanthemums for Christmas

I’ll have a side of drama, please • Tableside cooking is nothing new, but modern-day diners have forgotten how fun it can be, says Tom Parker Bowles, who makes his case for its renaissance

Well, isn’t that just the icing on the biscuit? • Gin and tonics, first-aid assistance and hugs are all on the menu at Biscuiteers, where ‘there is always a reason to biscuit’, discovers Katy Birchall

Ready, steady, bake! Icing tips and tricks

On the biscuit trail

A guide to modern table manners • Formal dining is no longer the minefield it once was. Annunciata Elwes identifies points of etiquette that have been dispatched, retained, revised and added

Seven deadly sins

What to serve when • Village drinks? Teenage gatherings? Carol singers? Christmas and Boxing Day lunch? Wine savant Nicola Arcedeckne-Butler MW has a wine for every festive occasion

Sip, sip, hooray! • Accessories for festive entertaining, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Pick of the crop • Corkscrews

Hitting the sweet spot • How did an imported Eastern delicacy become a favourite of our Tudor monarchs and an enduring British Christmas staple? Matthew Dennison discovers why so many of us love marzipan

Sweetness in adversity

I go to pieces • Born as a brain-teaser to teach children geography, the humble jigsaw puzzle is now one of the world’s favourite pastimes. Ben Lerwill explores its enduring appeal

Puzzling it out: jigsaw facts and figures

He who pays the piper • Learning a language is one thing, getting to grips with a pig in a poke is another altogether....