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.

Mrs Katherine Anne Fenton Forrest Towers

Whatever the weather

Country Life

Triumph of the skies

Where to hear a heavenly host

Very good dogs indeed

Horses doing their bit

Good week for

What’s in a name?

Valuing our wide-open spaces

Fixing up the palace

Country Mouse

Town Mouse

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE December 8, 1923

Cabinet of curiosities

Town & Country Notebook

In the spotlight Cinnamon

Wines of the week

(Pod) casting the net

Letters to the Editor

All must play fair

Seeking a solution we can believe in

The way we were

My favourite painting Melanie Vandenbrouck • The Woven Warped Garden of Ponder

The life of a naturalist • A great man of good letters

Taking account of the past • Chartered Accountants’ Hall, No 1, Moorgate Place, London EC2 The Livery Hall of the Company of Chartered Accountants and the headquarters of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales A late-Victorian masterpiece in the heart of the City has been expanded and augmented with unusual discernment. Steven Brindle visits after its most recent refurbishment

Native breeds • Belted Galloway

Never knowingly undersold • From telephone-equipped hotel rooms to cars ‘for lady drivers’, the advertisements featured in COUNTRY LIFE in 1923 captured Britain’s evolution, as well as the odd quack remedy, finds

Neptune’s wooden angels • Carved figureheads, always adorned with eyes, often female and sometimes in a compromising pose, were cherished by their crews as protection from the perils faced at sea, finds

Very superstitious

A kind of tree magic • When it comes to driving away witches or warding off evil, nothing beats the rowan tree, with its gleaming scarlet berries and pentagram markings. Aeneas Dennison walks into a forest of myths

Raise a glass to rowanberry wine

Not so jolly old Saint Nicholas • Father Christmas may be the rosy-cheeked, jolly character who personifies the fun of the festive season, but he’s had to overcome a few setbacks, notes

Christmas classics

And that’s an unwrap • A diamond-encrusted tortoise, a humble pencil case and a cursed jewel: Felicity Day unwraps some of the best and worst presents given in literature

Animal magic • Melanie Johnson employs a menagerie of parrots, leopards, reindeer, serpents and feathered friends to create inspired ideas for festive dining

The Editor’s choice • Editor-in-Chief Mark Hedges picks some of his favourite luxuries from 2023

Last orders • As 2023 comes to a close, three splendid properties with business potential have come to the market, one of which was the Cornish venture of supermodel Jean Shrimpton

Too big to rail • The failed northern leg of HS2 has left landowners in the lurch. Lucy Denton reports on what happens next

London Life • Your indispensable guide to the capital

Shop of the month

Seasonal suggestions

A green space

Here’s looking at The Wallace Collection

My plate of view

Property of the week

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