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.

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Food for thought

Country Life

Farming progress under fire

A fitting legacy

Good week for

Bad week for

Horses to remember

Make it count

It’s getting hot in here

Country Mouse • New weather rules

Town Mouse • A lost key

Quiz of the week

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE January 12, 1924

Cabinet of curiosities

Time to buy

On this day… • January 10, 1863

A novel note

Poet’s corner

In the spotlight • Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Unmissable events

Wine o’clock

Time for tea

Let there be light

Burning issue

Holiday collectables

Sage of significance

New Year’s resolution

Origins of cricket

Premature memorial

Don’t worry, be happy

The art of the pavement

The way we were

My favourite painting Lady Violet Manners

A distant horizon conquered • Setting off to solve the mystery of a far-off monument

The future as a footstool • The shocking proposals to redevelop Liverpool Street Station, argues Ptolemy Dean, promise to destroy the achievement of a landmark 1980s restoration project that modernised this London terminus with thought and sensitivity

The Midas touch • In the first of two articles, John Goodall looks at the early evolution of a country house that has descended in the hands of one family for more than 900 years

Curls, curls, curls • ‘A splendid breed done down by folly and impatience’, the curly-coated retriever is still the image of its Victorian forebears and should not be underestimated in the field, says Katy Birchall

Rolling in the deep • Sunken holloway paths criss-cross the countryside ‘like creases in the hand’. Ben Lerwill explores the hidden half tunnels worn away by the feet of our ancestors

Little crop of horrors • From pretty foxgloves and insidious yew to the roots of hemlock water-dropwort–which look like parsnips, but will kill you if you eat them–Britain is full of deadly plants, says John Wright, as he reveals some of the most poisonous

Why we all cry for pie • Is anything more comforting than breaking through a pie’s golden crust, with heaven-scented wisps of steam escaping from the melting meat below, asks Tom Parker Bowles

I can’t believeit’s British butter • A celebration of our dairy heritage and surprisingly simple to make, artisan butter is a truly superior spread, says Jenny Linford

Snow business • Slope off in style with Hetty Lintell’s selection of mountain gear, for on and off your skis

Winter warmers • The hottest new stoves, fires and range cookers, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Relight my fire • Bioethanol fires offer a flue-free alternative to conventional fireplaces and stoves

Money for old rope • A versatile crop with the power to assist us in the battle against climate change, hemp is not to be sniffed at, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Secret Scotland • There were 25% more Scottish estates on the market in 2023 than 2022, with fewer selling; however, private transactions took a leap of more than 15%

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