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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The road most travelled

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Does the apple fall far from the tree? • New research sheds light on the politics and pitfalls of succession and how the attitudes of heirs and estate owners are shifting

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

Bread of Britain

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Alison Weir

A valley of delightful beauty • In the first of two articles, David Robinson considers the medieval abbey at Hartland, beginning with its nebulous origins as an ancient religious site associated with the cult of St Nectan

The legacy Sir Peter Scott and wildfowl conservation

Why we love (and hate) the A303 • Sometimes, it is the journey we remember, rather than the destination. Julie Harding travels the long, winding–and sometimes frustrating–road to the West Country, taking in the sights along the way

Claws for celebration • Caught in a pincer movement? Feeling the need to scuttle away? You’re not the only one: Helen Scales gets under the shell of the UK’s crabbiest crustaceans

Romancing the stone • His walls are works of art, but it is Tom Trouton’s innovative trees, fruits and even newts that set him apart as a master of dry stone, says Annie Gatti

Walking with giants • On a meander around the mighty summits of Dartmoor, Manjit Dhillon recalls tales of warring giants, complex marriages and clotted cream

A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom • As he prepares for another season on the fly, our correspondent considers what it is about fishing that has long enthralled the great and the good–from Coco Chanel to US presidents, Robert Redford and Eric Clapton

Wisteria hysteria • Embrace the bountiful floral offerings this month with fashion and lifestyle accessories to match, says Hetty Lintell

The designer’s room • When reconfiguring a 17th-century manor house, Nicola Harding converted the drawing room into a bright, light-filled kitchen

A bit of light relief • Why paler hues are back in favour

Safe havens of the West • Wildlife and people alike can thrive in four magnificent estates in Wiltshire, Somerset and Devon

Moor is more • Within the realms of wild West Country moorland, these houses hold their own, finds Amie Elizabeth White

The contented garden • George Plumptre returns to the garden of the American artist John Hubbard and finds it basking in comfortable maturity

Not gardening

Kitchen garden cook Tarragon

A true test of nettle • Ubiquitous, vigorous and a touch dangerous, the stinging nettle will always have a place in our hearts, says John Wright

A game of two halves • It has a strong claim to being our national dish, but how did the sandwich go from humble fare to picnic staple and, finally, country-wide lunchtime obsession? Emma Hughes finds out

The cream of the crop • The root of the great Devon-versus-Cornwall debate, clotted cream is a pot of pure sunshine, says Julie Harding

The forbidden flower • Labelled the ‘intriguer of the night’ and the ‘drowsy scent of love’, the powerful fragrance of tuberose is said to ignite passions in the fairer sex. John Wright...