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 Katherine Rosanna Alexandra Grubb • Kitty is the UK key account manager for Agreena, a Danish regenerative-agriculture company, and the organiser of an annual reeling ball in Edinburgh, Scotland, which raises money for suicide-prevention charities. She is the daughter of Anthony Grubb of West Sussex and Jennifer Wilson of Midmar, Aberdeenshire.

The apple of my eye

Country Life

Wanted: dead or alive

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

Plight of the bumblebee

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Rachel Podger

Happiness in small things • Putting life into perspective and forces of nature in farming

The summit of achievement • The ‘Gardening Beatle’ did a spectacular job of reviving an historic alpine garden in the shadow of the ‘Henley Matterhorn’. Now, his widow, Olivia, has enhanced what was Britain’s largest rock garden with her exceptional and imaginative planting schemes, as Charles Quest-Ritson reports

How to time travel to spring • The anticipation of cheerful spring bulbs can keep the gardener going through the dull winter months. John Hoyland advises on what to plant for every situation, from gravel to orchards, sun, shade or in pots

The great indoors • Ideas for growing and enjoying house plants, selected by Amelia Thorpe

The shadows fall

Put a smile on your garden • John Hoyland celebrates the renewed popularity of the irrepressibly cheerful pelargonium

Civic splendour • The guildhall built as a symbol of Coventry’s 14th-century prosperity and self-government has recently undergone restoration. John Goodall reports

The legacy • Sir Arthur Hobhouse and national parks

Sing on, sweet bird • An essential component of our emotional relationship with the landscape, the mellifluous song of a thrush shapes the very foundation of human happiness, notes Mark Cocker, as he takes a closer look at this diverse family of birds

Let’s get to the bottom of this • Discovering a well on your property can be viewed as a blessing or a curse, but all’s well that ends well, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee, as she examines the benefits of a personal water supply

Bravery beyond belief • A teenager on his gap year who saved a boy and his father from being savaged by a crocodile is one of a host of heroic acts celebrated in a book to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Humane Society, says its author Rupert Uloth

I was on fire for you, where did you go? • In Iceland, a land with no monks or monkeys, our correspondent attempts to master the art of ‘fishing light’ for Salmo salar, by stroking the creases and dimples of the Midfjardará river like the features of a loved one

Turn over a new leaf • Autumn leaves inspire these beautiful pieces of jewellery, says Hetty Lintell, who embraces the season ahead

In with the new • Next week’s London Design Festival offers a wealth of interior-design inspiration. Amelia Thorpe highlights the best in show

Lights, camera, action! • Three remarkable country houses, two of which have links to the film industry, the other the setting for a top-class croquet tournament, are anything but ordinary

Give a fig • Eat your fill...