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 Georgina Marques • Georgina is a practitioner of five-element acupuncture, based in Notting Hill, London. She holds a degree in History of Art and Spanish from the University of Bristol and is the daughter of Philip and Fiona Marques of Wrexham, Wales.

Mind the skills gap

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

The way the wind blows

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Turi King • Richard III (arched) by an unknown artist

Growing pains • The underfunding of fruit and vegetable growers and tradition in the Lords

The right place to build • A new book examines the streetscapes of our historic towns and marvels at what we can easily take for granted. Its author, Ptolemy Dean, encourages us to recognise their importance and considers what we can learn from them

The legacy • Dorothy Brooke and The Brooke

Daffy goes digital • Time moves sedately in the land of ‘Tottering-by-Gently’, but when Annie Tempest found herself faced with the task of setting up a new website, she decided it was time for her, with Daffy, Dicky and Mrs Shagpile, to embrace fully the modern age

Antlered majesty • A Roman conception that came to define the topography of England, the deer park was both a status symbol for the arriviste elite and a training ground that would secure our victory at Agincourt, reveals John Lewis-Stempel

Mud, mud, glorious mud • Squishy, sticky and deliciously cool, pigs and horses aren’t the only ones who enjoy wallowing in thick, claggy wet soil, finds Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Timber of the gods • Once considered an exotic addition, cedar trees were frequently employed by ‘Capability’ Brown as topographical punctuation marks and are now as loved and reassuring as any fine church steeple, says Jack Watkins

Trinket all in • Whether purely for display, the odd bit of change, for peanuts and olives or overspilling with bedside jewellery, trinket trays are useful and beautiful, says Hetty Lintell

A sense of time and place • One of the most important rules of English decorating is that there are no rules. Confused? Don’t be. It’s simply an aesthetic that requires a certain mindset, believes Ben Pentreath

Made in the Marches • Herefordshire and Shropshire share a rich tradition of traditional crafts, now bolstered by a new generation of artisanal businesses, finds Arabella Youens

Mixing old and new • When he bought a tired 17th-century cottage, COUNTRY LIFE’s Interiors Editor Giles Kime set out to discover if it’s possible to make an old house as comfortable as a new one

New looks for a new season • Beautiful lighting, furniture and accessories, chosen by Amelia Thorpe

The designer’s room • Replacing an ageing greenhouse with a kitchen extension has transformed this London home

Tea and sympathy • Forty years after Geoffrey Bennison’s death, the collection that bears his name epitomises his contribution to classic English taste

Green, green grass of Kent • The launch onto the market of three fine country houses highlights the charm of uncluttered hidden corners of the Garden of England

Down on the farm • What...