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 Gracie and Miss Sophie Tyrrell • Gracie and Sophie are the founders of Squirrel Sisters—an award-winning, sugar-free snack range—and the daughters of Bob and Jean Tyrrell of Bath.
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COUNTRY LIFE • January 15, 1921
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Athena • Cultural Crusader
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Sir Mark Prescott • John McEwen comments on Christina Olson
Farming’s brave new world • Five leaders in the field give their visions for reinventing British agriculture, from capitalising on Brexit and feeding a pandemic-hit nation to rewilding the soil, mob-grazing and facing up to lab-grown meat
Singing in the turnip fields of hope • Entering the New Year with a fist full of lists
‘This enchanting spot’ • In the first of two articles, Jeremy Musson looks at a house and landscape that constitutes one of the most important expressions of Regency Picturesque theory to survive in England
Missing you pig time • Far from being lazy, dirty and sweaty, pigs are actually house proud, affectionate and fond of the odd game of hide and seek, John Lewis-Stempel assures us
Nothing here but a bothy • Once frequented by farm labourers and shepherds, lone bothies–often located amid some of Scotland’s most remote countryside –offer a welcome (and sometimes secret) refuge for wanderers, reveals Freda Lewis-Stempel
Take cover: bothies through the ages
Taking stock • Don’t emulate Macbeth’s witches by boiling stock to death, advises Tom Parker Bowles–slow, low and steady always wins the taste race
Chicken stock
The designer's room • Interior designer Jo Shore employed a light touch to breathe new life into a Cotswold cottage
Fireside friends • Armchairs perfect for curling up with a good book on chilly winter evenings, selected by Amelia Thorpe
High garnet • Hetty Lintell shines a light on January’s birthstone
Tuck in • Once bursting with sweet treats and now with old knick-knacks, the tuck box is a school staple that may well follow you round for life, discovers Luke Dormehl
Where to buy the best
The first step is the hardest • It’s a new year, which means new beginnings, so why not think of leaving city life behind and heading to the countryside?
California dream Calistoga residence, California • A new garden for a new-build home succeeds in being both contemporary and belonging to the landscape, says Christopher Stocks
Beating the chill • Warming ideas for life in the winter garden, chosen by Amelia Thorpe
When it comes to the crunch • Our fondness for celery has endured, but how can something composed almost entirely of water be quite so...