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 Lara Dent

More than sport

Country Life

Sing when you’re winning

Have some more deer, m’dear

Window of opportunity

Good week for

Bad week for

Fishy business

150 years of England rugby

Why do we sing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?

A prince among men

Time to wake up ‘sleeping beauty’

Country Mouse • Frost-spangled swimming

Town Mouse • Stunts and icicles

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE February 19, 1921

Oh, the agony! • Resident agony uncle Kit Hesketh-Harvey solves your dilemmas

Town & Country Notebook

Wines of the week

An axe to grind

Letters to the Editor

Choppy waters

Graffiti to lift the heart

The way we were • Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Margaret Howell • Knife in a Glass by Richard Diebenkorn

John McEwen comments on Knife in a Glass

The cows have come home • Corks pop as the dairy business becomes reality, rekindling happy days long gone

The most apt of names • An 18th-century beauty spot that briefly fell into complete neglect has been restored. John Goodall tells the remarkable story of this island estate, its eccentric owners and its modern revival

Uppies versus downies • Once played with a severed head, hand ba’ is a far cry from the games of rugby and football it spawned, discovers Harry Pearson

The name of the game

Why is a raven like a writing desk? • Be they grand or humble in appearance, certain desks have witnessed the signing of abdications, meetings between world leaders and the penning of literary classics. Where are they today, asks Eleanor Doughty

Dispatch from the Cotswolds

Tanks for the memories • Once a common sight across Pembrokeshire, German tanks–and the soldiers who trained in them–have been consigned to the past, laments Harry Mount

Just pottering about • Inspired by wedding bouquets, native breeds and countryside walks, it is imaginative reinterpretations of past designs that give today’s regional potteries their distinctive identities, says Matthew Dennison

The pocket ceramics address book

My own private Idaho • Originally conceived as peaceful retreats in which their owners could escape from the world, many of our surviving hermitages are located in some of the most enchanting spots in the country, observes Bronwen Riley

Me, myself and I: hermitages through the ages

Hermitages to visit

Travel News

The summer looks good on you

Living on island time • Sugar Beach, Saint Lucia, the Caribbean

While you're there

Dressed for success • Princess Margaret had the ideal relaxed morning routine, reveals Hetty Lintell

The designer's room • Architect John Comparelli has created a contemporary garden room to make the most of its pleasing outlook

The art of glass • Conservatories, garden rooms and greenhouses to brighten your life, compiled by Amelia Thorpe

A Norfolk heritage • These properties are anything but normal for the northernmost county of East Anglia

Simplify and add light • Not every house is...