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 Frederica Carnegie

The likely legacies of lockdown

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Town & Country

Good week for

Bad week for

Country Mouse • Roadside riches

Town Mouse • The return to school

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE March 19, 1921

Town & Country Notebook

Book of the week

Simple suppers • Individual spring onion, salmon and pesto frittatas

In the spotlight • Grass snake (Natrix helvetica)

Wines of the week

Those that sat before us

Contact us (photographs welcome)

Letters to the Editor

Family feuds

The need to save a Victorian masterpiece

The way we were • Photographs from the Country Life archive

Neil Mendoza • John McEwen comments on The Painter and his Pug

In pursuit of a social climber • Of wisteria, noble litter pickers, lockdown funerals and shaggy hounds

Bright lights, empty city • For John McEwen, the enforced constraints of the pandemic have engendered a greater appreciation of our capital’s abundant parks and wildlife

The artistic eye • A Cotswold house has been revived by its creative owners, who have complemented its blend of old and new architecture with a striking collection of modern art, as Jeremy Musson reveals

Roll me over in the clover • Finding a four-leafed example might be lucky, but, as we toast St Patrick’s Day, Ian Morton investigates why the clover (or shamrock) is so important to the Irish

Like a pig in clover

A right basket case • From wet woodland to a warm Welsh kitchen: Nick Hammond meets the resourceful craftswoman who has woven a new career from her love for wild places

It takes a family to raise a village • A hangover from the days of landed gentry, there are still privately owned villages scattered throughout the UK. What is it really like to be at the helm of a community, asks Alec Marsh

Complete worlds: more estate villages

Crack another one • Self-confessed chocoholic Hetty Lintell cheers that the end of Lent is in sight

Cupboard love • New designs in the world of kitchens, compiled by Amelia Thorpe

Kitchen confidential • Vicki McCarthy, designer at Tom Howley, on multifunctional kitchens

Myth and magic • Two homes in Devon offer unique insights into the county’s complex history, from witches and hounds to the village where time stood still

Small, central, sublime • These characterful village properties are oozing with countryside charm, perfect for a budget of less than £1 million

The Neighbourhood Watch

Perfectly crafted • In the spirit of its founding fathers, the Arts-and-Crafts design of Weirs Barn, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, has been brilliantly brought back to life as a family garden, reveals Tiffany Daneff

Robert Weir Schultz (1860–1951) – a brief outline

Gardeners, not stamp collectors

Horticultural aide memoire Sow parsnips

A cupboard full of memories • A spring clean reveals the impressive development of the play programme as a record of social and theatrical history

Brighton rocks • An unexpected leader...