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Town & Country Notebook
A novel note
Letters to the Editor
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Change is in the air
Run, run rabbit
Athena Cultural Crusader • Taking stock of an uncertain future
The way we were • Photographs from the Country Life archive
My favourite painting Sir Simon Mayall • Colonel Mordaunt’s Cock Match by Johan Zoffany
The Editor’s Easter quiz • Think you know Britain like the back of your hand? Then let’s see if you really do have all the answers from A–Z
‘A perfect paradise’ • Margam Park, Neath Port Talbot, part I A country park managed by Neath Port Talbot Council In the first of two articles exploring architectural treasures in a Welsh park, David Robinson considers the transition from Cistercian abbey to Tudor and Restoration house
Rock around the cluck • Assumed to be the lowest in the avian-intelligence pecking order, chickens are, in fact, more like feathered imitators of Sherlock Holmes, crows John Lewis-Stempel
Ruling the roost • Fancy fowl need fancy houses and many of today’s designs have made poultry keeping easier, says Kate Green
The chickens and the eggs
First among equals • This year is the 300th anniversary of the first ministry of Sir Robert Walpole, a figure widely recognised as our first Prime Minister. John Goodall looks at the life and achievements of this extraordinary man
Yes, Prime Minister
Made of stone • They may look as delicate and organic as the real thing, but Ben Russell’s sculptures of fungi, cacti and roots will outlast us all, believes Natasha Goodfellow
Garden sanctuaries • Get away from it all in shepherd’s huts, studios and sheds, selected by Amelia Thorpe
How do you lichen me now? • Often unnoticed and disregarded, our many exquisitely sculptural and brilliantly coloured lichen species are some of the natural world’s most complicated and clever organisms, observes an admiring John Wright
Hayward & Stott • ‘We've always believed that, although silver is a precious metal, there's no reason to be precious about it.' Ed Stott, director
Luxury News Weddings
Luxury under £20 SOS Flower Essence Blend
Angela Hartnett • The British-born chef’s dishes are inspired by her Italian grandmother’s and mother’s recipes. After working for Gordon Ramsay for 17 years, Angela Hartnett opened Murano, her now Michelin-starred restaurant in Mayfair, W1, in 2008, having been awarded an MBE in 2007. She is a judge on the BBC’s Best Home Cook and you can cook along live with her Sicilian menu on April 22 with A Cook’s Tour (www.acookstour.co.uk). She lives in Spitalfields, East London, with her husband and fellow chef Neil Borthwick.
To have and to hold • Staying smart at small weddings
Why small can be perfect
The rise of the micro wedding • Many couples...