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.

LONDON LIFE • Your indispensable guide to the capital

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London’s little Italy • Maida Vale took its name from a small Italian town and an even smaller pub, so it’s the perfect place to celebrate the end of lockdown, says Carla Passino

At home in Maida Vale

THE UPS AND DOWNS

RECIPE OF THE WEEK • Chicken drumsticks with fresh peas and pancetta from La Goccia at Petersham Nurseries, Covent Garden

Shop of the month The Wild Store • 3–4 ECCLESTON YARDS, SW1

A green space • GREENWICH PARK, SE10

London curiosities

Psst... pass it on

Seasonal suggestions • There are plenty of places to watch spring and new life bloom in the capital

Here’s looking at London's postboxes

April at a glance • We’re all guilty of ignoring what’s on our doorstep, so we’ve made it easier for you. Here’s what’s happening this month

THE POWER OF FLOWERS

ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL • Before the Industrial Revolution, London was awash with wildflowers. Jack Watkins traces their history and finds that, if given a chance, these opportunistic plants may still return

DID YOU KNOW?

THE CAPITAL ACCORDING TO... Ruth Rogers • The co-founder of the River Café talks to Flora Watkins about Chelsea, bikes and keeping her business afloat

Miss Holly Cleave

Home truths

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Town & Country

Good week for

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Town & Notebook

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE April 9, 1921

Another log on the fire

A novel note

Seafood chowder with wild garlic

House martin (Delichon urbicum)

Book of the week

Wines of the week

Letters to the Editor

Easter, but not as we know it

What will we find when the doors re-open?

The way we were • Photographs from the Country Life archive

My favourite painting Arlene Blankers • Studies of the Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist by Giorgio Gandini del Grano

John McEwen comments on Studies of the Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist

The hills are alive • Elgar’s music resonates all over the Malverns

It's rubbish

With a spring in our step • In the medieval calendar, April is dominated by the gathering of flowers, says Amy Jeffs

‘A noble mansion’ • Margam Park, Neath Port Talbot, part II A country park managed by Neath Port Talbot Council In the second of two articles, David Robinson looks at the development of Margam from the late 18th century, with the building of a magnificent orangery and the creation of an outstanding Picturesque house in the 1830s

To taste the forbidden fruit • Greed, lust, jealousy, bribery, cheating, adultery, bloody strife, false promises and misplaced heroics all established the disruptive role of the apple in the civilised world, notes Ian Morton

Rotten to the core?

Are you Mr Grumpy or Little Miss Sunshine? • As Roger Hargreaves’s first six ‘Mr Men’ stories celebrate their 50th birthday, Matthew Dennison considers the impact these bold characters have had on our...