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 Lottie Cecil

End of an era

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Town & Country

Good week for

Bad week for

Country Mouse • Fruits of the soil

Town Mouse

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE April 16, 1921

Town & Country Notebook

Chicken and lettuce wraps

Common lizard (Zootoca vivipara)

Book of the week

Wines of the week

Letters to the Editor

Yet another blow

The power of the ephemeral • Cultural Crusader

The way we were • Photographs from the Country Life archive

My favourite painting Richard Parr • Landscape of the Vernal Equinox (III) by Paul Nash

The Happiness Course • The politics of shutting up

On the record

100 not out • ‘The Analyst’ on balancing necessary change with respecting 300-year-old traditions

Telling a good story Harewell Hall, Wherwell, Hampshire The home of John and Erica Simpson • An architect noted for his Classical buildings has invented a narrative to help him design a modern home for himself in the vernacular. John Goodall reports

On a wing and a prayer • All around the country, we’re keeping an eye on the skies, waiting for the first swallows of the year to make a welcome reappearance. Stephen Moss considers what it is about these birds that captivates and baffles us in equal measure

So many swallows

‘One swallow doesn’t make a summer’ and other stories

Bring me sunshine fire • Mysterious and magical, yet often overshadowed despite its colour-changing abilities, the field maple is elegant, full of sweet sap and perfect for making musical instruments, finds Vicky Liddell

Field-maple magic

Facial recognition • Some watches defy time and remain icons long after their creation, believes Robin Swithinbank, who, after a difficult process of selection, charts the top timepieces that remain instantly recognisable

Ahead of their time • Contemporary and stylish-are these the icons of the future?

What it all boils down to • Whether boiled and slathered with butter or fried then served with crab mayonnaise, the Jersey Royal is the king of potatoes for Tom Parker Bowles

Pack it in • Arrive in style for long weekends, advises Hetty Lintell

Little gems • When it comes to building new houses, much of the focus is on substantial properties with 10,000sq ft or more. What are the options when they are more modest in scale, asks Arabella Youens

Family affairs • Over the centuries, the landowners of Devon have chosen the sites of their family homes with considerable care, leaving behind a fine legacy

New dogs, new tricks • These new-build properties offer the very best of modern living in enviable locations in both the city and the country

The dog walker

Pooled resources • Inheriting a confusion of styles and disparate parts, the new owners of Goldingtons in Hertfordshire spearheaded its coherent restoration with a bold new swimming-pool garden, discovers Tiffany Daneff

Horticultural black book

You should go down to the woods today

Horticultural aide-mémoire

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