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.

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One man's treasure

A secret garden reborn

Good week for

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Country Mouse • Salad days

Town Mouse • The sound of voices

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE April 23, 1921

Town & Country Notebook

Simple suppers • Rocket salad with mushrooms, pancetta and walnuts

In the spotlight • Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)

Book of the week

Wines of the week

Contact us (photographs welcome)

Don’t be such a squary

Letters to the Editor

Farmers can’t win

Rubbish is ruining our parks

The way we were • Photographs from the Country Life archive

My favourite painting Lola Young • She Ain’t Holdin’ Them Up, She’s Holdin’ on (Some English Rose) by Sonia Boyce

‘And we shall all be changed…’ • Life in the natural world goes on, regardless of politics

Fighting for Farnham • The 20th-century struggle to improve and preserve the architectural character of small towns has lessons to teach us today, as the experience of Farnham in Surrey shows. Clive Aslet reports

Hopelessly devoted to you • Capable of feeling jealousy and grief, as well as the love and adoration we’ve basked in for centuries, the dog is a creature like no other for John Lewis-Stempel

Home alone • After a year at home, the world is waking up and soon our dogs will have to re-learn independence. Katy Birchall asks the experts how to ease them back to everyday life

Preparing your dog for post-lockdown life

Paws for thought • Your four-legged friend deserves to step out in style, says Hetty Lintell

Animal magnetism • Wild creatures and domestic pets alike have long inspired jewellery design. Joanna Hardy remembers her favourites and some astonishing designs encountered along the way

Who lives in a treehouse like this? • The scene of both Odysseus’s marriage bed and Queen Victoria’s tea parties, we have long been enchanted by treehouses. Bronwen Riley explores the dizzy heights of tree-top living

Treehouse directory

A hole in one • Whether you crunch it immediately or wait until it dissolves in your mouth, there’s nothing quite like a Polo–‘the mint with the hole’–says Katy Birchall

Mint condition: polo facts

It’s all go for l’escargots • These slippery little suckers might forever be associated with Gallic cuisine, but our homegrown snails are rivalling the best Bordeaux has to offer, says Tom Parker Bowles

The real Jemima Puddle-Duck • Once regarded as a rival to Bewick and Audubon, but now largely forgotten, ornithological artist Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909) was a formative influence on the young Beatrix Potter, reveals Ian Morton

Cuckoo, cuckoo!

News

The globetrotter • Alex Eagle, creative director of concept store Alex Eagle Studio

In the spotlight • Herdade da Malhadinha Nova, Alentejo, Portugal

Colour coding • The colours that estate owners choose to paint their buildings and cottages lend them a highly distinctive feel. Eleanor Doughty finds out how–and why–the...