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

SW3/10 LITTLE BLACK BOOK

The not so wild west • West Chelsea–the area between Cremorne Road and Sydney Street–is where the fortunes of this famous and much-loved area began, finds Carla Passino

THE UPS AND DOWNS

At home in West Chelsea

The great and the good

Seasonal suggestions • You likely didn’t get the call up to play at Wimbledon this year, but that’s no excuse to give up on your game. Here’s where to play around the capital

Shop of the month

A green space

London curiosities

Psst... pass it on

MY PLATE OF VIEW

May 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

READY, SET, DIVE • Outdoor swimming is the lockdown trend that is here to stay. Rosie Paterson takes a closer look at some of her favourite London ponds and pools

Jessica Yolanda Kaye • Rosie Paterson talks to the Australian artist, known for her continuous line drawings, about relocating to London and her favourite haunts

Miss Elizabeth Georgiana Martin • Elizabeth is the reigning Miss York and a finalist in this year’s Miss England contest. She is also a journalist and the co-founder of Twelve For Change—a 12-month fundraising campaign for local charities and community groups—and the daughter of David and Lucia Martin of York.

We heard it on the grapevine

Country Life

Buy British, Government told

Art for a good cause

Love the land

In the green

Good week for

Bad week for

Pictures for people

Save the dawn chorus

Let it grow

Their hearts were in the Highlands

Country Mouse • The merry month of May

Town Mouse • Passing the test

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE May 7, 1921

Town & Notebook

Elderflower panna cotta with raspberries

Vapourer moth (Orgyia antiqua)

Let’s go outside

Wines of the week

Contact us (photographs welcome)

The tree of life

Letters to the Editor

The postman rings again

Athena Cultural Crusader • Learning from the Classical tradition

The way we were • Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE ARCHIVE

Town, gown and country • England’s original capital city still exerts a gravitational pull

My favourite painting Mark Dowie • Cochrane’s Compensation by John Chancellor

The thrill of the chase • As the landscape ripened, the month of May was a time of courtship, finds Amy Jeffs

A castle rediscovered Ham Court, Oxfordshire The home of Matthew Rice • An ambitious castle in the Cotswolds area languished in obscurity after it was left unfinished in the early 14th century. Edward Impey investigates the remarkable story of this building and its recent revival

A very English home run • It may seem as probable as a game of cricket in the Bronx, but the Cotswold town of Chipping Norton was once the unlikely home of British baseball, reveals Ben Lerwill

Chip, chip hooray!

Forever England • Before and during the First World War, a group of writers–including...