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.

Country Life

News

Home from home • Whether it was to avoid the whiff of scandal or pursue new adventures, many Georgians left Britain for a life abroad, finds Carla Passino

We’ll always have summer • International travel may have barely resumed, but Antonia Windsor has the pick of the places where you can enjoy the good season to the fullest now or in years to come

The plants that came from afar • Steven Desmond searches for beloved garden staples that originally came from foreign lands and suggests where you can see them in their old homes

Another day in paradise • It’s hard to choose whether the beach or the countryside is the best setting for the ultimate overseas property. Holly Kirkwood puts each to the test

Treasure island • Arabella Youens revels in the history, food and culture of the largest Balearic island, now earning a justified reputation for sophistication

Live there

A slice of Germany with a side of England • Jonathan Phelps examines the similarities and differences in the food and culture between his home and his adopted country

Miss Natasha Eloise Arben

Rise and shine

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Town & Country

Good week for

Bad week for

Government response

Country Mouse • All out for sea trout

Town Mouse • A young thespian

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE • June 25, 1921

Oh, the agony! • New agony aunt Mrs Hudson solves your dilemmas

Book of the week

Town & Country Notebook

Simple suppers • Globe artichokes with lemon-and-Parmesan dressing

In the spotlight • Elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)

Wines of the week

Letter of the week

Letters to the Editor

We can have it all, if we do it right

Athena Cultural Crusader • Rejoicing again in the power of live performance

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Maja Markovic • The Holy Kinship by the workshop of Geertgen tot Sint Jans

The Anglepoise lamp

Only the Best

Starring roles

What they said

On the record

The rewards of loyalty • The royal confidante on finding fame late in life

A plain house • A century ago, the Stormont estate was chosen as the seat of the government of Northern Ireland. In the first of two articles, John Goodall looks at the history of this decision and the castle now at the centre of politics

Charlie is my darlin'

My chiggypig and other animals • Or should that be chiggywig, chuckypig or woodlouse, not to mention plover, peasweep or lapwing? Our names for wildlife were once as plentiful as the creatures themselves, says Patrick Galbraith

other A rose native by any species other name with : multiple sobriquets

Pale into significance • More than 130 years ago, fears over the little egret’s fate–and our obsession with its plumed feathers–helped to form the RSPB. Now, this exotic migrant is making a comeback, reports Jack Watkins

The great white hope

It’s a kind of magic • Widely thought to be a form of witchcraft, water divining relies...