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

SE19–22 LITTLE BLACK BOOK

This green and pleasant village • This slice of south London is an underrated arcadia, but for how long, asks Carla Passino?

At home in Dulwich

Here’s looking at London's lost property

Seasonal suggestions • The only thing better than a drink on a hot summer’s day is a drink on a hot summer’s day with a view. Here are the roof-terrace restaurants and bars to book this summer

Shop of the month

Psst... pass it on

MY PLATE OF VIEW • El Pastor Soho, 66–70, Brewer Street, W1

August 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

WALKING WITH MASTERPIECES • Art is breaking free from the traditional gallery and its emergence on our streets and in our parks is changing the way we live, says Clive Aslet

Stewart Parvin • The royal couturier talks to Rosie Paterson about the Harrods pet shop and making scrubs for the NHS

Miss Tabitha Rose Jones

Getting a buzz

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Fit for a duchess

In defence of our mammals

A niche carved and kept

Good week for

Bad week for

Rewriting breed history

Coming up roses

Where shepherds watch their flock

Country Mouse • Neither here nor pear

Town Mouse • On the ladder

COUNTRY LIFE • August 6, 1921

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

Town & Country Notebook

In the spotlight • Adder (Vipera berus)

Wines of the week

Off the rails

Letters to the Editor

Water, water–and sewage–everywhere

This is a prize worth having

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Sally Clarke • The Great Piece of Turf by Albrecht Dürer

Where larks sing lustily • Attractively no-nonsense, scattered with ruins both medieval and industrial, the Staffordshire Moorlands should be better known

The Dream of Gerontius

Pomp and soul

What they said

Updating a legacy Turvey House, Bedfordshire The home of Charlie and Grace Hanbury • Never previously described in COUNTRY LIFE, this fine neo-Classical house has recently been adapted and refurbished by the seventh generation of the family that built it.

On auto(gyro) pilot • Flying over the Lake District in a gyrocopter, Charles Harris experiences views that no man had from the dawn of time until the 20th century–and few do now

Come hell or high water • Often hidden beneath slippery fronds of seaweed, rock pools offer a glimmering window into the cut-throat existence of the creatures that live in these havens on our shores, says Adam Nicolson

Let's rock pool and roll

‘Mother Dear... remember me in your prayer’ • A mammoth new work recounting the First World War, week by week, isn’t merely a chronicle of pain and suffering, says co-author Margaret-Louise O’Keeffe–it is a rich tapestry of courage, camaraderie and love

The mouse that roared • She...