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.

BESIDE THE SEA • Soaking up the Bailiwick’s beauty

Strange, but true

International News

LITTLE BLACK BOOK

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A sailor’s playground • From pristine bays and teal waters to seals and puffins, Emma Bamford relishes boating around Guernsey

Tides and moorings

Under the Guernsey stars • From dark skies to wild coastlines and magnificent gardens, Antonia Windsor revels in the Bailiwick’s spectacular natural world

Island retreat • Holly Kirkwood has the pick of properties for sale on the Guernsey open market

All in hand • Julia Hands, the founder and chairman of Hand Picked Hotels, moved to Guernsey in 2018. She talks to Arabella Youens about her life on the island

Miss Alexandra Skeggs

The wonders of work

Quite a ride

Good week for

Bad week for

Country Mouse • Building up our hopes

Town Mouse • Navigational errors

Town & Country Notebook

Wines of the week

Letters to the Editor

It’s not too late

Athena • Saluting the marvel of the cooling tower

The way we were

My Favourite Painting Kiki McDonough • Houses of Parliament

No more Mr Slow Wi-Fi • Fast fibre broadband promises to engender a happier household

Rebecca

The Cornish connection

I don’t care what the weatherman says • Forget the forecast, for John Lewis-Stempel, the most accurate way of predicting the weather is to read what the flowers are saying, come rain or shine

The poor man’s weatherglass

Beasts and butterflies • The restoration of a 13th-century castle as a summer residence in 1875 created one of the most colourful and delightful masterpieces of the Gothic Revival, as John Goodall discovers

Beyond our wildest dreams? • Wilder farming is as close to a silver bullet for the future management of our marginal lands as we’ll find and it’s high time to embrace this new way, contends Ben Goldsmith

In the ribbons • Whether pinned on a politician’s lapel or won in the show ring, rosettes can be more precious than shiny trophies, finds Julie Harding

A blue-ribbon event

A fine façade • Windows and doors are not only the means by which a house presents itself to the world, they also have a significant impact on its interiors. Architects of every genre have a different approach that is influenced both by aesthetics and by the materials that are available to them. The key to beautiful openings, however, is a balance of elements that enhances both a building and its setting. In the first of a two part series about internal and external architectural details, COUNTRY LIFE’S EXECUTIVE EDITOR, Giles Kime asks Jeremy Spencer of Janine Stone what lessons we have to learn from the past

Upstairs, downstairs • The Victorian terrace is one of the unsung heroes of 19th-century architecture, not only elegant and space efficient, but also highly adaptable to the changing demands of modern life, believes Clive Aslet

The perfect match • Blue and green accessories, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Phoenix from the flames • Two glorious houses that burnt to the ground–one in Herefordshire in 1999...