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.
Miss Talitha Howden
The ant knows best
Country Life
The ball’s in their court
A right royal shindig
Good week for
Bad week for
Music to our ears
Friendly fowl
The quest for net gain
Country Mouse • Strange days
Town Mouse • Ants and music
COUNTRY LIFE • October 1, 1921
Oh, the agony! • New agony aunt Mrs Hudson solves your dilemmas
Town & Country Notebook
Wines of the week
In the spotlight • Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Contact us (photographs welcome)
The other William Morris
Letters to the Editor
Bordering on crisis
A sea change for the country house?
The way we were • Photographs from the Country Life archive
My favourite painting Marine Tanguy • Anama 2019 by David Aiu Servan-Schreiber
Steam locomotive
Remembering Trevithick
The Cornish giant
A golden show • All eyes were on the Royal Hospital grounds as the Chelsea Flower Show opened its gates for the first ever autumn incarnation. Asters and mellow golden grasses combined with starry yellow perennials to make this an event to remember, says Tiffany Daneff
Going out on a limb • An eclectic group of artists is breathing new life into the time-honoured pastime of painting trees. Laura Gascoigne meets The Arborealists
Up to speed • The debate over which is faster, the grouse or the golden plover, has raged for decades, finds Jonathan Young, as he aims to gauge our quickest sporting quarry once and for all
The man who can teach any dog new tricks • For many, owning a well-behaved gundog is a goal we never quite achieve, but Ben Randall’s methods and training app look set to change all that, finds Paula Lester, as she watches him put her labrador through his paces
From pet to peg with the Gundog app
A Northern powerhouse of conservation • Having returned otters to our waterways, the late Philip Wayre’s quest to improve wildlife lives on across a carefully managed tract of land in Weardale, finds Robin Page
Philip Wayre: the forgotten man of British conservation
Comfort and convenience • Modernist country houses of the 1930s and post-Second World War period could be stylish buildings that made use of new technology. They deserve to be better known, as Adrian Tinniswood explains
The designer's room • A botanical wallpaper offered the perfect foundation for this scheme by Edward Hurst
Tip-top tables • When laying a table, more is definitely the merrier
Luxury under £20 • Sub-zero depuffing eye mask
Wedding news
In the making • Hand & Lock
High 5 • Gents, show a flash of colour in your socks for weddings and beyond
A few of my favourite things
Rich pickings • As if berries weren’t jewel enough, you’ll find fine rubies among the brambles here, too Styled by Hetty Lintell.
The West on a roll • Three separate homes offer endless opportunities to make the West Country dream come true
West is best... • as these gorgeous properties prove
Local heroes • The perennial picker-upper
Listening to the...