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.

Miss Molly Charlton

Eat more (British) greens

Country Life

A fishy business

Wild Atlantic salmon facts

Faces of the past

Emerald Isle

Good week for

Bad week for

Rebel with a car

To beaver or not to beaver?

Yellow for peace

Beef it up

Country Mouse • Hello, Salar!

Town Mouse • Learning to lose

COUNTRY LIFE • October 29, 1921

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

A novel note

Town & Country Notebook

Wines of the week

In the spotlight • Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)

I see your true colours

Contact us (photographs welcome)

Letters to the Editor

Democracy under threat

Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat

The way we were

My favourite painting Martha Freud • The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci

Life in the sloe lane • On his annual October sloe-picking harvest, John Lewis-Stempel admires redwings, greenfinches and wood mice gathering their haul of autumn’s bountiful berries

Chocolate sloes • The country person s chocolate liqueurs

Under Milk Wood

The poet as rock star

What they said

Autobiography in architecture Boxes Farm, Northamptonshire The home of James and Mary Miller • Over a period of 30 years, a characterful family home has evolved from the ruins of a farmhouse. John Martin Robinson explores the remarkable story of this transformation

Things that go bump in the castle • A century ago, with a pall of loss and decay hanging over once splendid houses, a haunted history was one way for struggling estate owners to stay connected to a more illustrious past, says Caitlin Blackwell Baines

Haunted-house tourism

Cats in Cabinet

There’s a mouse in the House • As Larry celebrates 10 years as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, Claire Jackson looks back at the cats of Downing Street–and the prime ministers who have served them

Just give me a sign • Even if no one agrees what a red fingerpost denotes, rural communities still cherish their historic signage, says Richard Webber

Carving a path

Bonkers bespoke • What to do when you can’t find that perfect luxury item? Design it from scratch, of course, and, with the right help, it’ll be beyond your wildest dreams, reveals Eleanor Doughty

Tailored for success • Benson & Clegg has been making bespoke suits for decades in Mayfair, where it is as much about the experience as the end product, says Hetty Lintell

In the making: Mount Street Shoe Company • ‘Whether bold or subtle, your shoes should reflect who you are’ Nigel M. Siwani, founder and creative director

Luxury News Goes Bespoke • Bespoke engagement-ring designers, just in time for Christmas proposals

A few of my favourite things • This autumn marks 20 years in the industry for the 41-year-old British supermodel and businessman. Born in Essex, his big break was in Dolce & Gabbana’s Light Blue advertising campaign, shot in Capri by Mario Testino. This month sees the launch of his eponymous clothing brand, David Gandy...