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 Charlotte April Saunt

The year ahead

Country Life

Shaken, not stirred • Battles, Beatles, Bond and an ancient Egyptian curse–there’s a lot to remember in 2022

Follow the flowers

Deer to one’s heart

Country Mouse • H is for Hedges

Town Mouse • Christmas comes but twice this year

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE • December 31, 1921

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

Town & Country Notebook

In the spotlight • Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

Wines of the week

No bones about it

Letters to the Editor

Not having it all

In praise of our myriad drill halls

The way we were Photographs from the Country Life archive

Julia, Lady Peel by Thomas Lawrence

Withnail & I

On the up

What they said

Talking about a resolution • We make them, we break them, yet, as Felicity Day reveals, our famous forebears –from Pepys to Woolf–were equally as bad at keeping New Year’s resolutions

The wonder of the world • Westminster Abbey, London SW1, part II Our coronation church has been at the heart of national life since the Middle Ages. In the second of two articles, John Goodall completes this short survey of the Abbey’s remarkable history

Taste the seasons • The joy of seasonal eating is devouring food at its delectable peak, be it butter-drenched asparagus, heather-scented grouse or sticky-toffee-apple pudding. Tom Parker Bowles presents his month-by-month guide to culinary delight

Oh, the chic of it • Giles Kime offers 10 essential interiors trends for 2022

What a difference a year makes • The country-house market has ridden the wave of this strange year in jubilant form

White-hot snow • Carla Passino explores six of the best winter destinations across the world and picks great properties for sale to enjoy life on skis

Threaded through with history • Annie Gatti talks to Ulf Nordfjell, winner of three gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, about his brilliant reworking of the 17th-century landscape of Rydboholm Castle Garden, Sweden

Future-proofing the garden

Nooks and crannies

Horticultural aide-mémoire Survey catalogues

Consider plaquettes • A neglected art form takes centre stage at Olympia sales this month

Pick of the month

A story for our times

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