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.
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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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