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.

COUNTRY LIFE LONDON LIFE • Your indispensable guide to the capital

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Historical footprints • In the first of a new London Life series exploring the capital on foot, Carla Passino visits the City of London and journeys back many centuries in time

At home in City of London

Seasonal suggestions • London really comes into its own in April. The weather normally plays ball and there’s a sense of space, because so many families disappear off on holiday. Make the most of it by travelling on foot where possible.

Here’s looking at London’s Necropolis Railway

Shop of the month

Psst... pass it on

MY PLATE OF VIEW • Luca, 88, St John Street, EC1

April at a glance • We’re all guilty of ignoring what’s on our doorstep, so we’ve made it easier for you. Here’s what’s happening this month

AHOY THERE CITY SAILOR • From Chelsea to the canals, Londoners are taking to the water in search of a more peaceful way of life. Jo Rodgers clambers aboard

THE CAPITAL ACCORDING TO... Ruth Gemmell • The actress talks to Harry McKinley about her favourite pubs and getting into character inside the National Portrait Gallery

Miss Tilly Wheating

All in the April evening

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1930s Notebook

Brighter hiking

Decoration of big liners

The new Hamlet

The old besom-maker

Spring into the green revolution • The reduction of VAT on installing green energy is welcome, but the choice is still bewildering. Vicky Liddell breaks it down

Good week for

Bad week for

The right decision?

All of a flap

The Japanese connection

Sweet magnolias

Come file with me

Country Mouse • Out for a duck

Town Mouse • The start of the holidays

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE • April 8, 1922

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

Town & Country Notebook

In the spotlight • Lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)

Wines of the week

Letter of the week

Letters to the Editor

Wanted: GSOH

A sober judgement and a reprieve

The way we were • Photographs from the Country Life archive

The interior of the Temple of Neptune by the Soane office • Charlotte Mullins comments on The interior of the Temple of Neptune, Paestum

Hope against hope • One month at a glance

ENGLISH HOMES OLD & NEW • Each month of this 125th anniversary year, COUNTRY LIFE illustrates a period in the development of the English great house. In the fourth of this 12-part series, John Goodall looks at the architecture of late-Tudor and Jacobean homes through the eyes of Shakespeare

Small is beautiful • Many aspects of farming are expanding–and not always in a good way. Jason Goodwin argues that it needs re-balancing, with a return to multiple small family farms, neighbourly cooperation and a bolstering of the local community

Will Irish eyes be smiling again? • Ireland is dominating National Hunt racing and appears to have the whip hand in Saturday’s Grand National, says Marcus Armytage

An absurd little bird...