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 Megan Maureen Abernethy-Hope
Streets ahead
Country Life
Town & Country
A hymn for Ukraine
No one-trick pony
Revealing our greatest houses
Good week for
Bad week for
On the brink
Listing bid for garden treasure
The bar’s open
Ladies’ man
Country Mouse • Ashes to ashes
Town Mouse • Packing on the timber
100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE April 22, 1922
Oh the agony! • Agony aunt Mrs Hudson solves your dilemmas
A novel note
Town & Country Notebook
In the spotlight • Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
Wines of the week
Stone the crows… or hang them?
Letters to the Editor
Dancing with daffodils
Athena • We need money to keep the music alive
The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive
A Dance to the Music of Time by Nicolas Poussin • Charlotte Mullins comments on A Dance to the Music of Time
The moonlight hunt • Pippin sees off an intruder and spring comes to Dumfriesshire
The ‘Doctor Dolittle’ stories
A change of tone
What they said
This dumb blonde ain’t nobody’s fool • Blessed with good looks and a sunny personality, it hardly seems fair that golden retrievers are also intelligent and adaptable–but it does explain their popularity, says Katy Birchall
The golden touch
A brief history of golden retrievers
Satan of the riverbank • More bat than bird, the cormorant might have a gait that makes a penguin look like a supermodel, but it is actually a fearsome and effective aquatic predator, says Harry Pearson
The cormorant and the shag
Kitchen garden cook Asparagus
More ways with Asparagus
Snakes one to know one • Snake it up, says Hetty Lintell, as she explores the allure of the serpent
News of the hues • The latest wallpapers and paints to inspire, selected by Amelia Thorpe
The colours and textures of the past • Traditional paints and lime mortars–prized for their sympathy to historic buildings –are sought after for their subtle colours and finishes, too, finds Arabella Youens
Tradition and modernity • The imaginative extension of a farmhouse in the spirit of Lutyens and the Arts-and-Crafts Movement has created a delightful and humane family home, Jeremy Musson reports
Surrey spectacular • If these impressive properties are anything to go by, this resilient county is in fine health
New kids on the block • Exciting developments and new-builds shaking up the property world
A perfect finish • The renovation of an old barn led the way to the making of two new interconnecting gardens that together reflect the Cotswold vernacular and the contemporary interior, reveals Tiffany Daneff
Watering plans
Horticultural aide-mémoire Plant gladioli
Where the wildflowers grow • We have lost nearly 100% of Britain’s precious wildflower meadows since the 1930s, but, happily, more of us are sowing our own than ever, says Sarah Langford
Hello, petal: seven species to sow
News
Don’t forget to write home • In our new series, Hugh...