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 Emily Townsend

Bringing bacon home

Country Life

The bird hasn’t flown yet

Lights, Camilla, action

Nature’s quiet nurture

Good week for

Bad week for

Horses for courses

Deer friends

Out to save the day

Country Mouse Silence is golden

Town Mouse Small pleasures

Town & Country Notebook

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE July 1, 1922

Soay sheep (Ovis aries)

Unmissable events

Ruthall Manor Ditton Priors Shropshire. July 2–3 12.30pm–5pm

Wines of the week

Letter of the week

Contact us (photographs welcome)

Letters to the Editor

Gene machine

Open now the crystal fountain

The way we were • Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Jacquiline Creswell • Für Paul Celan, Aschenblume by Anselm Kiefer

Hedgerow Trees

Adventures of a pioneer

What they said

Urban streams • The need for clean water in 19th-century Britain led to a new and magnificent genre of street furniture. Kathryn Ferry examines the drinking fountain

What lies beneath • The UK’s seagrass meadows are an important wildlife habitat and fundamental to combating climate change, but they’re disappearing at a rapid rate. Jack Watkins finds out more about the ongoing fight to save them

Creatures of the seagrass

Green pioneers • The UK is switching on to a future of homegrown, greener power. Jonathan Lee revisits the renewable revolution that started right here

Small by name, but not by nature • Five smallholders tell Julie Harding about their journey towards self-sufficiency

Head for the farm • More and more travellers are abandoning traditional holidays in favour of staying on a working farm. Rosie Paterson investigates why and where to find the best

Think inside the box • The organic meat box–food that goes straight from farm to fork–has taken off in recent years. Vicky Liddell finds 10 farming businesses that are bypassing the supermarkets to provide high-quality meat

A new lease of life • Britain boasts a cornucopia of second-hand shops. Flora Watkins rounds up 10 of the best

What to buy

Eco-friendly finds • Furniture, fabrics and fittings designed with the planet in mind, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Homegrown heroes • Reports of the death of the British ceramics industry are premature

In the making: Ruth Tomlinson • ‘We draw on history, aiming to infuse our jewellery with an antique quality’

Luxury News • Floral dresses made in small batches and with sustainability in mind

The Forager • Object Story, Stroud, Gloucestershire

A few of my favourite things • Born in London and brought up in Hong Kong, the childrenswear designer studied in Paris and New York, US, before starting her children’s-clothing company Marie-Chantal in 2000. She met Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece in New Orleans, US; they married in 1995 in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sophia in London and now live in New York with their three children, Maria-Olympia, Constantine Alexios and Aristide.

Serve yourself • Diamond tennis bracelets are a classic...