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.

Mediterranean gems • Holly Kirkwood has the pick of properties across the Balearic Islands

Miss Maya Asha McDonald

Thank you for the music

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Shooting season blighted by partridge shortage • The perfect storm of Brexit, covid and avian flu means that many shoots are having to reduce the number of days offered or close entirely

Good week for

Bad week for

Country Mouse • Tuck in and kick on

Town Mouse • A Slovakian sojourn

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

It ain’t half hot

The coolest places in town

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Todd Longstaffe-Gowan

Persuasion

A town-house transformation • Monmouth House, Hyde Park Gate, London SW7 A home of Mr Hamish OgstonThe shell of an 1860s coach house has been internally reconfigured to dazzling effect with the help of the finest contemporary craftsmanship.

Getting to the pointer • They are arrestingly handsome, built for efficiency and have an unmatched prey drive, yet German shorthaired pointers are a rare sight in the field, laments Arabella Byrne

Young, gifted and thriving • Escaping to the country is a long-cherished retirement dream for many. But, as Fergus Butler-Gallie discovers, an increasing number of young people are making the move and bringing valuable skills with them

Weeding between the lines • On a breathlessly hot day in July, John Lewis-Stempel mounts an attack on ‘injurious and noxious’ weeds with the help of his trusty little grey Fergie tractor

A close call • With the curlew–that wader with a haunting call–now almost extinct in the South of England, Simon Lester meets the Duke of Norfolk, who is hoping to pull them back from the brink on his West Sussex estate

The designer’s room • A soothing palette of colours lends a calm feel to this recently decorated room at Lime Wood hotel

Soft seats • The most comfortable slipper chairs, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Luxury News

High Five • The scent of a summer holiday has the power to transport

A few of my favourite things • Former racing driver Mark Webber is lauded for successes across different motorsport disciplines, having achieved multiple race victories during his 12 seasons in Formula 1, before making the switch to endurance racing and winning the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2015. Now a racegoer as a Rolex Testimonee and television pundit, he lives with his wife, Ann, and his two dogs, Sammy and Saxon.

Bathing beauties • Keep your cool and stay stylish in the sunStyled by Hetty Lintell. Photographed by Paul Zak

Heroic restorations • Three fine country homes have had new life breathed into them by their determined owners

In with the new • There’s no doubt about it–new-build homes are increasingly popular. From convenience and preference for local materials to environmental benefits, Annunciata Elwes finds out why

Instant gratification • Tiffany Daneff visits a recently built property in the Home Counties, which proves that, with forethought, a new garden needn’t look new

Paintings of a lost world

Kitchen garden cook...