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.

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It happened in the Bailiwick

Once on this island • From conger eels to witches with creaky joints, Carla Passino and Nicco Bargioni explore Guernsey’s rich folkloric heritage

A joy to behold • Mary Miers retraces the history of Sausmarez Manor and marvels at the beauty of the house and its subtropical gardens

All in a flap • David Tomlinson enjoys birdwatching on Guernsey, as he takes in a bewitching array of migratory species

The magnificent seven • Holly Kirkwood discovers a selection of the most beautiful properties for sale across Guernsey

Dr Jaclyn Marie Bell

Digging the dirt

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Town & Country

Country Mouse

Town Mouse

Town & Country Notebook

Wines of the week

Letters to the Editor

Water, water… nowhere

Localhistory heroes

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Sarah Dunat • The Distribution of Alms and the Death of Ananias by Masaccio

Fifty shades of green • The Kingdom of Galloway seems to have escaped the worst of the heatwave, where regenerative grazing is helping the grass

Tarka the Otter

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 eighth of this 12-part series, John Goodall looks at the age of Robert Adam

Of mice and men • Our mice, voles and shrews lead their lives mainly out of sight, yet they are incredibly abundant in almost every kind of habitat, with even the field vole alone outnumbering human beings, says Marianne Taylor

Cutting the mustard • It might look brown and raggedy before it’s harvested, but a crop of white mustard seeds in Cambridgeshire is about to be turned into one of our hottest and best-loved British condiments, as Harry Wallop reports

Is this the new rock and roll? • It’s the latest trend in agriculture, but what does ‘regenerative farming’ actually mean? Sarah Langford explains why good old-fashioned farms are making a comeback

It’s a dog’s life • Favourite finds for your furry friend, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Quiet places under the sun • A litany of talent has occupied these beautiful houses and estates, from the D’Oyly Cartes of Gilbert and Sullivan fame, to the actor Sir John Mills and ‘Mr Men’ and ‘Little Miss’ creator Roger Hargreaves

Those gorgeous Georgians • Houses that prove the Georgian era’s immense variety

Rooms with a view • The garden at Admington Hall, Warwickshire The home of Mr and Mrs Mark Davies If proof were needed of the importance of breaking up the space and changing the pace with hedging and trees, this is surely it, believes Tiffany Daneff

The future is, indeed, orange

Horticultural aide-mémoire

Kitchen garden cook Cucumber

The trumpet shall sound • The trumpeter on varying the tone and why music is as essential as food

Meet Britten as a boy • After a lifetime of benevolent haunting by the great composer Benjamin Britten, Zeb Soanes has commissioned a statue of his...