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.

Sophie Neuendorf, Countess of Teba • Sophie is the vice president of Artnet, a guest professor at IE University in Spain and the daughter of Hans and Caroline Neuendorf of Berlin, Germany. Earlier this month, she married Jaime Patiño y Mitjans, 23rd Count of Teba, at her family’s home in Mallorca, Spain.

The benefit of foresight

Country Life

The beautiful game

Good week for

Town & Country Notebook

Wines of the week

Letters to the Editor

God save The King

Athena Cultural Crusader • The lived experience remains unbeatable

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Stella Ioannou • Where Do We Come From, What Are We, Where Are We Going? by Emma Talbot

A confluence of great good fortune • Long live the Kings and Queens

Aerofilms Collection

It’s time we came back to earth • The excitement over space travel is overblown, says the (terrestrial) explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison. Instead of reaching for the stars, we should be marvelling at and caring for what we already have on our own planet

A Cotswold capital • During the Civil War, Oxford briefly became Charles I’s capital. Simon Thurley explains how the city was fortified and the university adapted to accommodate the Court

In search of black magic • After years of decline, English truffle hunting is enjoying an exciting revival. Ben Lerwill heads to the Cotswolds to join the search for this highly prized fungus

Going with the flow • Once the most fertile land on a farm, water meadows are now increasingly valued for the huge diversity of life they sustain, as Natasha Goodfellow discovers on a tour of some of the Cotswolds’s best examples

Cupboard love • The latest furniture and fittings for the kitchen, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Faking it • Real or faux marble? Amelia Thorpe weighs the pros and cons of the two options

Pure enchantment • The lure of the Cotswolds never wavers, as these five new to the market properties show

Quintessential Cotswolds • The popularity of this stretch of countryside that covers almost 800 square miles is, according to agents, unceasing. Here are some picture-perfect Cotswold cottages to whet the appetite

A concentrated Arcadia • The gardens of Belcombe Court, Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire The home of Mr and Mrs Weiland Years of dedicated restoration of the many and varied buildings and features of this historic landscape garden deserve great applause, says Tilly Ware

Beside the seaside

Kitchen garden cook Sweetcorn

There’s something in the airs • Gloucestershire and the Cotswold countryside exerted a particular pull for British composers. Andrew Green goes on their trail

Return to the City of Lilies • Florence, Italy, is crammed with delights in its galleries and palazzi, as artists are drawn to the mystical landscape of Romney Marsh

There was an old man with a beard • The second youngest of 21 children, Edward Lear combined a gift for drawing with a knack for penning nonsense poetry and an enduring interest in birds. Peyton Skipwith traces the life of one of Britain’s most prolific and creative artists

Walking back to...