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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A costly winter • What impact will inflation and the cost-of-living crisis have on our historic houses and churches? Eleanor Doughty asks heritage associations and owners about their plans for this winter and beyond
Town & Country Notebook
Letters to the Editor
Bad behaviour backfires
Politics have no place in the Arts
The way we were
My favourite painting Habda Rashid
Get a grip. Wear more clothes • Professional complainants come to stay, but there’s hope for farming’s fightback against climate change
The Forsyte Saga
An enduring force for good • Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Street, London EC2 A restoration project revives the spectacular interior of one of London’s finest Livery Halls. John Goodall looks at the origins and history of the body that created it
The winds of winter • Joe Gibbs summons the fortitude of our forebears in a bid to survive the cold season in an old house with rattling windows, draughty chimneys and a leaky roof
All that glisters • Little conveys opulence more than gilt furniture, but restoring fading pieces is a challenge that requires exceptional skill, says Catriona Gray
Fringe benefits • Fat, often glistening metallic tassels, fringes, cords and braids–known as passementerie–have been beautifying interiors for centuries, reveals an admiring Matthew Dennison
Cut from the right cloth • In a brick building full of bolts of pretty plaids, a rainbow of linen gingham and baskets brimming with lemon bon-bon buttons, Jane Wheatley meets Carolyn Denham, the woman reigniting Britain’s passion for dressmaking
A spirit of the past • The best restoration services and suppliers of timeless furniture and fittings, selected by Amelia Thorpe
The secret of premature ageing • When restoring a house, both perfection and historical correctness can kill its character. Three experts tell Arabella Youens why antiques, materials and imperfection will keep it alive
Gown in one • Hetty Lintell chooses some luxurious dressing gowns in which to enrobe this season
A gentleman never tells
The great and the good • Two superb, historic and eminently desirable Cotswold properties come to the market this week
You’re on the list • These listed properties demonstrate every wonder of our grand architectural heritage and make fine family homes to boot
Pile on the frosting • Resist the urge to tidy the garden and, come the frosts, you will be rewarded with a glorious display of glittering seedheads, aversSteven Desmond
Sharp practice
Kitchen garden cook Cauliflower
A delicate balancing act • Forged using ancient skills and gravity, Finn Hull’s unusual stone sculptures are a precarious and captivating sight to behold, says Mary Miers of this young artist’s first installation
High stakes • Last month saw a rush of bidding and well-overestimate prices, including for an illuminated manuscript and a Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze figure
Following in Ransome’s footsteps
Thank you for the music • There...