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.

A CITY THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT

News

Let there be light • From incandescent whales to giant, starry angels, London’s Christmas light displays only seem to get bigger and better with every passing year. Carla Passino journeys through the capital’s centre guided by their cheering glow

The great and the good

Where everybody knows your name • Firmly flying the flag for traditional British fried food, the greasy spoon is still flourishing. Patrick Galbraith tucks in to a full English

Ranald Macdonald • The founder of the Boisdale group of restaurants in Belgravia and Canary Wharf talks to Rob Crossan about haggis, jazz and diva demands

Miss Susie Coreth

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Country Life

2010–22 Notebook

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

Lune tunes

Britain’s restaurant heritage needs care

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

Charlotte Mullins comments on Samantha

A day of peace in the midst of war • Save room for pie

Durham Cathedral • by Bishop William of St Calais and Bishop Ranulf Flambard

‘A very big thing’ • Archbishop’s House, Westminster SW1 The home of the Cardinal Archbishop of WestminsterNext to Westminster Cathedral is the house created for its archbishop. Peter Howell looks at the history of this remarkable building and its ongoing restoration

The big dog that comes in a small package • Sporting, tenacious and ever cheerful, the teckel-essentially a working dachshund–ticks every box. But don’t call it a sausage dog, warns Flora Watkins

In the bleak midwinter • When trees are bare, the world slows and sounds are muted, the art of Nature emerges in all its minimalist, often terrible, beauty, observes an admiring

Island escapes • There’s a Caribbean island for everyone, according to Rosie Paterson and Amie Elizabeth White

A saint by name and nature • After a category-five storm and the pandemic, the island of St Barths is joyfully back in business with all its Caribbean magic intact, discovers Rosie Paterson

Stuck in the dark

Totally crackers • Hetty Lintell’s finest choices to decorate this year’s Christmas table

The designer’s room • The bedroom of a house on the Frampton Court estate in the Cotswolds has been transformed with the help of decorative artist Tess Newall

And so to bed • Elegant bedside lamps, selected by Amelia Thorpe

What’s the secret of good interior design? • According to three leading designers, there are qualities that are far more crucial than an eye for colour and proportion

The final countdown • To bring down the curtain on 2022, Britain’s oldest continuously inhabited house hits the market

The best of both worlds • The new Elizabeth Line has opened up opportunities for buyers to enjoy quick access to and from central London, as well as all the joys of the countryside

Where the wild things are • Gardeners searching for inspiration for natural, low-maintenance havens would do well to look to the...