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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London ahoy • Tigers, elephants, spices and tea from far-flung places have all journeyed up the River Thames, but it’s the naval veterans, merchants and seaman for whom this area was home who made the London docklands what they were, finds Carla Passino

At home in maritime London

The great and the good

What have the Romans ever done for London? • The key to understanding life in Roman Londinium is in the 405 wooden tablets perfectly preserved for millennia in mud right underneath our feet, says Harry Mount

THE CAPITAL ACCORDING TO... Paul Robinson • The multidisciplinary artist–known professionally as LUAP–talks to Harry McKinley about his affection for the East End and why his greatest source of inspiration in London is the people

Miss Georgia Jasmine Rosie Gribble

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A funding cut that deserves notice

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Aurore Ankarcrona Hennessey

The courage to be happy • How does this saga end?

Flying Scotsman

A picture frame • A property of the Spitalfields Trust No 18, Folgate Street, Spitalfields, London E1 Tactfully revived, Dennis Severs’ House–art installation, museum or theatre set–defies categorisation, finds Jeremy Musson

Native breeds Marsh Daisy

For he’s a jolly good fallow • Shy and elegant–yet far more hardy than its fragile appearance implies–the spotty-coated fallow deer is now more common than ever, despite only establishing itself on these shores when the Normans arrived, says Simon Lester

The luck of the Irish • Unless France defies the laws of statistics, Ireland stands a good chance of winning this year’s Guinness Six Nations Championship, predicts Owain Jones

Our own prince of thieves • He may never have existed in real life, but, as he approaches his 900th anniversary, Robin Hood remains a cultural colossus. Ben Lerwill explores why the adventures of a man who robbed the rich to give to the poor still resonate today

Shot to the heart • Hetty Lintell plays Cupid with her edit of arrow-inspired jewels

The art of the hearth • Fireplaces in richly coloured hues are all the rage

Hot news • Fireplaces and accessories to bring warmth to your home, selected by Amelia Thorpe

The west awakes • In the global world of online property marketing, international estate agents no longer ‘wait for the daffodils’ before launching their best country houses onto the open market

Never tired of London • Many were quick to pronounce the end of city living during the pandemic. Three years on, is our capital still the place to be?

Petal power • Rare old-fashioned English garden flowers make Stokesay Flowers near Ludlow in Shropshire a favourite with florists and an inspiration to cut-flower growers everywhere, writes Non Morris

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