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.

Ms Sue Hepburn

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COUNTRY LIFE

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This missed opportunity is a national scandal

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

Not completely foxed • Scottish hunting law has been tightened, but it may not all be bad news

My favourite painting Robin Hanbury-Tenison • Girl in Boater (Portrait of Florence Carter-Wood)

British Museum

‘I was entirely comfortable with risk’ • The former Vaccine Taskforce chair on pandemic preparedness, dementia and jamming

A palace for education • Winchester College, Hampshire, part 1 The Warden and Fellows of Winchester College In the first of two articles, John Goodall looks at the origins of Winchester College and the inspiration for its superb medieval buildings

Native breeds Aberdeen Angus

As high as a red kite • Having nearly died out as recently as 40 years ago, the red kite has made a remarkable comeback thanks to a concerted conservation effort, but is it about to become a victim of its own success, asks Eleanor Doughty

Flipping heck! • As Shrove Tuesday approaches, Debora Robertson tucks into the humble pancake’s centuries-old past and considers why this traditional feast day survived and ‘Collop Monday’ did not

The proof is in the pudding • From humble origins as a medieval sausage, the pudding went on to become the pinnacle of British cuisine, burgeoning into a delectable panoply of syllabubs, flummeries and tipsy cakes. Tom Parker Bowles tucks in with gusto

Going to print • Tortoiseshell print is universally flattering, and much more forgiving than black in both fashion and home accessories, says Hetty Lintell

Wood you rather • These properties show off the elegance and timelessness of our most abundant natural resource

A glass half full • The days are getting longer, so why not maximise the light in a conservatory, orangery or vinery?

The art of glass • Conservatories, garden rooms and glasshouses to enjoy all year round, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Bring the outside in • The best plants for conservatories, chosen by Tiffany Daneff

Bring out the bells • The exotic snake’s-head fritillary is the only British native of 130 bulbs in this fascinating family, many of which deserve a place in the garden. John Hoyland recommends the best

Escape to reality

Open-air chairs • Comfortable outdoor seating for the warmer months ahead, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Kitchen garden cook Cavolo nero

Who was Sir Christopher Wren? • Personable, yet naturally reserved, ‘that miracle of a youth, Mr Christopher Wren’ not only designed many of our most notable monuments, but also an artificial eye. Three centuries on, Clive Aslet considers the man behind the architecture

The farce that defies the rules • Michael Frayn’s side-splitting Noises Off has a philosophical core that may explain its longevity

I want to be in America • British sellers seem to have found a receptive US audience in New York, where a van Dyck found in a barn sells handsomely

Confessions of an avocado...