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 Jo Grogan

Ripe for revisiting

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

Fiddling while Britain burns

A crisis in professional singing

The way we were Photographs from the COUNTRY LIFE archive

My favourite painting Oliver Gerrish

Regal splendour and renewal • Windsor Castle, Berkshire An official residence of His Majesty King Charles IIIAs the new reign begins, John Martin Robinson takes an exclusive look at the recently completed representation of the State Apartments at Windsor Castle

Native breeds Silver Appleyard

Breaking fresh ground • As he toils behind his rotavator on a March morning, John Lewis-Stempel breathes in the heady scent of turned soil and is cheered by the repetitive call of the chiffchaff that heralds the arrival of spring

Don’t rain on my parade • Can we really control the weather? The implications are scary and complicated, but we should be researching the idea for use in a responsible way

Who are you calling names? • From butterfly-friendly buddleia to decorative fuchsia, some of our most familiar shrubs owe their names to the friendship or admiration that linked botanists of the past, reveals Ian Morton

Join the club • Looks can be deceiving, as Eleanor Doughty discovers on a visit to the thoroughly modern Walbrook Club in the City of London

The hovercraft

Luxury Notebook

A few of my favourite things • A regular judge on MasterChef: The Professionals, the Michelin-starred chef’s restaurant HIDE in London’s Piccadilly is a collaboration with Hedonism Wines. It was given a coveted five stars in the Evening Standard, made GQ restaurant of the year and awarded a Michelin star, all within six months of opening. Ollie returns to Royal Ascot this year to host Royal Enclosure restaurant The Sandringham from June 20–24.

Painterly effect • Beautiful rings bring a wearer great joy and these cocktail rings will brighten any outfit- and your mood

Hot topics • The latest and tastiest new kitchen ideas, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Hold the fort • Castles and castellated buildings have a fairy tale-like allure over some buyers–especially those from overseas or with a love of history

Property News

Rare brilliance • Ven House, Milborne Port, Somerset The home of Mike Fisher and Charles Allen, the Lord Allen of Kensington There are few more beautiful houses in the South-West than Ven. But its formal gardens are in some ways even more remarkable, representing an extremely rare survival from the English Baroque. Christopher Stocks delves into their long and fascinating history

The first unfurling

Kitchen garden cook Spring cabbage

It’s only natural • Inspired by the crystal-clear swimming lakes of Austria and Germany, natural swimming pools are making more of a splash here than ever, says Anna Tyzack

Faithful and fearless to the last • From the lifelike painting of majestic otterhound Brizo to Queen Victoria’s affectionate portrait of her beloved dachshund, Waldmann, we’ve long turned to art to celebrate our cherished canine companions, says Matthew Dennison

Return to magnificent Maastricht • After the...