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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My favourite painting Mark Tufnell • The Avenue at Middelharnis by Meindert Hobbema

Going west • A walk around Selworthy Beacon offers spectacular 360-degree views and a return to an old stamping ground

Protecting our own wild isles • The inspiring new Attenborough documentary should encourage us to look at- and protect–what we have on our own doorstep

An Oxford wonder • Campion Hall, Oxford, part II In the second of two articles, Clive Aslet looks at the furnishing of Campion Hall, particularly the treatment of the chapel, one of the city’s outstanding interiors

Native breeds Highland pony

As thick as thieves • From piracy to hijacking and mugging, Nature abounds with all sorts of bad and condemnable behaviour, but some species have a real knack for stealing, as Ian Morton discovers

Three times a legend • This year’s Grand National marks the 50th anniversary of Red Rum’s first win. Jack Watkins explains why we may never see his like again

Blends with benefits • The British are very conservative when it comes to tea, but a gentle revolution is under way, spearheaded, in part, by a new breed of experts. Rob Crossan meets some of our best tea sommeliers to discuss the nation’s cuppa habits

Singing the blues • It’s the colour that flatters all, says Hetty Lintell, as she selects accessories to stop you feeling blue

An eye to the future • Embarking on a new chapter in the history of an ancestral home requires patience, persistence and the right guidance, finds Kitty Galsworthy

A lot of bottle • Jennifer Manners has spent three years developing a range of luxury rugs made from recycled water bottles, finds Arabella Youens

If you go down to the woods today… • Isabella Worsley has designed interiors of treehouses in the grounds of Callow Hall in Derbyshire that are at one with their surroundings, finds Arabella Youens

It’s a dog’s world • What’s the best way to live side by side with our four-legged friends, asks Arabella Youens

New looks • The latest furniture, fabrics and finds, selected by Amelia Thorpe

A place for everything • Why storage is more important than space

Sip back and relax • Once relegated to the back of the drinks cabinet, vermouth is enjoying a fresh revival and not only as a traditional cocktail ingredient, says Jack Adair Bevan

Going, going, Gothic • A former school and a former nursery have been transformed into two spacious and fascinating Gothic homes

On the border • It’s great up north, as these properties in Northumberland and Cumbria comfortably prove

Sense and sensibilities • Knoyle Place, East Knoyle, Wiltshire The home of the Comtesse de La Morinière The more you look, says Charles Quest-Ritson, the more there is to admire in this magnificent garden, which has been subtly and beautifully enhanced in recent decades

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