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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Athena Cultural Crusader • Back to the future at Liverpool Street

The way we were

Springtime in Sheffield • The 15-mile Sheffield Round is where city meets countryside to gorgeous effect

My favourite painting Susannah Constantine • The Priory by Joseph Constantine

‘What makes me happy is a project’ • The nonagenarian writer on a brush with the Almighty and Harold Pinter as critic

A nursery of inventions • 7, Park Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire A Cotswold townhouse echoes the remarkable career of its restorer and creator, Rory Young. Alan Powers reflects on his influence and enthusiasms as embodied here

Gloucester cow

All’s wool that ends wool • From warm cloaks for the Roman army to many handsome churches, much of England’s might and wealth once rested on the back of the Cotswold sheep’s ‘golden fleece’, says Charles Harris

Tell me when the whistle blows • As Elton John’s Rocket Records celebrates its 50th anniversary, Steve Sutherland remembers the very boozy launch party, held in the unlikely, but charming Cotswolds setting of Moreton-in-Marsh

The world’s my oyster • On the 150th anniversary of the death of British explorer David Livingstone, Ben Lerwill asks why intrepid British men and women have long been- and still are–fond of venturing to the farthest corners of the globe

For whom the fairy bells toll • Sometimes unfairly dismissed as ugly, edible wood sorrel, once known as fairy bells, is not only blessed with pretty white flowers, it’s also capable of predicting rain, says John Wright

Where the wild things are • Nature’s fierce beauty emerges forcefully from this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards. Picture Editor Lucy Ford has the pick of the best shots, from a somnolent fox to a hungry buzzard

Saddle up! • A passion for horses and a spark of inspiration led Philippa Latimer-Harris to fashion old saddles into handbags, which are used everywhere from the Arctic to Buckingham Palace, as Faith Eckersall discovers

Putting the house in order • Having vowed to ‘commit more fishing’ this year, our correspondent plunges into his gallimaufry of flies and collection of good-luck charms in an attempt to restore a semblance of order to his tackle room

Think pink • As the early-summer roses start to grace the garden, Hetty Lintell chooses some pretty accessories to complement them

Turning fantasy into reality • What do hotels have to teach us about designing a bedroom?

Sleeping beauties • Dreamy furniture and accessories for the bedroom, chosen by Amelia Thorpe

Quintessential Cotswolds • The market in this delightful corner of England is as robust as ever

Get set • From Daylesford Organic to the Soho Farmhouse, western England’s AONB still seems like the place to be

Slowly does it • Oxleaze Farm, near Lechlade, Gloucestershire The home of Mr and Mrs Charles Mann The making of this Cotswold garden has taken place bit by bit, as time and circumstances have allowed, and the results are immensely...