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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The way we were

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The rub of time • The writer who was taller than he looked

Reduced to splendour • Audley End, Essex A property in the care of English Heritag Built to attract a visit by James I, this hugely ambitious house has been massively reduced and yet remains both outstanding and magnificent. John Goodall reports

Native breeds Suffolk horse

For king and county • A land of open skies, high-piping oystercatchers and ancient churches, Norfolk has long been associated with Britain’s monarchs. Nick Trend discovers what gives it crown appeal

The pride of the peacock • Graceful peafowl have never been shy about coming forward, although most of us admire the males’ flamboyant tail feathers–long a vibrant and striking motif–far more than their grating cries, says Harry Pearson

Going off on one • Don’t fancy sticking to the wedding list? Hetty Lintell suggests some bespoke off-list presents for a married couple to cherish

The designer’s room • Nicola Harding used rich colours and textures to enhance the historic character of a Jacobean house in Berkshire

The living is easy • Fresh ideas for inside and out, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Treasures of the east • A Whig power house is only one of the many jewels in East Anglia

Eastern promises • The property market of East Anglia is still as rich and fertile as the soil

London Life • Your indispensable guide to the capital

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The Adam family • The king of classical motifs, Robert Adam festooned late-18th-century London with exquisite plasterwork, fluted columns and fanciful pilasters, but, in his drive to succeed, he nearly lost it all, as Carla Passino discovers

The end of the line? • There are shocking plans afoot to modernise Liverpool Street Station, but it’s not the first of London’s historic Victorian stations to come under attack, says Jack Watkins, as he takes a look at some of the ones saved and those that were less fortunate

Family treasures • Tilly Ware meets Lucy Skellorn, great-great-granddaughter of the pre-eminent iris breeder Sir Michael Foster, at her garden near Stowmarket, where her quest to find the original Foster hybrids has already created a National Collection

Sing a rainbow • Colourful seats and parasols to brighten the garden, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Sugar and spice

For whom the harebell tolls • Frail and delicate, this graceful blue flower alarmed our superstitious ancestors for centuries until it became a symbol of love, innocence and humility, as Ian Morton discovers

Kitchen garden cook Strawberries

Borgo Santandrea, Amalfi, Italy

The elixir of youth • A string of islands in the South China Sea might just hold the secret to a long and healthy life. Luke Abrahams made the journey to find out what it involves

God’s country • As authors rewrite the exploits of Greek mythology’s gods and heroes for a...