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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To the end of Wales • Another extreme point of Britain is ticked off with a trip to the end of the Llŷn Peninsula

For succour and relief • Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3, part I Managed by the Board of Commissioners of Royal Hospital Chelsea This year is the 300th anniversary of the death of Sir Christopher Wren. In the first of two articles, Roger Bowdler revisits one of his most celebrated creations

Native breeds Saddleback pig

The perfect 10 • The tantalising tail streamers of the swallow, the musical tumble of the skylark, swirling skies darkened by starlings: Stephen Moss shares the 10 birds we must spot in a lifetime

We will not plunder music of his dower • The ‘peasant poet’ was once dismissed as a lunatic whose work wouldn’t be remembered. On the 230th anniversary of John Clare’s birth, Mark Cocker ponders why his words resonate more than ever today

View to a thrill • No garden has left Alan Titchmarsh as impressed by the quality of its cultivation and overwhelmed by the sheer joy of its location as that of the Minack Theatre, carved out of a cliff at Porthcurno, Cornwall

Rebels and romantics with a cause • The traditional costume of the Scottish clans and later synonymous with punk, tartan has had an extraordinary journey. Mary Miers explores the world’s most famous pattern

Zest for life • Squeeze the best out of summer in orange hues, says Hetty Lintell

The designer’s room • Limewash walls, a large island and plenty of open shelving combine to create a kitchen that’s sympathetic to this 16th-century manor house in Somerset

Fruits of the loom • The Inchbald School of Design and Veedon Fleece teach students the beauty of bespoke by inviting them to design their own carpets, finds Amelia Thorpe

Wonderlands • The sale of almost 10,000 acres of Northumberland leads the market this week

No trouble at t’mill • These former engineering marvels make amazing homes

A quieter way of gardening • The Chain, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire The family home of Sarah Price Close artistic observation combined with a deep horticultural intelligence has made Sarah Price one of the finest garden designers today. Tilly Ware visits her at home, where she is experimenting to magical effect

Easy treesy

First, catch your trout • Throw in some wine chilled in a shady pool and nothing beats brown trout for an epic riverside feast, enthuses Tom Parker Bowles

The true heir to the Old Masters • It wasn’t merely brilliant brushwork or sparkling colour that made Sir Joshua Reynolds one of England’s greatest portraitists. His talent for friendship nurtured his extraordinary career, says Susan Jenkins

Born with a silver spoon • The works of a pioneering woman silversmith formed part of the recently sold Colman collection and a Goodwood cup mysteriously turns up in Sweden

Spreading the love • This year’s BBC Proms will extend well beyond London, with exuberant music-making in...