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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Triumph of the skies
Where to hear a heavenly host
Very good dogs indeed
Horses doing their bit
Good week for
What’s in a name?
Valuing our wide-open spaces
Fixing up the palace
Country Mouse
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100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE December 8, 1923
Cabinet of curiosities
Town & Country Notebook
In the spotlight Cinnamon
Wines of the week
(Pod) casting the net
Letters to the Editor
All must play fair
Seeking a solution we can believe in
The way we were
My favourite painting Melanie Vandenbrouck • The Woven Warped Garden of Ponder
The life of a naturalist • A great man of good letters
Taking account of the past • Chartered Accountants’ Hall, No 1, Moorgate Place, London EC2 The Livery Hall of the Company of Chartered Accountants and the headquarters of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales A late-Victorian masterpiece in the heart of the City has been expanded and augmented with unusual discernment. Steven Brindle visits after its most recent refurbishment
Native breeds • Belted Galloway
Never knowingly undersold • From telephone-equipped hotel rooms to cars ‘for lady drivers’, the advertisements featured in COUNTRY LIFE in 1923 captured Britain’s evolution, as well as the odd quack remedy, finds
Neptune’s wooden angels • Carved figureheads, always adorned with eyes, often female and sometimes in a compromising pose, were cherished by their crews as protection from the perils faced at sea, finds
Very superstitious
A kind of tree magic • When it comes to driving away witches or warding off evil, nothing beats the rowan tree, with its gleaming scarlet berries and pentagram markings. Aeneas Dennison walks into a forest of myths
Raise a glass to rowanberry wine
Not so jolly old Saint Nicholas • Father Christmas may be the rosy-cheeked, jolly character who personifies the fun of the festive season, but he’s had to overcome a few setbacks, notes
Christmas classics
And that’s an unwrap • A diamond-encrusted tortoise, a humble pencil case and a cursed jewel: Felicity Day unwraps some of the best and worst presents given in literature
Animal magic • Melanie Johnson employs a menagerie of parrots, leopards, reindeer, serpents and feathered friends to create inspired ideas for festive dining
The Editor’s choice • Editor-in-Chief Mark Hedges picks some of his favourite luxuries from 2023
Last orders • As 2023 comes to a close, three splendid properties with business potential have come to the market, one of which was the Cornish venture of supermodel Jean Shrimpton
Too big to rail • The failed northern leg of HS2 has left landowners in the lurch. Lucy Denton reports on what happens next
London Life • Your indispensable guide to the capital
Shop of the month
Seasonal suggestions
A green space
Here’s looking at The Wallace Collection
My plate of view
Property of the week
Do not pass...