Country Life

Published by TI Media Limited 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.

Ms Hanna Sebright • Hanna is the CEO of the Midlands Air Ambulance—which this year celebrates its 35th anniversary—a position she has held for 17 years. She is married to Squadron Leader (Retd) Christopher Tempest-Roe and is the daughter of the late Alexander Sebright of Monmouthshire and the late Wendy Potter of York.

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Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

Signs of the times

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Daniel Robbins • Greys, Greens, Pinks, Blue and Red by Francis Davison

Country-house treasures

A royal foundation • As it celebrates the 700th anniversary year of its foundation, Aoife Caitríona Lau looks at the history and architectural riches of this celebrated college

The legacy Elias Ashmole and the Ashmolean

Stranger things • Whether it’s Napoleon’s toothbrush, monstrous taxidermy or unusual gastronomic experiences, British collectors of the past stopped at nothing, as Claire Jackson discovers

Tender is the light • Claude Monet swam in the blue air of Antibes and Paul Signac discovered happiness in Saint-Tropez. Nick Trend traces the importance of the south of France’s warm winters and hedonistic summers in the history of modern art

A bear’s necessity • One hundred years ago this month, the publication of When We Were Very Young saw the nation take an accident-prone little bear to its heart. Emma Hughes uncovers the true story of Winnie-the-Pooh and the two men who brought him to life

The modern Herbal • The power of medicinal plants should not be underestimated, says Ann Treneman as she explores the bounty of Nature’s pharmacy

Luxury In season

Purple reign • Feel resplendent in the most regal of hues, proposes Amie Elizabeth White

New looks • Paints and wallpapers to refresh any room, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Take the northern line • From grand country houses to a challenging restoration, a dreamy fellside retreat and a grand hall to let, there is something to suit every pocket in England’s northerly counties

Faithful conversions • Former places of worship don’t have to be left empty and unloved. This quintet celebrates the reinventions that are perfectly possible when sacred spaces find a new calling

London Life • Your indispensable guide to the capital

Need to know

Sticks and cobblestones • Coach houses, mews houses and Georgian majesties dominate October’s sales, finds Will Hosie

All that glisters • Looking back on the greatest parties in London’s history, Will Hosie realises it’s a thin line between hit and miss (and advises what to avoid when throwing your own)

Rare charms • How can anything so small be so bewitching? Charles Quest-Ritson on the effortless beauty of the autumn cyclamen

Worth meddling with

Kitchen garden cook Mushrooms

When gall is said and done • Cotton-wool, artichoke, oak-apple, spangle, marble, currant and knopper: our plant galls form fascinating communities worthy of closer inspection, says John Wright

Party animals

Hairy business • Sculptor Nicola Turner makes...