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.

Sir David Attenborough • Sir David first appeared on television in 1954 and continues to make award-winning films and Nature programmes to this day. He has twice been knighted for his services to broadcasting and to conservation and is a recipient of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. He turns 100 this week.

A national treasure

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

Show me the way to go home

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Karl Openshaw

Country-house treasures

A galaxy of details in stone • The Deans of Gloucester have consecutively occupied two houses in the cathedral close. Both have a fascinating history, as John Goodall discovers

The legacy • Dame Jilly Cooper and the romantic novel

‘We must farm with Nature, not against it’ • They might struggle with stony, dry Cotswolds-brash soil, but, as the region’s forward-thinking farmers explain to Mary Skipwith, working the land sustainably and regeneratively is the best way to balance food production with wildlife recovery

They broke the mould • As the world’s top event riders attempt to gallop into the history books at MARS Badminton Horse Trials this weekend, Kate Green recalls the outstanding record-breakers of the past

‘Splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower’ • Teeming with life and bursting with mushrooms, lichen and wildflowers, our grasslands are a vital and ancient part of our natural heritage, says John Wright

‘A black rainbow’ • In the first of our new series on ‘unloved birds’, we take a beady-eyed look at the charred black carrion crow, the clever corvid with the coarse voice

Creating a buzz • As challenging and prestigious as achieving a master of wine certificate, the quest to become a honey sommelier requires an elite sensory education, discovers Melanie Cable-Alexander

Right up your alley • The game of boules was unfairly maligned by Henry VIII for inducing the deplorable state of English archery, but, in its modern incarnation, it continues to thrive in Britain, discovers Harry Pearson

Luxury In season

Va-va-bloom • The darling buds of May come alive in Amie Elizabeth White’s floral selection

Under the covers • Amelia Thorpe reveals the latest ideas for sleeping in style

The mane event and manor sales • As the crowds gather for Badminton Horse Trials, equestrian excitement is paired with a clutch of major Cotswold country-house launches for discerning buyers

Honey-stone havens • The Cotswolds contains a cornucopia of listed cottages that are easy on the eye, steeped in history and ready for modern living

London Life • Your indispensable guide to the capital

London Life Need to know

Street smarts • From gorgeous Georgians to postmodern bungalows, Will Hosie discovers the capital to be full of hidden gems for sale

Business or pleasure? • As the Festival of Britain turns 75, Kathryn Ferry looks back on the pleasure gardens at Battersea in London that may have been the last of their kind

Sun loungers

From cattle byre to elegant bower •...