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.

Miss Caitlin Boydon-Jones • Caitlin is a digital operations partner at WPP Media, managing advertising campaigns for major clients, and a supporter of the charity Fresh Start for Hens. She is the daughter of Russel and Nicola Boydon-Jones of Kettering, Northamptonshire, and will marry Captain Rupert Hills at St Andrew’s, Whitchurch, Hampshire, in September.

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Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

A burning topic

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Bradley Hemmings

Country-house treasures

A little object worth visiting • During the 1790s, a widow, Mary Bushe, created a Romantic cottage and garden for herself. John Goodall explains the background to its creation and reports on the remarkable recent restoration of the property

Dr William Stukeley and Stonehenge

Keepers of the keys • As custodians of our parish churches, churchwardens are both pillars of the community and the unsung heroes of village life, discovers Tessa Waugh

When we walked in fields of gold • Our three million hectares of cereal crops are more than ‘the bread basket of Britain’, sustaining the imaginations of both artists and writers, discovers Deborah Nicholls-Lee

What lies beneath • Every summer, a quiet Cheshire village becomes the scene of one of the world’s most unusual sporting contests: the World Worm Charming Championships. Tom Howells goes underground

Ghosts in the grass • The lack of water and blistering heat this summer have revealed strange patterns in the nation’s parched lawns, evidence of grand gardens lost to time

Magic moments • Why a tiara can’t fail to make you feel special

If you only buy one… • Fan by Duvelleroy

The designer’s room • This neo-Georgian house on the edge of the South Downs has been transformed by Ward & Co

Cool greens • Furniture, lighting and accessories in gentle shades of green, chosen by Amelia Thorpe

Scotland the brave • The market north of the border feels buoyant, with some 16 estates now for sale, including the sporting dream in Highland Perthshire

Treasure island • From windswept northern isles to sun-kissed southern shores, discover homes for sale across Britain’s islands

Jersey • Walking the line: tidal adventures around the island’s dramatic edge

Walk this way • The Jersey Tidal Trail can be conquered in a single epic outing but, as Julie Harding discovers, there is no shame–and considerable pleasure–in taking it slowly, one section at a time, especially for those suffering from one or two mechanical defects

One shell of a journey • The chef at Longueville Manor Hotel is no ordinary master of the kitchen. Andrew Baird doesn’t only cook with the finest local ingredients, he sometimes dives for them, too. Julie Harding discovers why scallops hold a special place in his heart

Who’s moo? • Jersey’s remarkable Herd Book, one of the world’s oldest cattle registers and the most complete, is 160 this year. Julie Harding discovers the enduring role it still plays in shaping one of the globe’s greatest dairy breeds

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