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.

Danielle Reuther Forbes, Viscountess Forbes • Danielle is an artist, stylist and founder of second-hand clothing business I Have Something Better. She is the daughter of Natalie Zimmerman and the late Stephen Reuther of Los Angeles, US. She married Jonathan, Viscount Forbes, last year.

Playing the long game

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

Balance of power

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting George Saumarez Smith

Country-house treasures

The Pulham family and Pulhamite artificial rock

Grandstand views • The starting point for making this magnificent garden was its awe-inspiring views, writes Kendra Wilson

Choices, choices • Overwhelmed by the mass of tulip bulbs on offer? Friends and contributors of COUNTRY LIFE tell us which tulips they will be planting for next spring

Hot pots • Standout planters for your tulips, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Catch a falling leaf • Are we heading for an autumn of unparalleled colour? If the days stay warm and the nights are cold, Charles Quest-Ritson is optimistic

The ripe stuff

Forever flowers • No garden should be without Hydrangea paniculata, which can bloom until the end of October. Charles Quest-Ritson sums up the results of the recent four-year trial at RHS Bridgewater near Manchester

Why build a new country house • To celebrate the publication of a book on houses he has designed, George Saumarez Smith reflects on why some people choose new rather than historic homes

A point of prospect • A new prospect tower and family memorial forms a stylish addition to a fine Edwardian garden. John Goodall reports

Who let the dogs out? • Sometimes, inspiration can be found in the form of a gentle nudge from a cold wet nose, reveals Harry Pearson, as he takes a look at musical muses of the canine world

Picture this • Weathering the storm of streaming and multiplexes, independent cinemas still offer the best seat in the house for rural film buffs, says Madeleine Silver

Well, hello Salar! • Heading west to follow in the piscatorial footsteps of his great literary and fishing hero Ted Hughes, our correspondent finds much fun to be had on the banks of the Torridge, Tamar and Ottery

Celestial beings • Three years after the 1929 stock-market crash, when the world was still in the depths of depression, Coco Chanel staged a dazzling exhibition of astronomically inspired jewellery

If you only buy one… • Flower trug from Sussex Trugs

A feast of ideas • This month, events at Focus/26 and beyond will offer an opportunity to see new launches and be inspired by the wit and wisdom of leading experts in the world of design, including Rita Konig, George Saumarez Smith, Henriette von Stockhausen, Darren Price and Edward Bulmer

Property news

Our friends in the north • A northern cast of characters takes centre stage, these five distinctive British Isles homes proving that there is plenty of life beyond Watford Gap

Shell we? • All a freshly caught and picked crab demands is that you dress for success, says Tom Parker Bowles

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