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 Jessie Burton • Jessie is the bestselling author of The Miniaturist, The Confession and The House of Fortune. Her eighth novel, Role Play, is out next summer. She is the daughter of Edward Burton and Linda Hewison of Wimbledon, London.

1976 and all that

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

Farmers to the rescue

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Alexander Campbell

Country-house treasures

A tower house reborn • Rescued from dereliction in the early 1990s and never previously described by COUNTRY LIFE, this tower house evolved into a remarkable Classical seat, as Mary Miers explains

The legacy • Gavin Maxwell and Ring of Bright Water

Fifty years young • As The King’s Trust celebrates its half century, Paula Minchin considers the charity’s unswerving commitment to young people and its hopes for the future

Whisky galore • The spirit’s journey from illicitly distilled ‘rascally liquor’ to the toast of fashionable London, Tokyo and Mumbai has been a colourful and eventful one, finds Henry Jeffreys

Clash of the tartans • The heavy events of the Highland Games are not for the faint hearted, discovers Harry Pearson, as he meets the mighty men who punch well above their weight

Fifty shades of greylag • Wreathed in saucy mythological trappings, Britain’s sole native breeding goose almost died out in the mid 19th century–and not everyone is happy about the way it has flourished since its reintroduction

Be glad for plaid • The late Queen was never more relaxed than when sporting comfortable, yet impeccably tailored designs, inspired by her beloved Scotland

A bonnie bunch • Amie Elizabeth White presents beautiful products from Scotland’s brands and makers

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss • Bazball burned bright and then it burnt out. Joe Root and a different New Zealand head coach are here to steady the ship ahead of a brutal 18 months of Test cricket. James Fisher analyses their chances against Pakistan

Cool as a cucumber sandwich • The popular fixture of the tea table was delighting diners long before Enid Blyton’s young adventurers tucked into them, reveals Deborah Nicholls-Lee

The designer’s room • Interior-design practice Blyth-Collinson has brought a distinctive look to a rented house in Oxfordshire

Dream weaves • The intricate textures and graphic quality of Kuba cloth are the antithesis to modern homogeneity, finds Amelia Thorpe

Property news

Great Scot! • Scotland’s vast horizons create a rare sense of space on this crowded island, making this northernmost location feel like somewhere to truly live large

Rhythm and views • Restraint, repetition and refinement of planting over three decades have created this spectacular garden, writes Kirsty Fergusson

Shades of ’76

Kitchen garden cook Raspberries

A roaring success • What does it take to conserve vast and untamed African ecosystems for future generations, asks Rosie Paterson

Let the memory live again • Allan Scott was behind major film and television hits, but what he really...