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.

Mrs Leah Lane • Leah is a creative director whose digital platform, MyMulberryHouse, has grown from a home-renovation diary to become a popular destination for purveyors of British taste. She is the daughter of Clive Matkin of Glyncorrwg, Wales, and the late Judith Matkin.

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Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

Well-behaved tourists welcome

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Wendy Holden

Country-house treasures

A life in architecture • As the celebrated Classical architect Quinlan Terry retires after a career spanning more than six decades, Clive Aslet looks back at his life and work

John Muir and the national park movement

Floating on cloud nine • Constable spent hours re-creating them on canvas and Shelley was so obsessed that he wrote a poem pretending to be one, but there’s much more to clouds than meets the eye, says John Lewis-Stempel

Watching like a hawk • A diminutive silent assassin, the sparrowhawk has been implicated in songbird population declines, but the truth may be more complicated than headlines suggest

It’s written on the wind • Spread through water and air, the weeping lesions of larch disease Phytophthora ramorum are the latest threat to our woodlands, says Matt Ramsden

Dressing for success • Whether a simple sprinkle of salt and a dribble of oil or laced with searing chilli, great dressings create an harmonious whole from dissonant elements, relates Tom Parker Bowles

A kiss from a rosé • English sparkling rosé is everywhere this summer, but blushing still wines made in this country might soon give Provence a run for its money, too, finds Emma Hughes

Luxury In season

Riding the wave • Feel shipshape with Amie Elizabeth White’s nautical necessities

The designer’s room • Carefully conceived joinery and a collection of artwork and ceramics have transformed this London pied-à-terre

In good form • Standout ceramic vases, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Property news

Standing tall • Timeless and full of character, these striking townhouses prove that great things really do come in lofty packages

London Life • Your indispensable guide to the capital

Need to know

Augustean moments • Will Hosie heads out in search of the perfect London summer pad

The reel house-wives of Chelsea • Londoners are swapping the pub for a church on Pont Street, finds Will Hosie. They are not there to pray, but to dance

A princely project • The steeply sloped walled garden, returned to full production since 2024, is the highlight of the extensive garden restoration and creation work overseen by Pip Morrison. Mary Keen visits

Pass the parsley

Kitchen garden cook Fennel

‘It must have seemed like Disneyland to the Victorians’ • The Isle of Man’s magnificent horse-drawn tramway has brought joy to countless visitors for 150 years. Octavia Pollock goes behind the scenes

The French Capability Brown

A bird in hand • Francis Barlow built his artistic career on painting fowl and went on to become Britain’s first...