Country Life

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd 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 Emma Broadbent and Miss Kirsten Pobjoy • Emma, daughter of John and Jane Broadbent of Stroud, Gloucestershire, and Kirsten, daughter of John and Sue Pobjoy of Stroud, Gloucestershire, are professional wingwalkers for AeroSuperBatics, the world’s only Formation Wingwalking Display Team. On average, the team performs about 60 public displays a year, across the UK and internationally.

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Country Life

Empires of the sun

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

In praise of unsung heroes

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Jane Tuckwell

Where are the food targets? • Why producing food must be more profitable, a trip to market and some red tape

An air of homely distinction • A Cotswold house beloved by an important Edwardian Anglo-American artistic circle has been revived and restored. John Martin Robinson tells its remarkable story

The legacy Isabella Beeton and recipes

This is how we brew it • Having lived in the shadow of its Antipodean counterpart, British coffee-shop culture is finally thriving. Ben Lerwill visits the Cotswolds, where it all began

Blow the froth off • Nodding and waving to passing traffic as it engulfs our roadside verges, exuberant cow parsley is almost unstoppable, says Vicky Liddell, as she takes a closer look at the umbellifer and its sometimes sinister kin

There is no sting in this tale • A living prehistoric relic, the scorpion fly is a permanent guest at the ugly-bug ball, says Ian Morton

Angels in the house • Winged creatures, robed figures and celestial bodies are under threat in a rural church. Jo Caird speaks to the conservators working to save northern Europe’s most complete Romanesque wall paintings

The magnificent seven • The Mars Badminton Horse Trials, the oldest competition of its kind in the world, celebrates its 75th anniversary this weekend. Kate Green chooses seven heroic winners in its history

The wheel thing • A set of smooth wheels are deeply satisfying when sashaying through the airport, says Hetty Lintell, who chooses some excellent carry-on cases with elegant design aesthetics to match

Mere moth or merveille du jour? • Moths might live in the shadows of their more flamboyant butterfly counterparts, but some have equally artistic names, thanks to a ‘golden’ group, discovers Peter Marren

Bedtime stories • The latest accessories to update your bedroom space, selected by Amelia Thorpe

How golden was my valley • These four magnificent Cotswold properties enjoy splendid views of hill and dale

Pretty as a picture • The proliferation of honey-coloured stone cottages is part of what makes the Cotswolds so beguiling. Here, we pick some of our favourites currently on the market

A haunt of ancient peace • After recent renovations, this masterpiece of Harold Peto’s garden-making must be counted one of the finest gardens in England, writes Tiffany Daneff

It’s the plants, stupid

The savage tree • Reputed to fight off the Black Death, this native evergreen offers succour to wildlife and gin drinkers alike, finds John Wright

Heaven is a place on earth • For the women of the Bloomsbury...