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 Verity Clare Snell • Verity is a midwife and is engaged to Marcus John Fairfax Fountaine, whom she will marry in Dulverton, Somerset, this month. She is the daughter of Bettina Snell of Dulverton, Somerset, and the late Christopher Snell.

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Country Life

Coming up roses

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

A rural reason to cheer

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Beccy Speight

Crossing the channel • Fanfare for the 80th anniversary

A Georgian vision • A combination of discerning architectural improvement and collecting in the 1950s created a modern country house in the 18th-century spirit. John Martin Robinson reports

The legacy F. M. Halford and dry-fly fishing

The longest day and the shortest night • June brings with it the magic of Midsummer’s Day, as well as a prediction for the coming harvest, says Lia Leendertz

Stuff and nonsense • Five collectors of unusual things, from taxidermy to tanks, tulips to teddies, explain their passions to COUNTRY LIFE

Her green and pleasant land • Peggy Guggenheim, doyenne of avant-garde art, once lived at a Hampshire cottage in the woods. Mary Miers traces a rare domestic time in the American heiress’s life

A walk on the wild side • The word ‘safari’ may evoke lions and Land Cruisers, but you’ll never run out of wildlife-based thrills on these shores. From seabird skyscrapers to ostentatious otters and rutting red deer, Ben Lerwill discovers the best British Nature trips on offer

Standing on ceremony • As the sound of music, majesty and military precision marks The King’s Birthday Parade, Simon Doughty considers the evolution of the ceremonial uniform

Fresh as a summer breeze • Once associated largely with gin, there is a host of easy-to-grow botanicals that will enliven both cocktail hour and mealtimes, advises Natasha Goodfellow

Little gem • A humble lambing shed has been transformed into a tranquil home office using both antiques and pieces repurposed from past projects, finds Arabella Youens

Perfect manors • For the first time in a generation, two of England’s most pristine and private residential and sporting estates, Corby Castle in Cumbria and Wilsford Manor in Wiltshire, have come to the open market

Giddy up! • If watching the gee-gees is your thing, these houses near racecourses should suit

London Life • Your indispensable guide to the capital

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Come on down, the water’s fine • Ratty might have preferred a picnic, but canalside fine dining is proving the key to success for new restaurant openings in east London today, finds Gilly Hopper

All in good time • Two decades in the planning, The Emory, designed by Sir Richard Rogers, is open. Think of it as a sieve that retains the best of contemporary hotel-keeping and lets the empty banality flow away, says Nick Foulkes

Floreat Etona • The link with the school and horticulture goes back to its royal founder, finds George Plumptre on a visit to the recently restored gardens

Hey ho, hey ho, it’s off to sow we go

Kitchen garden cook Gooseberries

Joy of the mountain • Overlooked by...