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 Cara-May Forte • Cara-May restores chandeliers and vintage lights she finds in antique markets across France. A graduate in Jewellery Design from Central Saint Martins, she has assisted designers Harris Reed and Connor Ives and creates her own couture from chandelier crystals and mother of pearl. She is the daughter of Karl O’Hanlon and Anita Forte of Béziers, France.

Season of contentment

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

Down with Peter Rabbit

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Christine Jones

Country-house treasures

Architects and ancestry • In the first of two articles, Steven Brindle looks at the remarkable history of a house that has never been sold, but has descended for nine centuries as an inheritance

The legacy • Siegfried Sassoon and Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man

Slow and steady wins the race • If a cocker or springer appeals, but is deemed too hot to handle, it may be time to consider one of our minor spaniel breeds, urges Mary Skipwith

Full tweed ahead • Heritage and enduring appeal make up the fabric of COUNTRY LIFE, so what better way to weave the story of its 130th anniversary celebrations than with a bespoke tweed. Matthew Dennison checks it out

Going it alone • Pitting his wits against the Monarch of the Glen, Charles Harris sets off unaccompanied in search of a stag on Scotland’s lovat-hued hills in Wester Ross

Rhythm and blues • Recently resurgent in British waters, the Atlantic bluefin is an awe-inspiring sight for our correspondent, who duels with a majestic specimen off the coast of Falmouth

Watch this space • Neither birdwatching nor unwinding in the natural world needs the planning and advertising many insist on. Just go outside, John Lewis-Stempel advises

A level ploughing field • Practice, plot preparation and a keen eye for a straight line are key at the British National Ploughing Championships, but winning is only half the story, discovers Mary Skipwith

‘Such divuelish artes have bene and are’ • Be it a pattern scratched into a beam or a dead cat built into a wall, apotropaic marks and their kin were forms of ‘secular prayer’ long trusted to guard our homes and souls, discovers Susan Owens

Luxury Notebook

A few of my favourite things • Sir Kenny Dalglish is one of the most decorated figures in British football, having enjoyed success as a player with Celtic and Liverpool and as a manager with Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. In 2018, he was knighted for his services to football, charity and the City of Liverpool. He lives in Southport with his wife, Marina.

Star power • Light up the night in dazzling jewellery inspired by the cosmos

The heat is on • Amelia Thorpe selects the latest stoves and fireplaces

Property news

Blockbuster addresses • Lights, camera, action! Thanks to cinema rooms that deserve top billing, these spectacular homes will ensure that for their new owners, staying in becomes the hottest ticket in town

Fruit shoots • With the widest range in the country, Frank P. Matthews is famous for its fruit trees, but its ornamentals...