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.

Mayor Princess Bright • Princess is a former investment banker and chartered accountant. She served as councillor for Barking and Dagenham for seven years and is now civic mayor, the youngest person to hold the office in the authority. Princess is the daughter of Pastor Gbolahan Bright and Doctor Afolasade Bright, Councillor, of Barking, London.

On the money

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

The squeeze on schools

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Liz Fenwick

A passion for plasterwork • An unassuming house reveals a marvellous and unexpected secret. John Goodall enjoys a rich collection of neo-Classical decorative plasterwork lovingly created by the present owners

The legacy • Rachel Carson and Silent Spring

Give us, this day, our sustainable daily bread • When it comes to food shopping, we all want to try to make a positive difference and do our bit for sustainability–but how exactly should we go about it, asks Jane Wheatley

Solar, so good • The thought of losing of productive arable land to renewable-energy developments can be dispiriting and alarming, but informed local knowledge may be the key to their successful design, argues William Kendall

No job too big • Britain’s native breeds and their grazing talents are an integral part of the drive to balance food production with biodiversity recovery. Kate Green explains why we should look closer to home in the quest to re-create the natural habitats of the past

A wing and a prayer • By bridging ‘the hungry gap’ with supplementary feeding, we can breathe life into our declining farmland bird populations, but farming practices must be changed to secure their future, says Hannah Bourne-Taylor

COUNTRY LIFE’s Little Green Book • Trying to buy from companies that are truly sustainable is not always straightforward. Madeleine Silver selects some of the best brands striving to make the world a better place

Allstrung out • Piling on beaded bracelets and necklaces is synonymous with summer, believes Hetty Lintell–with or without that festival wristband

The designer’s room • Cosseting upholstery and a palette of rich colours have brought new life to this Scottish fishing lodge

A homegrown hero • Ships made from English oak were victorious at sea from the Nile to Trafalgar and it was once a ubiquitous building material. Yet today, it’s a rarity, finds Arabella Youens

Impeccable manors • Three gracious and beautifully appointed houses in Staffordshire, Hampshire and Gloucestershire have been elegantly presented to the market

Out on the town • From the pretty Cotswolds to trendy east London, townhouses have enduring appeal

True grit • Since they appeared in the 1990s, gravel gardens have grown in popularity, especially in recent years. What are the keys for success, asks Non Morris

Blue-chip performance

Kitchen garden cook Peaches

Like lambs to the slaughter • A penchant for spring lamb saw white-tailed eagles ruthlessly exterminated, but the beguiling ‘flying barn door’ is back on our shores following a somewhat controversial...