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.

Ms Anna Søgaard • Anna is a chef and the founder of Jomfru, a London-based pop-up dining series that celebrates Nordic cuisine. She is the co-founder of SuppHer, a community-interest company that hosts supper clubs raising funds for women’s charities, and is the daughter of Flemming Søgaard and Elisa Hansen of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Midsummer reckoning

Country Life

Best wigwam we’ve ever seen

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

Come clean about food health

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Dick Bird

The virtues of history • One of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies is celebrating the centenary of its Tudor-style Hall. John Goodall looks at the remarkable story of the building

The legacy • Leslie Hore-Belisha and road safety

We’re still standing • With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism–and there are far more of them than you might imagine, says Tom Howells

Going down in a blazer of glory • Everyone from royalty to rappers seems to have one in their wardrobe. Is this the world’s most versatile jacket? Harry Pearson praises the blazer, a true sartorial team player

Luxury Notebook

A few of my favourite things • The florist, author, designer and stylist is best known for her wonderfully wild floral arrangements, for clients from the Royal Family to Dior and Chanel. Willow Crossley’s devoted Instagram following enjoys seeing her work with seasonal blooms and she offers workshops with Create Academy, alongside her online shop selling curated wares, such as a new rattan-vase collection. She lives with her husband, Charlie, and three sons in the Cotswolds.

All Deco-ed up • This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Art Deco style and there is no better vehicle than jewellery for showcasing its lasting impact on design

The designer’s room • When a family home in the Scottish Borders passed to a new generation, Guild Anderson was asked to create a kitchen suited to modern living

Earthly pleasures • Used in the construction of Florence’s Duomo and favoured by 19th-century architects and designers, Impruneta clay is as solid as rock, finds Arabella Youens

A bite of the cherry • Three blooming properties in Kent showcase the original garden of England

Thwack! • Power up your serve in time for Wimbledon at these properties with tennis courts

Where chivalry isn’t dead • Keeping the Faith in Malta

Secret society • Once a quiet fishing village west of Lisbon, Cascais became an unlikely hive of activity during the Second World War, attracting regal refugees and intelligence operatives in equal measure. Russell Higham investigates its enduring glamour–and its connection to Casino Royale

Keep the Faith • The age of chivalry isn’t dead–the Knights Hospitaller has defended its faith and helped the sick and the poor for more than 1,000 years, discovers Holly Kirkwood

Where Venice once ruled • Rich, resourceful and ruthless, the Venetians left handsome imprints across the Greek world, says Matthew Dennison, as he explores the lingering traces of a vanished...