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 Bessie Carter

Greener, healthier, happier

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

The county crawling with pubs

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Huw Montague Rendall

Emancipation and renewal • Built between 1758 and 1764, this Georgian house was brilliantly reinvented in the 1960s. It also possesses an opulent chapel, a triumphalist product of Catholic Emancipation. John Goodall reports

The legacy • Romek Marber and the Marber Grid

Leaders of the pack • Enhancing employee morale and increasing productivity is no longer reliant on outdated management techniques–if you want to get ahead, bring your dog to the office, advocates Sarah Todd

Are we in the clear yet? • At a fraction of the cost of a traditional pool, David Pagan Butler’s pioneering organic alternative has a global fanbase and he’s on a mission to share his knowledge, discovers Flora Watkins

The grill seekers • Going back to ‘fire school’ to learn how to barbecue better might conjure images of scorched sausages cooked over a fast and furious heat. However, as Paula Minchin discovers, long and slow is best

Not mush-room for error • With poisonous fungi hitting the headlines in recent weeks, John Wright introduces Britain’s most deadly species and advises on how best to avoid eating them in the first place

Into the blue • One of the oldest known gemstones to be used in jewellery, turquoise is having a modern moment. It’s the colour for summer, says Hetty Lintell, with her edit of exquisite watches and jewellery

The designer’s room • The owners of a Georgian house in Somerset asked Nicola Harding to strike a balance between romantic and informal in the design of their principal bedroom

Summer-time blues • Fresh discoveries to elevate any interior, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Sporting chances • One of the oldest squash courts in the country could tempt buyers in Surrey, as Thames river frontage and Sussex sea views offer havens for water babies

How to attract a new generation • Young parents are leaving the city earlier than in previous years, according to new research. Annabel Dixon finds out what they’re looking for

London Life • Your indispensable guide to the capital

London Life • Need to know

Reading alfresco • COUNTRY LIFE staff pick where in London they most enjoy getting lost in the written word

The glories of Glenarm • It is hard to credit that nearly all of the present garden was made this century, marvels Kathryn Bradley-Hole

Eat up your lilies

Kitchen garden cook Courgettes

Splendido, a Belmond hotel

Istria on a plate • Blessed with perfect growing conditions and a proud culinary tradition, Croatia’s abundant north-western peninsula promises rich pickings for gastronomes, says Ben Olsen

Don’t rub people up the wrong way

You cannot get a hair wrong • With so many medals to fit in the tiniest miniature she had ever worked on, limner Elizabeth Meek literally had to hold her breath when painting the portrait of Charles III, but the result is a resounding...