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 Sarah Stancliffe • Sarah is a jewellery specialist with Cartier on New Bond Street, London W1, and a keen runner, who, in 2023, competed in five marathons in five days, in Sweden, to raise money to help fight modern slavery. She is engaged to Hector Haynes, whom she will marry at Chelsea Old Church, London SW3, in April, and follows in the footsteps of her mother Jane Stancliffe (née Johnston) who appeared on the Frontispiece on January 3, 1980.

A classic mistake

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Letters to the Editor

Age shall not weary them

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Jason Goodwin

Ruin and rebirth • In the second of three articles, John Goodall tells the story of the destruction of this house by fire in 1828 and its astonishing revival that continues into the 21st century

The legacy • David Garrick and the theatre

Where foxes are streets ahead • Pesky predators or celebrated survivors? As the metropolis continues to lure rural Reynards to a better city life, Patrick Galbraith considers whether or not Vulpes vulpes will eventually outlast Man

The inimitable Wodehouse • ‘The greatest musician of the English language’, P. G. Wodehouse crafted aristocratic comedies starring pig kidnappings and lofty butlers that are still treasured today, yet he was denounced as a traitor. Roderick Easdale asks why

All I have to do is dream • Does a dream about a fox riding a hedgehog up a tree, across a lake and over a mountain hold any particular significance or merely imply that less cheese should be eaten before bed? Tree Carr investigates

Shine on • The latest from the world of lamps and lighting, selected by Amelia Thorpe

A northern powerhouse • After 700 years, it’s finally time for a changing of the guard at Ripley Castle

Don’t forget to look up • Mysterious wizards, Miss Marple and wild landscapes are part of what makes the North of England so hard to beat

London Life • Your indispensable guide to the capital

London Life • Need to Know

Tricks of the trade • As the demand for buying pieces with patina grows, the capital is packed with places to browse second-hand stock. Arabella Youens picks out the best spots to track down anything, from a mid-century desk to a 1960s frock

Kitchen garden cook Celeriac

Pottery winners • Ordinary terracotta flowerpots have been made in their millions and yet, as collector Beth Tarling tells Tiffany Daneff, there is very little on record about them

Hot pots

Lady in red • Used by fairies to drink the morning dew, this mystical, jewel-like fungus is striking on the plate and can be used to frighten innocent friends, finds John Wright

Travel 2025

Hot property • Nimmo Bay Resort in the Great Bear Rainforest, Canada, photographed by Jeremy Koreski

Travel News

Where Naturelooms large • Pakistan’s far north offers intrepid travellers a chance to marvel at glaciers and deserts, shaggy yaks and enchanted glades on the edge of the Himalayas

Take a chance on me • Once frequented by David Bowie, Monte Argentario, Italy, is back in the spotlight a half century on...