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.

Lady Araminta Spencer-Churchill • Lady Araminta is a medal-winning junior British event rider. She is the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, which will host the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship next week. She follows in the footsteps of her aunt, Lady Henrietta, who appeared on the Frontispiece on September 29, 1994, as well as her great-aunts: Lady Sarah, who appeared on the Frontispiece on April 16, 1943; Lady Caroline, on September 27, 1946; and Lady Rosemary, on September 1, 1950.

Wallow in mellow

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

End the sugar rush now

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Alice Loxton

Country-house treasures

The legacy • Edward Elgar and ‘Pomp and Circumstance’

Rare species • The success of a garden depends on the quality of its garden team. Charles Quest-Ritson finds three young horticulturists destined for greatness

Grand scale • Large planters for trees and shrubs, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Jewelled meadows • Non Morris reveals the techniques behind the contemporary take on William Robinson’s original idea of naturalising bulbs in long grass, creating an effect even more dazzling than a meadow

All in a day’s work • The number of daylilies available in this country has grown from a handful at the turn of the century to several thousand today, thanks to breeders such as Duncan Skene and specialist nurseries, including New Hope Daylilies in Shropshire, reveals Annie Gatti

Bulbs with benefits

A most pleasing appearance • A major programme of restoration has transformed both the house and grounds of this outstanding property. Jeremy Musson admires what has been achieved

Give it some welly • From its not-so-humble beginnings in London via a stint in the trenches and star turns on the Paris catwalks, the king of the boot room has been on an extraordinary journey, finds Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Shroom for one more • Have fun with fungi, says Hetty Lintell, with some quirky jewellery and eye-catching interior accessories

Four wheels and the best of both worlds • The most memorable way to see the British Isles is by car and nothing beats doing so behind the wheel of a classic. James Fisher rents one for the day to explore Leicestershire’s Welland valley

Eventing’s party at the Palace • Home hopes are high for the Agria European Eventing Championships at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, next week. Kate Green reports

A first time for everything • The Helmsdale may have had a heart-sinkingly slow start to the season, but a week’s adventuring on the famed river still offers plenty to write home about

A feast for the eyes • Over the next month, events at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour andbeyond will offer plenty of inspiration for design lovers, finds Amelia Thorpe

‘There’s one more garden in me’ • After 23 years, gardening presenter and writer Alan Titchmarsh is selling his much-loved Georgian Hampshire home and, in Gloucestershire, actress Lisa Maxwell is moving on from her ‘dream house’ and downsizing

Grow your own •...