Country Life UK - March 20, 2024

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In this issue
Hooray for horticulture
Where traffic stops for sacred cows
Riding to the rescue

Where traffic stops for sacred cows

A visit to Rajasthan highlights a different attitude to cattle

3 mins

Riding to the rescue

The gardens at Dowdeswell Court, Gloucestershire The home of Julian Dunkerton and Jade Holland Cooper

5 mins

Spring

In the second part of our series, flower grower Anna Brown prepares her nursery for the busiest time of the year

3 mins

Sixty years a gardener

IN the summer of 1964, a 15-year-old lad with one O level in Art asked his parents if he could leave school a year early and go to work as a gardener in a local nursery.

3 mins

Grandeur in granite

Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire The home of Cosmo and Bronya Linzee Gordon

8 mins

'After everything they do, we owe them'

It is no exaggeration to say that dogs and horses risk life and limb to keep us safe. As search-andrescue dog Vesper wins the Hero Dog Award at Crufts, Katy Birchall finds out more about the charity supporting our retired service animals

5 mins

The very nature of Middle-earth

A Nature writer at heart, J. R. R. Tolkien drew on his love of the Malvern Hills and the surrounding countryside to paint his fantasy realm, says James Clarke

4 mins

The art of the bath

A collaboration between Victoria Albert Baths and sculptor Sophie-Elizabeth Thompson is an exciting new departure in the history of bathroom design

1 min

"The field with the best view'

From an impeccably renovated terrace of farmworkers’ cottages to a grand old hall, Cornwall's character and beauty are unparalleled

4 mins

A breath of fresh air

Wherever possible, kitchen doors should be wide open into the garden, as these houses allow

2 mins

It's a kind of dark magic

Immersed in myths of monkey puzzle trees and sorcery, blackly beautiful Whitby jet deserves to shake off its mournful, if illustrious past, says Harry Pearson

3 mins

Depth in Venice

The sale of furnishings from the Italian city’s Palazzo Volpi yielded many treasures that trashed their estimates

2 mins

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Country Life; architecture, gardens, countryside, property, the very best of British life Published by IPC Media. 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.