Country Life UK - January 03, 2018

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In this issue:

The world our wilderness Carla Carlisle on lacunas and being guilty of assumptions

Bathing beauty Joanna Wood’s bathroom, Kit Kemp’s carpets and the top canapé party

Birds of an unusual feather Alistair Kerr uncovers the curious story of how the pelicans of St James’s Park precipitated a Cold War crisis and much more...

Saw Maker

Living National Treasure

1 min

When a holiday isn't a holiday

IT is strongly rumoured in the neighbourhood that we have now entered a new year, and I need a holiday. A Highland Hogmanay calls for grit and grim determination. Toe to toe, you slug it out with the season until, inevitably, you keel over. Hogmanay always wins. You totter back to your corner with no idea whether it’s Christmas or Easter.

3 mins

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

John McEwen comments on Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

1 min

To The Manor Born

What does the future hold for the English country squire? Adrian Leak finds out and gets to know some of history and literature’s most affable examples.

5 mins

Birds Of An Unusual Feather

The pelicans of St James’s Park might not be as famous as the ravens at the Tower but, as former diplomat Alistair Kerr reports, their tale is no less curious

3 mins

Fun On The Floor

The interiors visionary Kit Kemp has launched a collection of carpets.

2 mins

Coming Alive

Sometimes fiction and fact blend seamlessly and a collection sheds new light on war

3 mins

Old-Fashioned Modernist

Modigliani was a mass of contradictions

3 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.