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Over the Moon
A Tintin drawing makes a record in Paris and a not-too frightening Bacon will be at the Royal Academy
Not such a Scilly idea
Beloved by The Prince of Wales, who shares his Scottish home with them, and thriving on Tresco and Arran–where they supposedly arrived in a laundry basket–red squirrels have a particular penchant for island life
The designer's room
Interior designer Sarah Fortescue has transformed the drawing room of a house on her family’s Cornish estate with colour and pattern
Everybody say cheese
The millennia-long tradition of cheesemaking in Britain and Ireland, having weathered many storms, is as vigorous as ever thanks to the great cheese renaissance. Ned Palmer takes a dairy-driven tour
In search of beauty
A publisher, innovator and shrewd businessman with strong connections to the Liberal political establishment, Edward Hudson was the visionary founder of COUNTRY LIFE 125 years ago. Clive Aslet revisits his remarkable life
The architectural conscience of the nation
Michael Hall, a former Architectural Editor and Deputy Editor of COUNTRY LIFE, looks back at the magazine’s formation of its architectural coverage from 1897 to 1939
The late blooming of a ‘saintly clergyman'
After a lifetime of quietly sketching wildflowers, parish priest William Keble Martin finally published the book every schoolboy wanted, says Matthew Dennison
White magic
Nowhere else can gardeners see rare named snowdrops growing in such measureless drifts as in the Rothschilds’ private garden at Eythrope in Buckinghamshire, finds Mary Keen
Loved back to life
Fulbeck House, Lincolnshire The home of Claire Van Cleave. This little-known house of about 1700 has been the subject of tactful restoration for a period of more than 20 years. Jeremy Musson looks at its fascinating history
The Queen's lost library
New research offers fresh insight into the splendid interiors of Queen Caroline’s library, a compact building by William Kent that once overlooked London’s Green Park, reveals Rufus Bird
Polly wants an apple
Ring-necked parakeets have made themselves at home across London and beyond, but how did these birds come to swap tropical climes for our grey shores, asks Claire Jackson
It's party time
From the smartest country estates to the capital’s most glamorous hotels, securing the dream wedding venue should be your first priority
Little England
Lost villages, factory villages, tourist villages, Georgian villages: these pieces of England all have their own story to tell. Archaeologist Ben Robinson chooses his top 10
Lands of plenty
From £2 million to £20 million properties, 2021 was a stellar year for sales of farms and estates
Blasts from the past
Two dealers are remembered at Sworders, through a painting by a limbless artist and a Soviet state dinner service
Something old, something new
Unusual architectural features are having a revival, finds Lucy Denton, from medieval moats to ice houses
The designer's room
A striking copper bath and classically inspired joinery have brought this bathroom to life
Through the mists of time
A history of the past 125 years can be read in COUNTRY LIFE’s thousands upon thousands of property advertisements. Annunciata Elwes dives in
Good sense in spades
For more than a century, COUNTRY LIFE has championed the finest garden writing. Steven Desmond looks back at our unrivalled contributors, from Gertrude Jekyll to Alan Titchmarsh
Born to paint a happier land
Thanks to vast canvases such as The Hay Wain, we might think we already know John Constable’s inimitable style. However, in later life, his work–now on show at the Royal Academy–became more radical and expressive, says Peyton Skipwith
A garden of the imagination
Timothy Mowl celebrates what may be the most atmospheric, the most beautiful and the most intellectual garden in the country, Rousham in Oxfordshire
LET'S START AT THE VERY BEGINNING
The first issue of COUNTRY LIFE was published 125 years ago. Former Editor Clive Aslet takes a look at what was happening in London at the same time
A genteel gatehouse
The Broad Gate, Ludlow, Shropshire The home of Sir Keith and Lady Thomas A 13th-century fortification that defined medieval Ludlow has been transformed into a Georgian townhouse. John Goodall examines its remarkable story and restoration
A digital treasure trove
A hugely ambitious initiative to digitise the contents of the COUNTRY LIFE photographic archive during the magazine’s 125th anniversary year promises to make its riches properly accessible to everyone for the first time. John Goodall reports
Taste the seasons
The joy of seasonal eating is devouring food at its delectable peak, be it butter-drenched asparagus, heather-scented grouse or sticky-toffee-apple pudding. Tom Parker Bowles presents his month-by-month guide to culinary delight the seasons Taste
Withnail & I
A pair of drunken anti-heroes they may be, but Marwood and Withnail struck a chord with students that continues to resonate
Consider plaquettes
A neglected art form takes centre stage at Olympia sales this month
White-hot snow
Carla Passino explores six of the best winter destinations across the world and picks great properties for sale to enjoy life on skis
What a difference a year makes
The country-house market has ridden the wave of this strange year in jubilant form
Talking about a resolution
We make them, we break them, yet, as Felicity Day reveals, our famous forebears –from Pepys to Woolf–were equally as bad at keeping New Year’s resolutions