In this issue

Sapphires in the cereal
The resurgence of the beloved, health-giving cornflower is to be rejoiced, says Ian Morton.

COUNTRY LIFE INTERNATIONAL
Flower battles, royal visits and idyllic properties on Jersey..

Where trains once crossed

Antonia Windsor takes in the views along Jersey's Railway Walk

3 mins

Our Queen, the Duke

From a brace of mallards to a placid cow, Matthew Dennison examines the unusual connections between Jersey and the Royal Family

4 mins

Flower power

As the Battle of Flowers celebrates its 120th anniversary this summer, Martha MacDonald traces the event's quirky past

3 mins

ENGLISH HOMES OLD & NEW

Each month of this 125th-anniversary year, COUNTRY LIFE describes a period in the development of the English great house. In the seventh of this 12-part series, John Goodall looks at the mid-Georgian world

8 mins

Scent to try us

Lithe, opportunistic and with a predilection for poultry, these elusive, often pocketsized predators have long raised a stink for farmers and gamekeepers, but not all of them deserve such an otterly bad rap, believes John Lewis-Stempel

10 mins

Sapphires in the cereal

John Ruskin declared that 'blue is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight'. Thankfully, our wild cornflowers have come back from the brink to be that source, reports Ian Morton

3 mins

Living with the Romans

The Romans may have long departed, but the remains of their presence are still evident on several country estates. Bronwen Riley meets the proud custodians of these remarkable and sometimes haunting sites

6 mins

Founding fathers

In COUNTRY LIFE's 125th year, Editor-in-Chief Mark Hedges pays a visit to Lindisfarne, the castle owned and restored by the magazine's founder as his Northumberland retreat

2 mins

And the rest is history

The Surrey Hills is very much Lutyens and Jekyll territory, notably at their first-ever collaboration at the garden designer's home, Munstead Wood, and nearby Munstead Place

4 mins

Over the hills and far away

It has taken decades of patience and dedication to create a garden from what had been a working farm in unspoilt Marcher country, reveals George Plumptre

4 mins

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