In this issue

LONDON LIFE
The capital through the ages, the perfect long weekend, top 10 things to do and how the property market has changed.

Conquering the goddess of the sky
The successful ascent of Everest was announced at the Queen’s coronation, finds Octavia Pollock..

A weekend to remember

You’ve already seen Big Ben and the Natural History Museum–so what next? Jo Rodgers describes her dream long weekend in London

5 mins

Kind hearts and coronets

Although many won’t be taking part in this year’s coronation, dukes and duchesses have hitherto played important roles, now reflected in a series of exhibitions, finds Eleanor Doughty

4 mins

The Regency reinvented

Great House, Dedham, Essex The home of Michael and Lucy Archer | In the first major work of his career, the architect Raymond Erith subtly transformed the Regency idiom to create a design poised between past and present, as Alan Powers explains

8 mins

New farmers on the medieval block

The ancient strip-farming methods pioneered in the Middle Ages are alive and kicking–and as effective as ever–in the north Nottinghamshire village of Laxton, as Ivo Dawnay discovers

5 mins

Conquering the goddess of the sky

Seventy years ago, on the eve of the Queen’s coronation, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest. Octavia Pollock considers the legacy of their achievement and what it meant for British mountaineering

4 mins

Who will wear the Badminton crown?

Badminton Horse Trials, which takes place on the weekend of the coronation, has long been associated with the Royal Family. Kate Green previews this year’s special event

3 mins

A brush with plants

This month, the botanical artist Emma Tennant celebrates her 80th birthday–and 75 years of gardening and painting. Steven Desmond eagerly anticipates her forthcoming exhibition

6 mins

Toast with a corona

Bolivar thinks the perfect way to celebrate a coronation is with a fine cigar

3 mins

Fit for a king

Short of acquiring a royal palace, there is ‘nothing of this grandeur or provenance so close to central London’

5 mins

Marks of distinction

The garden at Tichborne House, Tichborne, Hampshire The home of Mrs Anthony Loudon | Contemporary hedging and naturalistic planting echo the ancient field patterns and hedgerows in the brilliant remaking of this historic garden, says Tiffany Daneff

5 mins

Ready when you are

WE gardeners are used to taking every measure available to us when sowing seeds. We study the back of seed packets, listen to the weather forecast, check a phone app, stare at the sky; tea leaves may even be read in the search for optimal sowing.

3 mins

Best of British

From Scotland to Cornwall, Britain’s bounds are bursting with new hotel openings. Friends of COUNTRY LIFE wax lyrical about some of their favourites

4 mins

A lake for all seasons

Lake Como has been a popular summer-holiday destination since antiquity, but it’s increasingly worth holding off for autumn, when the crowds disappear and foraging begins, says Rosie Paterson

5 mins

Unexpected baggage

THE definition of a guilt trip, courtesy of that great knower-of-all-things, Mr Google, is intentionally to manipulate another person to feel guilty about something they may (or may not) have done. But what about the guilt trip that is 100% your own fault and involves overseas travel?

2 mins

The king of collections

The Royal Collection, a record of our monarchs’ personal tastes over 500 years, is one of the last great European assemblages to remain intact, says Huon Mallalieu

3 mins

My heart is in the Highlands

Edwin Landseer’s visit to the Duchess of Bedford’s retreat in Badenoch sparked a passion for the Highlands that led to his best work and created a romantic vision of Scotland, finds Mary Miers

6 mins

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