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In this issue

Emancipation and renewal
John Goodall chronicles the changing face of Everingham Park in East Yorkshire, from its Georgian roots to a splendid transformation in the 1960s.

The grill seekers
Long and slow is the key, finds Paula Minchin, as she goes back to ‘fire school’ to learn barbecue best practice from Devon’s flame-grilling expert..

‘Our waterways are suffering from chronic neglect’

A ‘FUNDAMENTAL reset’ of the water sector in England and Wales is needed to restore public confidence, to clean up waterways and to meet the demands of climate change, says the Government-commissioned, 464-page Cunliffe Report, which released its findings last month. It is highly critical of the current labyrinthine processes, lack of joined-up thinking, ‘opaque’ planning systems, ‘unintelligible framework’ and lack of collaborative innovation between water companies; the public is to blame, too, for blocking drains.

1 mins

My favourite painting Huw Montague Rendall

Nude self-portrait by Richard Gerstl

1 mins

Emancipation and renewal

Built between 1758 and 1764, this Georgian house was brilliantly reinvented in the 1960s. It also possesses an opulent chapel, a triumphalist product of Catholic Emancipation.

8 mins

The legacy Romek Marber and the Marber Grid

WITH their bold, linear look and uncompromising use of colour, Penguin's 1960s paperbacks encapsulated the spirit of Swinging London and changed book design forever.

1 mins

Leaders of the pack

Enhancing employee morale and increasing productivity is no longer reliant on outdated management techniques—if you want to get ahead, bring your dog to the office, advocates Sarah Todd

6 mins

Are we in the clear yet?

At a fraction of the cost of a traditional pool, David Pagan Butler's pioneering organic alternative has a global fanbase and he's on a mission to share his knowledge, discovers Flora Watkins

5 mins

The grill seekers

Going back to 'fire school' to learn how to barbecue better might conjure images of scorched sausages cooked over a fast and furious heat. However, as Paula Minchin discovers, long and slow is best

7 mins

Not mush-room for error

With poisonous fungi hitting the headlines in recent weeks, John Wright introduces Britain's most deadly species and advises on how best to avoid eating them in the first place

6 mins

The designer's room

The owners of a Georgian house in Somerset asked Nicola Harding to strike a balance between romantic and informal in the design of their principal bedroom

1 mins

Sporting chances

One of the oldest squash courts in the country could tempt buyers in Surrey, as Thames river frontage and Sussex sea views offer havens for water babies

5 mins

How to attract a new generation

Young parents are leaving the city earlier than in previous years, according to new research. Annabel Dixon finds out what they're looking for

2 mins

London Life

Your indispensable guide to the capital

1 mins

Reading alfresco

COUNTRY LIFE staff pick where in London they most enjoy getting lost in the written word

5 mins

The glories of Glenarm

The gardens at Glenarm Castle, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland The home of Randal and Aurora McDonnell

5 mins

Eat up your lilies

OF all the edible flowers rightly championed, I think daylilies receive too little appreciation. In both beauty and culinary pleasure, they really are hard to equal. Daylilies are not true lilies, but belong to the genus Hemerocallis—from the Greek hemera, meaning day, and kallos, meaning beauty —which hints at the flowers' fleeting nature. Typically opening at first light, each flower cheers the garden until the evening, when it fades rapidly. At first, I had trouble with the idea of robbing the garden of something so beautiful, but picking them late in the day before the decline sets in means I get to enjoy them twice: outside and in the kitchen. Happily, flowers are typically produced over a number of weeks, so you can expect more beauty to replace that which has gone.

2 mins

Splendido, a Belmond hotel

THE funny thing about Liguria, a region in northwestern Italy, is that few people could point it out on a map—unless you told them that it's where the Splendido is. The hotel, part of Belmond, treads a careful line, attracting everyone—the glitterati, the self-made man, seasoned jet-setters, the British upper crust—and alienating no one. The destination, Portofino specifically, is postcard perfect and still less crowded than other Italian hotspots, such as Lake Como and the Amalfi Coast. The landscape, all stately villas and private yachts, is a proper Mediterranean mirage, flecked by pines, holm oaks and chestnut trees, roses, jasmine and bougainvillea. If we're getting biblical here, then Portofino is surely Italy's answer to the Garden of Eden.

1 mins

Istria on a plate

Blessed with perfect growing conditions and a proud culinary tradition, Croatia's abundant north-western peninsula promises rich pickings for gastronomes

5 mins

Don't rub people up the wrong way

I BLAME Gunther, the large, German masseur who brought an end to the idea of a couples massage in my married life. This was not an enormous hardship, of course, and I cannot claim either my life, or my marriage, has been significantly worse off for the absence of a side-by-side rub down, but it has taken a while to lay Gunther's ghost to rest.

2 mins

The artists' artist

So close was JeanFrançois Millet to the humble peasants he painted that he wore clogs and coarse clothing. He was steeped in nostalgia, yet inspired avant-garde artists from van Gogh to Salvador Dalí, finds Mary Miers

6 mins

The road well travelled

The Yellow Boy by Joshua Reynolds saw multiple peregrinations, passing even through (Romanian) royal hands for a time, before returning to London in 1981. It now headlines a selling exhibition of magnificent 18th- to 20th-century works

4 mins

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Country Life UK Magazine Description:

Publisher: Future

Category: Lifestyle

Language: English

Frequency: Weekly

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.