In this issue:

The beautiful south David Profumo fishes the fabled River Mataura in New Zealand

The finest French taste A Yorkshire merchant created a flamboyant home at Cliffe Castle, West Yorkshire, as Jeremy Musson explains

Face to face with the butcher bird The grey shrike is gruesomely adept at skewering its prey on thorns, observes Simon Lester and much more...

Just blame it on the weathervane
From once-ubiquitous cockerels to pigs and ships, weathervanes top a building off with style and meaning, finds Harry Pearson.

A design of splendid convenience
In the second of two articles, John Goodall explores the magnificent and well-planned interiors of Holkham Hall, Norfolk..

The spirit of the age
In the first of two articles, John Goodall explores Holkham Hall in Norfolk, the apotheosis of a grand gentleman’s seat.

The new bronze age
Across the land, compelling modern sculptures, from hares to minotaurs, are catching the eye, finds Anna Tyzack.

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s favourite painting
The landscape architect chooses a dramatic, Biblical scene by a Flemish painter.

A town-house transformation
An 1860s coach house has been reconfigured to dazzling effect. Jeremy Musson visits Monmouth House, London SW7.

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..

My favourite view
The Duchess of Cornwall drinks in the splendour of Lochnagar.

She’s got a ticket to ride
For Brixton children, Ebony Horse Club in south London offers opportunities that can prove lifechanging. Oli Bell meets the young riders.

The challenge of cathedral thinking
John Goodall talks to René Olivieri, the new chairman of the National Trust, about staying true to the charity’s principles.

All the president’s men
Carla Carlisle reflects on Watergate and the need for courage.

SOS Save our seahorses

The sustainable issue
Ahead of their time: the green power pioneers

Live the good life: smallholder stories

Where to buy recycled goods, from diamonds to carpets and china

A spark of genius
Carla Passino discovers how travel broadened the mind for four British polymaths.

The houses of contentment
From Irish whiskey to Welsh gin, country-house breweries seem to be the next big thing in diversification, discovers Matthew Dennison.

How to be more dog
Sports commentator Andrew Cotter tells Octavia Pollock about lockdown fame for his labradors Olive and Mabel.

We’re putting out the flags
Jamie Blackett celebrates the jubilee as curlews venture to nest.

Lustre of legend
Pearls have captured the hearts of queens and emperors for thousands of years. Now, they have won Jonathan Self’s, too..

An ideal manor house
New research has shed fresh light on idyllic Mapperton in Dorset, finds Timothy Connor.

To have and to hold
The lost art of Devon stavebasket-making is being revived, reveals Natasha Goodfellow.

Kitchen garden cook
Melanie Johnson conjures delicious meals with samphire..

Collectors’ issue

The ladybird: gardener’s friend and aphid’s enemy

Jungle look: the man who made art with lions

The secrets of signet rings and bookplates

Transporting splendour
Royal Yacht Britannia offers an insight into true royal taste, discovers John Goodall.

Where classic style reigns
Thoughtful and stylish, The Queen’s clothes always convey a meaning, says Justine Picardie.

Kitchen garden cook
Melanie Johnson creates tasty treats with fresh strawberries..

Why this Chelsea will be the prettiest yet

Going crazy for lupins
Catch a nightingale before it’s too late
Pioneer pilots: the first female high-fliers

Masterpiece
Jack Watkins is chilled by the ever-young Count Dracula.

A mixture of expertise and clap trap
David Profumo looks at changes in angling over 125 years.

In the footsteps of giants
A masterpiece by Lutyens and Jekyll is thriving at Folly Farm, Berkshire, reveals Tiffany Daneff.

1940s Notebook
Melanie Bryan reveals the concerns of the war years.

‘Rejoice together in a happy ending’
The fairy tales of Ruth Manning-Sanders offered hope that good wins, finds Matthew Dennison.

Life’s a beech
The stately beech tree is rightly considered queen of the forest, believes John Lewis-Stempel..

A love letter to Norfolk
Novelist and local D. J. Taylor reveals the real magic of his home.

Gilane Tawadros’s favourite painting
The writer and curator chooses a Turner with modern resonance.

There’s pickle in the jar
Branston pickle has been cheering cheese sandwiches for 100 years, finds Alec Marsh..

Tradition and modernity
Old and new are perfectly blended at Willards Farm in Surrey, finds Jeremy Musson.

A perfect finish
Two remarkable new gardens have grown from the renovation of an old barn in the Cotswolds, discovers Tiffany Daneff.

The Easter issue:Are you a real
countryman? Try our quiz.

The life and times of the rabbit Somerset unveils its deepest secrets Vaughan Williams: the man behind the music.

Spring interiors special
Cath Kidston, Robin Birley and Felix Conran.

How to save your village pub
Why our food depends on family farms
‘Summer is a-coming in: loudly sing cuckoo!’

SPRING AWAKENING
Where to hear the sounds of the new season.

Just how clever are crows?
The sculptor’s language: what Annie Tempest did next
No-fuss plants: why shrubs are back
Turner’s Italy: how it influenced his British work

Masterpiece
Jack Watkins admires Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals, which brought the natural world alive for so many.

The protector of cherry trees
A desire to make amends for Japan’s part in the Second World War led to one man’s creation of a profusion of flowering cherries, discovers Val Bourne.

Smaller country houses
What does the market hold for 2022?

Parties are back
How to have the time of your life

Brave and mad: great feats of human endeavour
New kitchens, old hill forts and Shackleton’s ship

Creating the country house
The top 100 specialists you should call.

Shear brilliance: the garden where topiary rules
Winged horses: legends of the Gold Cup
Blossom, blackcaps and W. G. Grace

This sceptr’d isle
How restless republicans changed it forever

How Whistler took on the art world and won.

Jack Watkins celebrates the teddy-bear faces and soft wool of Southdown sheep.

In the thick of it - A heron stays clean as John Lewis-Stempel battles the mud.

Songs from the garden of Eden
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato talks to Henrietta Bredin about gardening, keeping busy and singing to save the planet.

The bloodhound gang
Lolloping, intelligent, with the best nose in the business, a bloodhound is worth the slobber, believes Katy Birchall.

A brush with history
Family-run company Hillbrush is celebrating its 100th birthday in fine style, finds Julie Harding.

Hurray for Beatrix Potter
Nature and food: how to have it all
Eremurus: the original candle in the wind

A Gothic revival
In the second of two articles, John Goodall examines the evolution of Queens’ College, Cambridge, with its grand hall.

Oodles for poodles
We say potato: how the Maris Piper got its name.
Buchan’s masterpiece: The 39 Steps.
Lust for lilacs: every garden needs one.

A world worth waiting for 
Travel 2022
Blessed are the cheesemakers
Downton: plaster of paradise..

Et in Arcadia ego
Stephen Desmond admires the new planting of the wooded bank of Chatsworth, Derbyshire.

Dear Miss Salley Gardens...
Novelist Salley Vickers recalls her godmother and the beloved walled garden of her childhood.

Masterpiece
Once ubiquitous, now loved, the red telephone box is a work of genius, says Jack Watkins.

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