Country Life UK Magazine - August 11, 2021
Country Life UK Magazine - August 11, 2021
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In this issue
Up, up and away: the view from a balloon
Beautiful game: elegance on the grouse moor
Why we should return to Walter Scott
What a tonic: Britain’s best spa towns
Andrew Love’s favourite painting
The senior advisor to The Ritz chooses a work he bought off the railings at Green Park.
Come to the point
For lovers of traditional sport and skilled dog-work, the spectacle of pursuing grouse over pointers and setters is hypnotic and exhilarating, says Jonathan Young
6 mins
The Athenian revolution
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the completion of St Pancras Church, Harry Mount considers the early-19th-century enthusiasm for Greek architecture and its impact on buildings across the British Isles.
8 mins
Taking the waters
For Georgian landowners, a mineral-laced spring could mean a profitable resort, even if the water was rusty orange–and our spa towns remain a tonic today, says Clive Aslet
6 mins
An open-and-shut case
When it comes to sash windows, are you a purist or a pragmatist? Eleanor Doughty examines the argument for both options
5 mins
In the frame
Everything you need for beautiful windows, selected by Amelia Thorpe
1 min
Feeling hot, hot, hot
Drawn into the chilli’s fiery embrace at a young age–when sneaking a sip of his father’s Tabasco-laden Bloody Mary–Tom Parker Bowles is addicted to the fruit with a sting in its tail
4 mins
Time to try defying gravity
Thomas the Tank Engine, van Gogh’s head, a pair of Levi’s and a Tyrannosaurus Rex: Cameron Balloons has made them all fly in the form of hot-air balloons, finds Julie Harding
5 mins
Grace and space
Three Kent properties show off the best that the Garden of England has to offer
5 mins
Never say never
What resources are needed to save a country house on the brink? Lucy Denton investigates
5 mins
In A World Of Pure Imagination
More than a century after they were last exhibited, Gustave Moreau’s The Fables remain timeless and glittering visions of a jewelled neverland, finds Matthew Dennison
6 mins
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.
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