Country Life UK Magazine - June 10, 2020
Country Life UK Magazine - June 10, 2020
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In this issue
Best of Britain
Grand tour: around the UK in 40 monarchs
Orwell’s animals, lady spies and the all-British diet
The battle for the skies
It’s one very lucky feral dove that emerges from a spectacular avian dogfight
3 mins
New walls on old foundations
Burghley House, Lincolnshire, part I The home of Miranda and Orlando Rock This year marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of William Cecil, a statesman of defining importance in the nation’s history. John Goodall considers the Tudor development of the great baronial seat he created for himself
8 mins
The animals behind Animal Farm
George Orwell may have intended his seminal novel, published 75 years ago, to be an allegory on the Russian Revolution, but his extensive farming knowledge informed his animal portraits, making them powerful and, in part, believable, finds Julie Harding
6 mins
Around Britain in 40 monarchs
From William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II: John Goodall presents a tour of Britain, through the murder and mayhem of the Middle Ages, the madness of George III and the stability of Victoria, highlighting places and objects associated with each of them over the past millennium
10+ mins
Ripe for the picking
For Tom Parker Bowles, there’s no fruit as luscious or versatile as a juicy red tomato
3 mins
When small is beautiful
Many large firms are clamouring for financial bailout, but it’s Britain’s smaller, rural ‘Cinderella’ businesses that may yet save the day
3 mins
The spies who loved us
Their exploits would have made Bond proud and, now, these two fearless female undercover agents are joining the ranks of notable figures to be honoured with one of London’s blue plaques, recounts Catriona Gray
5 mins
Make Cothay While The Sun Shines
Country Life can exclusively reveal that one of the jewels of the West Country is on the market
5 mins
Standing in solitary splendour
The garden at Parcevall Hall, Skyreholme, North Yorkshire Steven Desmond visits the early-20th-century garden created by Sir William Milner and now triumphantly restored
6 mins
Turn up the colour
TOO many gardeners are afraid of colour; indeed, I confess to feeling guilty on occasion at my profligate use of it in the garden.
3 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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