A front-row seat
Country Life UK|May 11, 2022
COUNTRY LIFE has been commenting on the state of the nation for 125 years. Sometimes, the past seems wholly removed, but there are moments when it all seems startlingly familiar
A front-row seat

The People's Budget

Supplies of food pour into England from every part of the world and are distributed among the consumers at a cheaper rate of transport than that charged for British produce of the same kind. The State in this battle has given no help whatever to the owner and cultivator. It spends less upon agricultural education and experiment than any other country in Europe... Yet landowners are taxed in England as heavily as though they composed the richest class in the State. May 8, 1909

Britain's proudest moment

No one after the war will dispute that in a test of manhood the British race comes out second to none. We often speak in laudatory terms of past generations, but there is, in fact, no previous period of British history in which so fine an army could have been gathered together. Nor is this all the story. Those who had to stay at home rose to the occasion as well as the soldiers at the front, and the female part of the population, though they could not bear arms, developed a heroism and a devotion to duty which made them most worthy auxiliaries of the fighting Services. November 16, 1918

The Socialist Menace

The Labour Party will be in a precarious position when they come to office, if they do... Over-industrialised Great Britain draws four-fifths of its food and practically the whole of its raw material from foreign countries... The cause of unemployment, broadly speaking, is that a great derangement and partial ruin of our markets has followed upon the war... Any interference with it by those unfamiliar with the springs and movements of the delicate machinery by which it is governed would infallibly end in creating such distress as the country has never before experienced. January 19, 1924

The Silver Jubilee

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 11, 2022 من Country Life UK.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 11, 2022 من Country Life UK.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.

المزيد من القصص من COUNTRY LIFE UK مشاهدة الكل
Every picture tells a story
Country Life UK

Every picture tells a story

As the National Gallery prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary in May, Carla Passino delves into the fascinating history of 10 of its paintings, from artistic triumphs to ugly ducklings and a clever fake

time-read
10+ mins  |
April 24, 2024
Flying between extremes
Country Life UK

Flying between extremes

Revisiting the Norfolk of his childhood bright, but not as early as planned on an April morning, John Lewis-Stempel is entranced by the wildlife of the Broads and spots a crane so large it renders his binoculars redundant Illustration by Michael Frith

time-read
4 mins  |
April 24, 2024
Satan on six legs
Country Life UK

Satan on six legs

The prowling embodiment of Beelzebub, the Devil's coach horse beetle could absolve you of all your sins, says Ian Morton

time-read
3 mins  |
April 24, 2024
Sometimes, less is more
Country Life UK

Sometimes, less is more

FASHIONS in gardening come and go like those on the catwalk, they simply take a lot longer doing so: sometimes decades.

time-read
3 mins  |
April 24, 2024
Dropping down to Derwentwater
Country Life UK

Dropping down to Derwentwater

The gardens of High Moss, Portinscale, Cumbria The home of Peter and Christine Hughes Non Morris visits a much-loved, Historically fascinating Arts-andCrafts garden, which has been imaginatively brought back to life

time-read
3 mins  |
April 24, 2024
A Georgian legacy
Country Life UK

A Georgian legacy

Down in Wiltshire and Somerset, two country houses and estates have been well tended by their owners

time-read
5 mins  |
April 24, 2024
Processions, proclamations and punishment
Country Life UK

Processions, proclamations and punishment

The wayside crosses that were once beacons in the British landscape have seldom survived the forces of Nature and iconoclasm. Lucien de Guise follows a trail of destruction

time-read
4 mins  |
April 24, 2024
A sparkling collection
Country Life UK

A sparkling collection

Guided by the nose of wine expert Harry Eyres, the COUNTRY LIFE team tasted some of England's finest sparkling wines and found elegance and finesse, with notes of hedgerows and seaside air, to compete with any fizz from across the Channel-surely, this is what we should be drinking now Qu

time-read
6 mins  |
April 24, 2024
Hampering after summer
Country Life UK

Hampering after summer

Lifting the lid on a sturdy hamper to find cold ham and ginger beer is a summer joy. Julie Harding meets the wicker weavers who make the dream come true

time-read
4 mins  |
April 24, 2024
Life's a picnic
Country Life UK

Life's a picnic

With picnic season fast approaching, it's time to elevate your alfresco feast to Michelin-star levels of deliciousness. Here, Paul Henderson asks a selection of the finest chefs to open up their picnic baskets and share some of their top tips for culinary success

time-read
5 mins  |
April 24, 2024