I GREW up in London and it wasn't until I reached 40 that I bought a house in the country; in the meantime, COUNTRY LIFE fed my dreams. I bought my first full set in 2004, having been the under-bidder for a set at Christopher Gibbs's house sale at the Manor House, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, in 2000. However, it was incomplete, so I bought a second set and combined them, using eBay to locate the last missing issues. I had them bound by Atkinson Bookbinders in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Every year, I would do another decade and, eventually, they took over the whole library. A few years later, out of the blue, I was contacted by someone wanting to buy a whole set, so I sold them and put back the books. But I missed the magazines enormously, so, in 2015, I bought my third set. These days, the first things I turn to are the bridge column and the houses and gardens.
Mark Cecil, businessman, and collector
I look forward to reading COUNTRY LIFE each week and have done for years. It has lots of informative articles about such interesting people. I really enjoyed the recent articles on people in trade and their specialist skills, such as a wheelwright, a hedge cutter and a drystone-waller. I collect the "riddle me this' on Notebook each week and love sharing it with my grandchildren to see who is the first to solve it. I keep the Annie Tempest cartoon until the end, as it always makes me chuckle.
The Duchess of Devonshire
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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
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
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
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.
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
A Georgian legacy
Down in Wiltshire and Somerset, two country houses and estates have been well tended by their owners
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
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
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
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