Country Life

Published by TI Media Limited 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.

Mrs Kate Ferguson • Kate is the executive director of the Pipeline Industries Guild, a membership organisation founded in 1957 to connect professionals in the utilities and infrastructure sectors. She is the daughter of Keith Lazenby and Debra O’Brien of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and married Andrew Charles Ferguson in Las Vegas, US, last month.

The antiques of the future

Country Life

Town & Country

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

Few reasons to party

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Joanna Scanlan

Country-house treasures

An ideal for living • A lovingly maintained house perfectly captures the spirit of the Arts-and-Crafts Movement and the domestic ideals of the architect Baillie Scott. William Fawcett reports

The legacy • David Hicks and interior design

Are you checking in? • Hundreds of croissants, cocktails with caviar chasers, London’s best-looking bathroom and a Harris hawk: Emma Hughes spends (almost) 24 hours behind the scenes at Claridge’s

Alpacalypse now • Combining luxurious fleeces with big buck teeth and comedic personalities, Peruvian camelids may sound like the perfect field ornament, but keeping a herd of alpacas is not for the faint-hearted, discovers Mary Skipwith

Let’s go coconuts • It might have been created to whisper seductively of sunshine and sandy beaches, but, on its 75th birthday, the Bounty bar feels distinctly British, says Rob Crossan

Little miracles • Cameos need to be seen to be believed, as evinced by an exquisite 2,000-year-old example in Florence

If you only buy one… • Silk pocket square by Turnbull & Asser

Local heroes • When the architect Christian ​Fleming and his wife, Jessica, settled in a corner of their native Cotswolds, they used timber and stone from surrounding farmland to create a house that is in perfect harmony with its surroundings, finds Giles Kime

The evolution of the office • With the demise of desktop computers, fax machines and filing cabinets, working spaces are becoming nicer places to be, finds Arabella Youens

New looks for a new season • Fresh ideas for every room, selected by Amelia Thorpe

A passion for pattern • The descendants of George Gilbert Scott Jnr, co-founder of Watts & Co, are building on his legacy by juggling tradition with technology to supply extraordinary projects from Chatsworth to Chequers, finds Matthew Dennison

Property news

A changing of the guard • The rare surviving military riding school at St John’s Wood will take centre stage in a new London development of 120 homes

A moo-ving experience • Once home to livestock and harvests, these five former farm buildings have been transformed into stylish homes that marry rural roots with contemporary living

In glowing colours • Ornamental, colourful and filled with good ideas, this is a consummate achievement, writes Charles Quest-Ritson

Some like it hot

The veal thing • Crumbs, there’s no need to fly by the seat of your pants to produce the perfect schnitzel, promises Tom Parker Bowles

Time heals all wounds • Long before veneers...