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.

The Hon Sarah Stallard • Sarah is an employment solicitor at TLT LLP in Belfast. She is the daughter of Brian and Arlene, Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee, of Brookeborough, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. In June, she married Thomas Stallard at Colebrooke Parish Church, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Dog days

Country Life

Is the tide turning for seaside heritage? • Britain’s coastal areas aren’t totally washed up just yet, finds Emma Hughes, who discovers how lidos, piers and promenades are riding a new wave of regeneration

Town & Country Notebook

Stuff & nonsense

Letters to the Editor

Leave the Lords alone

Athena • Cultural Crusader

My favourite painting Ian Seath

Country-house treasures

A power in the landscape • This great house has been developed by one family over the course of six centuries. In the first of two articles, John Goodall explores its early history and first Georgian transformation

The legacy • Enid Blyton and the Famous Five

Meet Peggy, Britain’s naughtiest dog • Clownish, curious and charming with children, this bouncy miniature bull terrier also operates as a fiendish whirlwind of destruction. Agnes Stamp finds out more and introduces the runners-up

The 39 steps to being a good dog owner • There’s more to modern pet-iquette than ‘sit, stay and be a good boy’, says William Hanson, as he reveals his cardinal rules that maketh the owner and the dog

Bone appétit • An Unidentified Street Snack may make a thrilling morsel for a discerning Jack Russell, but nothing beats a dog’s dinner ‘good enough for humans’, declares Maud Parker Bowles

Pup and coming • With dogs fast becoming the luxury sector’s new best friend, Mary Skipwith meets five top dogs unleashing the very best in pet-friendly experiences

Who let the dogs out? • Interiors are evolving to accommodate the new roaming rights afforded to our four-legged friends, finds Arabella Youens

A dog’s life • The best examples of canine style, chosen by Amelia Thorpe

Pigeon post • The wood pigeon may be attractive and musical, but its habit of laying waste to fields and allotments has never endeared it to rural Britain

You got me there • More than 55 years of practice–and some chilled Sancerre–make for a perfect day in pursuit of wily brown trout on the Test, finds our fishing correspondent

Ripe for picking • Be on your way to five-a-day with Amie Elizabeth White’s fruity pieces

Property news

Colour me beautiful • Tired of taupe? These dazzling homes will be just the tonic

Colour for all seasons • Successional planting is one of the trickiest skills to master, but the results in this intensively and brilliantly planted new garden speak for themselves, writes Kathryn Bradley-Hole

Summer trees make me feel fine

Kitchen garden cook Cherries

Everything bar the Oompa Loompas • Barley sugars, aniseed balls or jelly babies? The Oldest Sweet Shop in England–and the world–is a child’s dream and a dentist’s nightmare. Harry Pearson pops in

Treasure island • The spirit of the Hebrides breathes from every inch of stone and tweed at Rodel House,...