Country Life August 3 2016 celebrates our coastal flowers plus a bluffer’s guide to the Rio Olympics, Ben Pentreath’s favourite room and Carla Carlise. Find out more:
COASTAL FLOWERS: Our coastline is home to a multitude of flora that thrives on a cliff edge. Steven Desmond pays homage to some of the most resilient flowers known to man.
ARCHITECTURE: By stages through the 18th and 19th centuries, Liverpool brought into being its town hall, perhaps the greatest Georgian civic building in Britain, as Steven Brindle explains.
GARDENS: Charles Quest-Ritson explores an exemplary collection of hydrangeas at Marwood Hill that relishes the particular climate of its Devon home.
CARLA CARLISLE: Presidential hopeful Donald Trump reminds Carla Carlisle of politics she thought had been consigned to the past.
RIO OLYMPICS: The XXXI Olympiad opens on Friday in Rio. Our bluffers’ guide should help you survive and enjoy the next fort- night’s sporting takeover.
COOKING: Melanie Johnson makes the most of raspberries.
INTERIORS: Runners, rugs and fabric designer Roger Oats; a Ben Pentreath kitchen; the latest news; and Highland flourishes for the house.
PROPERTY: Watch the world float by, suggests Penny Churchill and Arabella Youens explores sailing hotspots.
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