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    Roderick Easdale

    Roderick Easdale is a regular contributor to Country Life on topics including sport and property. He also compiles the magazine's crossword, every other week.

    How Country Life launched the career of Alistair Mackenzie, the architect who created Augusta National's iconic golf course

    Alister Mackenzie winning golf hole design.

    • The life and times of P. G. Wodehouse, 50 years on from his death

      Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set: P. G. Wodehouse’s creations made him one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century, but he was denounced as a traitor and a Nazi.

      By Roderick Easdale Published 16 February 25

    • The Dordogne Valley is full of spots such as La Roque-Gageac, with the beautiful Chateau de la Marartrie.

      A trip to the Dordogne that blends fine dining, golf, prehistoric caves — and a chocolate museum

      France isn't known for its golf, but there are some lovely spots to visit that golfers will enjoy — and which have plenty to keep non-golfers entertained too, as Roderick Easdale discovered when he spent a few days at Souillac Golf and Country Club.

      By Roderick Easdale Published 16 July 19

    • England, 1950, A couple are pictured house hunting as they look at the cards on display in an Estate Agents

      The curious tale of how estate agents came to run the British property market

      From gentlemen farmers to auctioneers of Nazi wine, Roderick Easdale traces the birth of British estate agents.

      By Roderick Easdale Published 5 March 19

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