Country Life has delivered another extraordinary performance, declaring an annual ABC increase for the sixth year in a row. The double hat-trick is a record shared by just other weekly consumer title, The Week.
This announcement comes hot on the heels of the news that the 2015 Christmas double was the biggest-selling issue in the magazine’s history, selling over 60,000 copies in total - more than the 6069 issues that have gone before it - and Country Life winning the coveted BSME award for Scoop of the Year.
Editor Mark Hedges, who is approaching 10 years at the helm, says: ‘Country Life is a remarkable magazine performing exceptionally well. Week in, week out, we have the most eclectic mix of stories that can get the country talking, whether it be a Shakespeare discovery or tips on becoming a modern gentleman.’ ** Read more from Country Life
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'I have lost a treasure, such a sister, such a friend as never can have been surpassed': Inside Jane Austen's Winchester home, the house where she penned her final words and drew her final breathJane Austen spent the last days of her life in rented lodgings in Winchester, Hampshire. Adam Rattray describes the remarkable recent discoveries made about the house in which she died.
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An utterly charming island home in Scotland with gardens so beautiful they made the cover of Country LifeAn Cala on the Isle of Seil has a fascinating history that is only enhanced by its amazing setting.
