Masterpiece
Jack Watkins on Ronald Blythe’s seminal Akenfield
Roald’s medicine
Rural life was a joy to the author, says Matthew Dennison
In praise of decency
Thoughtfulness abounds in the countryside, writes Margaret Casely-Hayford
Splendid isolation
Legendary interior designer Veere Grenney talks to Giles Kime about spending lockdown in a Palladian folly
Interiors notebook
Amelia Thorpe selects the latest in interior design
Country Life International
News, Caribbean food, royal retreats, culture , Italy in winter and more
Clare Matterson’s favourite painting
The RHS director chooses an abstract work that says Suffolk
Up hill and down dale
Fiona Reynolds does the Five Valleys walk around Stroud
A seat of legal learning
John Goodall examines the development of Lincoln’s Inn from the 17th century to now
A tomb with a view
The secrets of ancient barrows, by Vicky Liddell
Funereal riches
A book of church treasures
Good stuff
Hetty Lintell wears corduroy
In a right stew
Tom Parker Bowles’s comfort
A passion for pattern
Tess Newall’s new collection
The benefits of hindsight
Giles Kime’s decorating lore
Inside track
The eclectic Anouska Hempel
Burnished credentials
Mary Keen visits Blackland House, Wiltshire, a garden that comes into its own in autumn
Pianist partners
The art of the accompanist, by Henrietta Bredin
And much more