Country Life 15 April 2020
Country Life 15 April 2020 looks at tree planting, army rations and St Etheldreda of Ely.


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TREES: More trees need to be planted, we all agree on that — but which ones?
SIMON WILLIAMS: The veteran actor speaks to Michel Billington.
A FAMILY AFFAIR: A look at the families who've hung on to power in Parliament, generation by generation, from Balfours to Johnsons.
FAIRY CAKES AT THE FRONT: Patrick Galbraith on the unexpected tales of army rations.
Exquisite houses, the beauty of Nature, and how to get the most from your life, straight to your inbox.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Paint guru Patrick Baty.
ST ETHELDREDA: Amy Jeffs on the saint of Ely Cathedral.
CARLA CARLISLE: The writer ponders the age-old question: if not now, then when?
LLANDAFF CATHERDRAL: John Goodall on how it rose from the ashes of the 1941.
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