Country Life 18 May 2022

published 18 May 2022

CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW: We take a look at what you can expect to find if you head down to the greatest (flower) show on earth.

LUPINS: Dedicated enthusiasts ensure lupins still bloom in a West Sussex field. Here is there story.

THE FEMALE PILOTS WHO RULED THE SKIES: Intrepid and skilled, female pilots conquered the skies in the 1930s.

NIGHTINGALES: We meet the people fighting to save the endangered songbird from extinction.

MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: The director of music at St Paul’s picks a loving and holy triptych.

MASTERPIECE: Landseer’s lions in Trafalgar Square.

PEONIES: Glamorous, yet easy to grow - Val Bourne explains more.

GARDENS: Tiffany Daneff vists the walled garden of Culham Court in Berkshire.

RECIPE: Melanie Johnson on broad beans.

WATER BOATMEN: Ian Morton takes a look at the uncanny insects which walk on water.

ARCHITECTURE: John Goodall looks at English houses in the 17th century, an age of revolution and restoration.

AND MUCH MORE BESIDES: Interiors, luxury, books, art, and Nick Foulkes on the changing shape of the humble wristwatch.

Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and all its diverse joys and pleasures — that was first published in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year. Our eclectic mixture of witty and informative content — from the most up-to-date property news and commentary and a coveted glimpse inside some of the UK's best houses and gardens, to gardening, the arts and interior design, written by experts in their field — still cannot be found in print or online, anywhere else.