Country Life 19 August 2020
Country Life 19 August 2020 looks at wildflowers, Wales and weddings.


BRITAIN’S AONBs: The Lincolnshire Wolds.
ARCHITECTURE: The crypt at Farnborough Abbey.
WILD WALES: Is it still wild? A father-and-daughter investigate.
TRAVEL: The Ribble Valley and Cornwall.
ISLE OF MAN: Secrets of Manx life.
WILDFLOWER CLOCKS: John Lewis-Stempel on an alternative way to live your life.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood.
Exquisite houses, the beauty of Nature, and how to get the most from your life, straight to your inbox.
WINTER WEDDINGS: Summer dates have been wiped out — here's what you need to know if you (or one of your family) has been forced to postpone.
SIR ROY STRONG'S GARDEN: As he prepares to say goodbye to the gardens which have taken him years to create, Sir Roy invites Country Life to take a look.
WHY RAYMOND BLANC LOVES EATING BRITISH: The French chef on why buying local British produce is best.
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.
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The pinnacle of the English style of gardening, as fine today as it was a century ago
Charles Quest-Ritson has just returned to Great Dixter for the first time in years — and it's 'the high point of all my garden visiting for a long time. I cannot recommend it too highly'.
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How the acrobatic buzzard survived persecution to become one of Britain's best avian hunters
It may appear lethargic, but no one could argue with the hunting prowess of the common buzzard when it transforms into a surging missile intent on an unsuspecting victim.