Country Life 20 October 2021
Country Life 20 October 2021 celebrates chocolate labradors, fishing and more.


CHOCOLATE LABRADORS: The colour of a labrador’s coat is immaterial: chocolate is as good as any.
FISHING: Forget your last meal, where would your last cast be? Adrian Dangar asks the fishing experts.
GARDENS: When all else fails, there are a few plants on which you can always rely, says Alan Titchmarsh.
ART: Gary Bunt’s simple, nostalgic paintings have a deeper meaning.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Dan Skelton, racehorse trainer, chooses a scene full of movement.
MOTORING: Jack Watkins gets behind the wheel of the great Land Rover.
ST FAGANS: David Robinson examines the story behind St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff.
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LUXURY: Hetty Lintell turns to tweed.
BACON: Can anyone resist a sizzling slice of bacon, asks Tom Parker Bowles.
RECIPE: Melanie Johnson tucks in to pears.
TRAVEL: Venice, hives and British Pullman.
INTERIORS: Charleston and Craft Week.
THEATRE: Michael Billington relishes old and new classics of live theatre.
Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by HRH 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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Graham Norton's elegant East London home hits the market, and it's just as wonderful as you would expect
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Sign of the times: In the age of the selfie, what’s happening to the humble autograph?
When Ringo Starr announced that he was no longer going to sign anything, he kickstarted a celebrity movement that coincided with the advent of the camera phone and selfie. Rob Crossan asks whether, in today’s world, the selfie holds more clout than an autograph?