Country Life 22 April 2020
Country Life 22 April 2020 celebrates the arrival of spring, looks at London in lockdown, and carries a very special message from HRH The Prince of Wales.


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HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES ON LOCKDOWN: Prince Charles pens a special message to 'make this precious world a truly better place'.
SPRING: The award-winning John Lewis-Stempel waxes lyrical about leaping lambs, flowering bluebells and the song of the chiffchaff.
LONDON LOCKDOWN: John Goodall on the utterly different appearance of the buildings of the city.
FOREST OF BOWLAND: Giles Kime extols the glories of his wild place.
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MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: A Delaroche chosen by the National Gallery's head of press.
EGGS: Their mysteries unscrambled.
INSTAGRAM, POULTRY AND 'BALLSY WOMEN': Garden designer Arthur Parkinson covers ground that you probably wouldn't expect.
BARRELS OF FUN: How to turn an old barrel into a miniature garden.
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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Chelsea Flower Show 2025: What else to do in SW3 if you're coming to the world's greatest flower show
There's more to Chelsea than just the Flower Show so we've rounded up some of the best places to eat, stay and shop.
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curves
Amid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.