Country Life 23 June 2021
Country Life 23 June 2021 meets Lady Glenconner, dowses for water and finds out what a hornywink is.


LADY GLENCONNER: Lady Glenconner talks to Flora Watkins about royalty, family tragedy and literary success.
CHIGGYPIGS: What is a hornywink? Or a bum barrel? Or a pynot? Patrick Galbraith reveals forgotten names for familiar creatures.
EGRETS: The fashion world drove the little egret into danger for the love of its plumes, but its plight gave rise to the RSPB and it is now thriving, reports Jack Watkins.
DOWSING: Dowsing for water may be an unexplainable skill, but there’s little doubt it’s still an effective one, discovers Catriona Gray.
COUNTRY LIFE INTERNATIONAL: News from Italy to New Zealand; in the footsteps of the Georgians; summer dreams from diving to driving; beloved plants from far away; perfect properties for both beach and countryside lovers; the rejuvenation of Mallorca; and an Englishman in Germany.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Maja Markovic of Christie’s.
ANGLEPOISE: The Anglepoise lamp invented in a Bath garden is an engineering marvel.
Exquisite houses, the beauty of Nature, and how to get the most from your life, straight to your inbox.
STORMONT: Stormont Castle in Northern Ireland has gone from family house in Scottish style to the heart of politics, as John Goodall reveals in the first of two articles
CHARM BRACELETS: The charm bracelet, as worn by Queen Victoria, remains a favourite piece of jewellery.
LUXURY: Hetty Lintell is smelling of roses
INTERIORS: A library and bobbin furniture.
And much more.
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West London's spent the last two decades as the laughing stock of the style set — here's how it got its groove back
The style set is returning to the very West London neighbourhoods it once made a habit of spurning, finds Will Hosie.
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The new property hotspots where you can have it all: Beautiful houses, great schools and idyllic lifestyle
Across the country people are selling up and heading to the towns where there's no compromise on dream homes, outstanding schooling and the good life, according to analysis from two of Britain's top estate agents. Anna White explains.