Country life 4 August 2021
Country life 4 August 2021 peers into rockpools and soars over the Lake District.

Here's a small selection of what you'll find inside.
FLYING VISIT: Charles Harris takes glorious flight over the Lake District
ROCKPOOLS: Life in the rockpool can be cut-throat, says Adam Nicolson
INSECT APOCALYPSE: Dave Goulson on averting the impending insect apocalypse
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Sally Clarke, restauranteur, chooses a simple, restful study by Dürer
ELGAR: Jack Watkins examines Elgar’s ‘best of me’ oratorio
TURVEY HOUSE: Jeremy Musson details the refurbishment of neo-Classical Turvey House in Bedfordshire, by the seventh generation of the family that built it
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MOUSE MCPHERSON: Claire Jackson revisits the all-too-short life of wildlife artist Mouse McPherson
GARDENING: Colchicums offer spring-like freshness, but in autumn, finds Charles Quest-Ritson
RECIPES: Melanie Johnson makes the most of summer cherries
CRICKET: England’s cricketers face a tough Test against India, warns James Fisher
And much more...
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