Country Life 4 December 2019

Our first December issue this year features a London Life full of Christmas lights, a lion who fought a dinosaur and the wonderful qualities of the Gordon setter.

LONDON LIFE: Explore the capital’s best Christmas light displays

THE GORDON SETTER: The gentlemanly dog that has fallen out of style

BOND, JAMES BOND: The origins of the greatest spy character ever written

HARLOW CARR: Soothing colours and scents flood this garden

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