Country Life 6 April 2022
Country Life 6 April 2022 is our Spring interiors special.


Small is beautiful: Family farms, mixed, neighbourly and part of the community, are the future, avers Jason Goodwin
An absurd little bird: Devious and greedy, the cuckoo is nonetheless an integral part of spring, says Claire Jackson
What Cath did next: Giles Kime hears all about Cath Kidston’s inspiring new venture
Hooray for clay: Handmade is best for the new generation of pretty, but practical ceramics, finds Amelia Thorpe
Take me home: Robin Birley’s admired interior aesthetic is the force behind his new collection, reveals Giles Kime
Plenty more room at the inn?: The heart of a village, but under threat, pubs are being saved by their regulars, finds Jane Wheatley:
London Life: Feasting, walking and boating, plus the Necropolis Railway
Exquisite houses, the beauty of Nature, and how to get the most from your life, straight to your inbox.
1930s Notebook: Melanie Bryan explores the decade through the eyes of Country Life
Dr Frances Sands’s favourite painting: The curator picks a masterpiece of perspective from Soane’s office
Hope against hope: Carla Carlisle muses on war in Ukraine and its impact at home
English homes old and new: Shakespeare is John Goodall’s guide to late-Tudor and Jacobean English homes in the fourth of our 125th-anniversary series
Will Irish eyes be smiling again?: Marcus Armytage assesses the runners in the Grand National
Interiors: New looks, wallpaper and tables
A garden of the mind: Classically inspired Plaz Metaxu in Devon is as stimulating as it is beautiful, finds Noel Kingsbury
Kitchen garden cook: Melanie Johnson on broccoli
A blooming good show: Steven Desmond cheers 75 years of Gardeners’ Question Time
The good stuff: Hetty Lintell on jewelled beetles
Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty 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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‘To this day, it is as attractive as when Hercules first laid eyes on it’: How to escape the crowds on the Amalfi Coast, according to those in the know
The Amalfi Coast is one of the world’s most famed holiday destinations, but, in recent years, mass tourism has made parts of it unbearable. Here’s our guide to making the most of it — in peace and in style.
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The garden created by a forgotten genius of the 1920s, rescued from 'a sorry state of neglect to a level of quality it has not known for over 50 years'
George Dillistone’s original Arts-and-Crafts design at Knowle House, East Sussex, has been lovingly restored and updated with contemporary planting. George Plumptre tells more; photography by Clive Nichols.