Country Life 6 November 2019
Country Life 6 November 2019 includes our annual Gentleman's Life supplement, names the Royal Family's Second World War bolthole and laments our lost dog breeds.


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GENTLEMAN'S LIFE: Our annual supplement is the indispensable guide for the man about town and country.
LOST DOGS: The breeds that are no longer with us, by Patrick Galbraith.
PANSIES: How a humble plant has enchanted the great and the good.
MY FATHER'S POW ESCAPES: Marcus Binney has dug up incredible stories of the man he barely knew.
ANIMAL MAGIC: Giant tortoises.
NIGEL HAVERS: The actor picks his favourite painting.
Exquisite houses, the beauty of Nature, and how to get the most from your life, straight to your inbox.
TOAST: Oh yes. The nation's favourite snack gets the Country Life treatment.
WALKING LIFE: Fiona Reynolds visits The Burren.
ROYAL RETREAT: How their royal highnesses prepared for life at Pitchford Hall in the event of invasion.
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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