Country Life 9 December 2020

By Country Life

published 9 December 2020

in Features

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BIRDS IN BOOKS: Madeleine Silver on the dodos, parrots and pelicans of our literary lives.

PROPER TOYS: Why wooden playthings are making a comeback.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Wildlife photographer Stephen Dalton shares his secrets.

HERBS: Mark Diacono on how to grow your own.

THE DANCING MARQUESS: A couldn't-make-it-up true tale.

MOURNE'S BEAUTY: Octavia Pollock on the Northern Irish landscape.

ARCHITECTURE: Carolside sits in the Scottish Borders, but connects to the USA.

FLOWER POWER: Hetty Lintell meets a dried florist.

MIGHTY MOTTOS: The British love of a pithy three-worder.

BRYAN'S GROUND: How snow helped a great garden restoration.

And much more besides.

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.