Country Life April 19 2017
Pond life uncovered; the best-designed new-builds; and fun with the Famous Five.


Country Life April 19 2017 explores pond life, reveals the best-designed new-builds, offers an exclusive view of Waddesdon’s Flint House plus fun with the Famous Five. Find out more here:
ARCHITECTURE: The Flint House, a new building on the Waddesdon estate in Buckinghamshire, draws inspiration from the local geology, as John Goodall explains
GARDENS: Non Morris finds an exceptional woodland garden full of rare Asian plants at Ard Daraich in Inverness-shire
PICOTEE PETALS: In the first of a new series, Rachel Siegfried creates a romantic flower arrangement for spring
POND LIFE: After five years, Carole Mortimer is still delighted by the wildlife that her pond attracts
THE FAMOUS FIVE: The Famous Five are 75 this year and Flora Watkins urges us to give them another chance
INTERIORS: The four-poster bed is being reinvented for the 21st century, says Amelia Thorpe
Exquisite houses, the beauty of Nature, and how to get the most from your life, straight to your inbox.
TRAVEL: Victoria Marston has a flight of French fancy at Les Sources de Caudalie, Bordeaux, and Emma McCall takes to the water around the Caribbean island of Bequia
MOTORING: Charles Rangeley-Wilson loves the Audi Q2, but doesn't want to be seen in it
COOKING: Melanie Johnson enjoys the new season's asparagus
PROPERTY: Penny Churchill explores historic manor houses and Annunciata Walton rounds up new-builds and developments with a fresh outlook
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Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.
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