Country Life February 11 2015
Country Life February 11 2015 rounds up the best Valentine's Day gifts and explores curious army mascots.


This week in Country Life we celebrate the revival of Mells Manor in Somerset, a building of outstanding beauty, we admire London's top roof gardens that are greening-up the city skyline, we explore the art of violin restoration and we learn to cook with two traditional Italian vegetables.
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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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