Country Life June 10 2015
Country Life June 10 2015 delights in plasterwork, historic and modern and admires the kingfisher.


This week in Country Life we meet the enterprising food producers who are springing up all over the Cotswolds, we discover old-fashioned privvies are back in vogue, we visit Kiftsgate Court in Gloucestershire, as its connoisseur collection of roses reaches its zenith, we sniff out the best pet-friendly hotels in town and we learn to cook with crab.
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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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