This week in Country Life we tell the story of the Château de Malmaison, the remarkable country retreat created by the Empress Joséphine, we investigate the challenges facing today’s boulangers, we visit a family who continue the tradition of Beaufort cheese production in the high French Alps, we learn to respect the many tiny creatures that like to take up summer residence with us and we learn to cook with blueberries.
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Fit for a queen: The story of Queen Victoria's state bed at Arundel CastleA state bed commissioned to receive Queen Victoria at Arundel Castle has just undergone a transformative restoration, as Annabel Westman explains. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
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A billionaire's thatched cottage is for sale in Surrey, once owned by the oil magnate J. Paul GettyChestnut Cottage is a joyous little home — albeit one with the most unusual bedrooms to acreage to price balances we've ever seen. Toby Keel takes a look inside.
