Country Life March 4 2015
Country Life March 4 2015 visits Ballyfin in Co Laois and reveals the latest in interior design


This week in Country Life we find much to enjoy in Trollope’s descriptions of castles, manors and rectories, we admire Norfolk’s beguiling brown hares, we assess the form in the four feature races at next week’s Cheltenham Festival and we learn to cook with home-grown chicory.
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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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