This week's Country Life features a leader written by the future King of England HRH The Prince of Wales, where he sets out the importance of looking after our small local businesses and, in particular, farmers who are the custodians of so much of our land.
Elsewhere Jeremy Musson admires the exemplary job done at Dumfries House, which The Prince of Wales was instrumental in saving for the nation, and we talk to the nephew of Ian Fleming, Fergus Fleming.
Christopher Rowell and Wolf Burchard pay homage to the glittering legacy left by Louis XlV, 300 years after the stylish French king’s death, while Simon Hopkinson makes delicious recipes with rice, and we tour some of the most stunning properties for sale in Ireland.
In shops Wednesday November 11 or download your digital issue now.
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Caveat renovator: The TV star, the writer and the salvation of a crumbling farmhouseThe actor, writer and comedian Robert Webb and his comedy writer wife Abigail Burdess embarked on a renovation project in 2019 which became far more than they imagined — and just as the job is at last complete, they've decided that it's the right time to put house on the market.
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'People always think that, working on The Telegraph, I'll be told that things aren't right wing enough. But in 37 years, I've never, ever been told that’: The Telegraph’s cartoonist Matt on his consuming passionsThe Daily Telegraph cartoonist Matt — AKA Matthew Pritchett — talks to Lotte Brundle about his career as a cartoonist, his love of Snoopy and how he ‘stole’ his wife from Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen.
