Country Life October 15 2014
Country Life October 15 2014 explores the North, admires Castle Howard and revisits the Wars of the Roses.


This week in Country Life we celebrate the North and visit Castle Howard, arguably Yorkshire's finest stately home, we admire the work of William Morris, and we wake up to the British coffee revolution.
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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 2026.
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