This week in Country Life Magazine
Man and Dog: Queen Victoria’s love of animals influenced the changing attitude towards dogs, as they moved from kennel to kitchen. Jonathan Self charts the rise of Man’s best friend
George IV: Hang the cost: George lV’s expensive, romantic tastes left us a glittering legacy. John Martin Robinson traces the invention and development of Regency taste
Bargain days out: Fieldsports need not cost a fortune, says Ian Valentine, who finds plenty of convivial fieldsports days out for under £100
Growing pears: Merrylegs, Lumberskull and Butt are some of the delightful names for Herefordshire’s old pears, as Peter Clay discovers
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Luke Edward Hall’s consuming passions: ‘I like listening to ambient electronic music, particularly dungeon synth’The artist, designer and author reveals why Cecil Beaton is his aesthetic hero and his plans for a new Cornish home (theme: ‘pirate baroque’).
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Hampnett House: A Gloucestershire garden where an empty, squelchy lawn has been replaced by 'gorgeous flowery generosity'What to do if you inherit a garden that isn’t your style? Tiffany Daneff visits the garden at Hampnett House, Gloucestershire — home of Mr Sanjeev Shah and Ms Mansi Amin — and finds a space that has undergone a major transformation, from high-concept minimalism to flower-filled paradise. Photographs by Britt Willoughby Dyer.
